Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Newly filed class action lawsuits

Among the newly filed class actions:

Sony BMG - A class action lawsuit claims that Sony Music underpaid its artists for digital music transactions. The lawsuit also claims Sony is violating contractual obligations to share 50% of the net licensing revenue from digital music transactions with artists. Sony is allegedly paying artists 4.5 cents for every song but should be paying approximately 30 cents for every 70 cents the company receives.


Payday - The Florida Supreme Court reinstated a consumer lawsuit claiming that Payday advances made by check cashing companies were illegal loans. The suit is seeking class action status on behalf of customers who obtained cash advances before the payday loan law went into affect on Oct 1, 2001. For a fee in excess of the 18 percent legal limit, businesses practiced deferred presentment transaction where cash was advanced in exchange for checks that were not deposited to the bank until a later date.



Modine Manufacturing Co., Rohm and Haas Co., and Huntsman - Two lawsuits filed in state and federal court claim that three chemical companies, Modine, Rohm and Hass, and Huntsman, spilled enormous quantities of highly toxic chemicals that contaminated the air, soil and groundwater. The chemical plants, based in Philadelphia, manufacture plastics, adhesives and sealants.

United States Government - A class action lawsuit claims the Army Corps of Engineers is to blame for flooding that destroyed homes after Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit alleges the government and several companies affected the flooding by many years of dredging the waterway thereby damaging man-made and natural flood protection systems around Orleans and St. Bernard parishes.

BBB Group - A class action lawsuit filed against developer Kenneth Baboun and his company BBB Group claims fraud and breach of contract. Dozens of buyers were returned deposits on a condo development which totaled 20 percent of their purchase price. They seek interest from 2003 on their condos and the value of the condo if it had been built. As well, the lawsuit claims the purchasers were fraudulently persuaded to remain as purchasers.


General Motors Canada Ltd. A class action lawsuit filed in the Ontario Superior Court against General Motors Canada Limited alleges the manufacturer sold vehicles between 1995 and 2003 with faulty intake manifold gaskets. The suit further alleges that GM knew the engines were defective and over one million vehicles with the faulty part should have been recalled.

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