Goodrich’s Legal Immunity Scheme Shattered By Illinois Supreme Court TL;DR Rodney Martin, a 46-year employee of B.F. Goodrich, was exposed to vinyl chloride monomer until 1974. In 2019, he was diagnosed with fatal liver cancer directly linked to the chemical.…
The Betrayal Engine: Easy Healthcare Sold Your Fertility Data TL;DR The Facts: Easy Healthcare Corporation’s “Premom Ovulation Tracker” app collected deeply personal health data related to users’ menstrual cycles, fertility, and pregnancies. The U.S. government, via the FTC, filed a…
TL;DR Parker-Hannifin Corporation, an industrial manufacturing giant, ran a $4.3 billion retirement savings plan for approximately 32,000 current and former employees. Federal courts found enough evidence to conclude the company may have deliberately steered workers into worse-performing, higher-cost investment funds…
A Decade of Service, A Decade of Stolen Wages TL;DR The Facts: For over a decade, Armando Guevara worked at least 57 hours per week as a domestic employee for Robert and Maria Zamora, owners of financial conglomerates Lafise Corp.…
FIRED FOR BEING SICK: WESTAR FOODS AND THE PRICE OF DISABILITY TL;DR The Misconduct: Westar Foods, Inc., a Hardee’s franchisee, fired store manager Tonya Huber in December 2019. This happened just days after a severe diabetic episode, causing hypoglycemia, made…
Table of Contents 1. Introduction This investigative article delves into the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action against H&R Block Inc., HRB Digital LLC, and HRB Tax Group, Inc.—collectively referred to as H&R Block—alleging deceptive and unfair practices in the marketing…
Insurance Giant Billed for Betrayal: How a “Mistake” Cost a Company Half a Million Dollars After a Driver’s Death TL;DR The Facts: On September 15, 2013, MVT Services driver Lawrence Parada was killed in a crash. His employer, MVT, was…
Three Signatures, Zero Answers: The EPA’s Wall Of Silence TL;DR The Facts: On September 16-17, 2024, a document was digitally signed by three individuals, Larry Lamberth, Tanya Floyd, and Shannon Richardson, and filed with the Hearing Clerk for the U.S.…
A License to Kill: How Federal Law Protects Insurers Who Deny a Dying Man an Inhaler TL;DR The Denial: On March 25, 2020, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts denied coverage for an asthma inhaler prescribed by a doctor for…
TL;DR The Facts: From January 2018 to January 2021, Michigan-based Dirty Hooker Diesel LLC sold at least 271 illegal “defeat devices” designed to disable pollution controls on diesel trucks. They physically installed at least 212 of them. The Misconduct: This…