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Case ID: 4597 | Family | 01/13/2006
A judge has approved a $1.8 million class action settlement between Hilton Corporation and guests who stayed in a mold-infested Waikiki hotel tower, lawyers for the plaintiffs said.
Experts said the mold was a variety that can trigger asthma and also irritate the eyes, nose and throat, but no serious health problems were reported. Hilton denied liability but agreed to the settlement, said a lawyer representing the hotel patrons. Mold overtook the 453-room Kalia Tower in the Hilton Hawaiian Village complex and forced its closure in 2002, about a year after the $95 million building opened. The tab for cleanup was more than five times the original $10 million estimate. The tower reopened in September 2003. Hilton sued 18 companies and individuals, saying design and construction defects produced excessive humidity that encouraged the mold to grow. About 2,900 people who stayed at the building during June 14-July 23, 2002, will be eligible for $50 in cash or $150 worth of travel coupons for each night they spent there, said the lawfirm involved in the lawsuit. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Family Cases of Interest California law sets the amount a real estate company can charge when processing rental applications. The parties have reached a tentative $200,000 settlement in an action filed against Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) on behalf of all persons who paid an excessive application fee in California between December 11, 1998, and August 29, 2003. Claims must be postmarked no later than December 31, 2003, to be considered eligible.
In this day of incurable transmissible diseases, it would be nice to be confident that the needle that gets stuck in your arm has never been used before. On November 5, 2003, the court granted preliminary approval to the parties' $25 million proposed settlement in a class action filed against Oklahoma's Norman Regional Hospital, a clinic administrator, and nurse anesthetist James Hill who is accused of reusing needles when administering intravenous pain medicine to patients in the hospital's clinic in violation of state medical regulations. Brewing companies, like tobacco companies, should not advertise in a manner that unduly attracts the attention of underage Americans. A class action has been filed against Anheuser-Busch Company and Miller Brewing Company on behalf of all current residents of the state of California who were under 21 years of age between February 3, 2000, and February 3, 2004, and who purchased alcoholic beverages manufactured by the companies during that period. The action alleges that the companies violated state unfair competition laws in the California False Advertising Act by deliberately targeting alcoholic beverage advertising to underage drinkers. Lead-containing paints have been banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since 1978. A class action has been filed against the Louisville, Kentucky, Housing Authority on behalf of children who were allegedly exposed to toxic levels of lead when they played on soil that the Authority knew was polluted, in violation of state and federal environmental laws.
The family of a 21 year old Michigan man, filed a lawsuit in Miami federal court after their son died after returning from a Carribean Carnival Cruise. The lawsuit seeks to recover $20 million on behalf of passengers who became ill on a January 2005 voyage of the Carnival Miracle. Consumers Allege United Guaranty Residential Insurance Conceals Use of Derogatory Credit Information A national class action has been filed in Texas against insurance giant United Guaranty Residential Insurance Company on behalf of all consumers for whom United Guaranty issued a mortgage insurance policy at a disadvantageous rate due to derogatory information contained in a credit report, and who did not receive notice that derogatory information obtained from a credit report was used in setting the insurance premium. The insureds claim that United Guaranty uses credit reports to set premiums but does not provide any information to consumers when an adverse decision has been made against them based on that report. The insureds allege that this violates the federal fair credit reporting act and are seeking actual damages as well as statutory damages and declaratory relief.
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