Tag: Access to Justice
Transamerica Life Settles Lawsuit Concerning Increases in “Cost of Insurance” Charges
Los Angeles, CA – Transamerica Life Insurance Company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of policyholders across the United States...
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Taxpayer Sues DWP and City for Illegal Transfer of Nearly $242 Million After L.A. Experienced Blackouts During Heatwave
UPDATE: If you are a victim of a recent LA DWP blackout we want to hear your story. Please email us at: dwpcomplaints@consumerwatchdog.org Los...
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Insurance Goliath Sues Lawyers Representing HIV Patients For Aetna’s Own Privacy Breach
Los Angeles, CA — This morning, health insurance Goliath Aetna sued the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog and Whatley Kallas LLP, a consumer law firm, who’ve sued...
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Current and Former Health Net Members in California May Submit Claims for Out-of-Network Medical Visits in 2014; Notice and Claims Forms Mailed Today
Los Angeles, CA — Consumers who were enrolled in an individual or family Health Net Preferred Provider Organization (“PPO”) health plan in 2014, and received...
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CVS Disclosed HIV Status Of 6,000 Ohioans Putting Their Health And Safety At Risk
CVS, one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical benefit managers, disclosed the HIV status of 6,000 patients enrolled in the Ohio HIV Drug Assistance Program (“OhDAP”),...
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Hyundai/Kia Settlement of Fuel Economy Scandal
Santa Monica, CA — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a settlement negotiated by Hyundai and Kia with dozens of plaintiffs law firms...
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Aetna/Coventry Members May Obtain HIV/AIDS Meds at Retail Pharmacies, To Protect Privacy
SANTA MONICA, CA — Under a recent settlement of two lawsuits, members of health plans issued by Aetna, Inc. and its subsidiary, Coventry Health Care,...
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