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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Western District Court of Pennsylvania against County of Allegheny. The case involves violations of employment law. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

Reduction and even elimination of health care benefits is a growing source of controversy between U.S. corporations and their retirees. Two related class actions have been filed against Rexam, Inc.--the current owner of the American National Can Company--and the Rexam Retired Employees Group Insurance Plan on behalf of employees who retired from National Can and who now allege that Rexam has violated the federal Labor Management Relations Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by unilaterally reducing retiree medical benefits.

Wal-Mart faces yet another lawsuit filed by employees, this time lawyers claim that retail giant Wal-Mart has broken Massachusetts law more than 1 (m) million times by shortchanging workers.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Middle District Court of Florida against Fenaggi Business Corporation, F&T Business Corporation, Green Light of Jacksonville Corporation and Running Billboard Corporation for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Class members seek unpaid overtime compensation, attorney's fees and costs.

A close look into the "medical malpractice crisis" will show that insurance companies, not lawyers, are to blame. Three related class actions have been filed against the General Reinsurance Corporation, Reciprocal of America, accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Milliman U.S.A., and numerous other malpractice insurance providers on behalf of attorneys, doctors and hospitals who bought malpractice insurance from the insurers. The action alleges that the malpractice insurers conspired with their reinsurer Reciprocal of America, which in turn conspired with General Reinsurance to misrepresent Reciprocal's financial health, in violation of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

A nationwide class/collective action has been filed in California against truck stop Giant, Pilot Travel Centers, LLC and its parent company, Pilot Corporation. The action is brought on behalf of all general managers, co-managers, operations managers, sales managers, guest service managers, and human resource managers who since December 11, 1999, in California and December 11, 2000, nationwide were denied overtime compensation by Pilot. The action is brought both under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the California labor and business professions codes and seeks back pay, liquidated damages and statutory penalties as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. The action is both a class action, for violations of California law, and a collective action under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Those residing outside of California who wish to be considered for the action must "opt-in" voluntarily to be considered a claimant. The managers have requested the court give notice to all potential claimants.

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