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A class action has been filed against Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. on behalf of West Virginia residents whose homes have an allegedly unsafe type of electrical outlet--a back plug-in outlet--manufactured by Leviton in violation of state consumer safety laws. The action seeks unspecified compensatory damages.

The parties have reached a tentative $65 million settlement in several actions filed against funeral and cemetery company Service Corporation International (SCI) (NYSE:SRV) on behalf of stockholders who purchased the company's common stock or call options, sold put options, held employee stock options in Equity Corporation (ECI) that became options to acquire SCI stock, or held employee stock options to purchase SCI common stock under a plan between July 17, 1998, and January 1999. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class for more information as soon as possible.

As we all know, toddlers will get in trouble given the right opportunity. The parties have reached a tentative settlement, apparently valued at $7.2+ million, in an action filed against Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. on behalf of purchasers, owners, and former owners of full-size baby cribs with ten-spindle mattress platforms designed, manufactured, or sold by Cosco, Inc. Claim forms must be postmarked on or before December 24, 2003, to be considered valid.

A class action has been filed against Alameda County, California, and its Social Services Agency on behalf of thousands of people who allege that they are illegally denied food stamps and general assistance each year because they are not identified as having mental disabilities, in violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and state disability and welfare laws.

The parties have reached a tentative settlement valued at $12,457,350 CDN in a class action filed against Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company on behalf of all Canadian residents who purchased Stadol NS nasal spray in Canada from July 1, 1994, to July 1, 2004. The action alleged that the nasal spray is addictive and that the defendants did not adequately warn patients of the possibility of addiction. The court has apparently not yet set a claims deadline-- persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class as soon as possible.

A nationwide class action has been filed against State Farm Fire & Casualty Company on behalf of policyholders who allege that, because they already had a history of claims against the company, it fraudulently under-compensated them on more recent claims in breach of their insurance contracts.

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