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Case ID: 5164 | Miscellaneous | 08/24/2008
Quebec's gaming commission faces a potentionally crippling payout as gambling addicts try to hold it responsible for downplaying the dangers of video lottery terminals.
A group of pathelogical gamblers is seeking compensation from Loto-Quebec for their addiction treatments. With the plaintiffs claiming around 119,000 gamblers can trace their addictions to VLTs, a judgment could cost Loto-Quebec upwards of $500 million, excluding exemplary damages. The Quebec government began to regulate VLTs in 1993. Before then, Loto-Quebec estimated there were between 25,000 and 50,000 black-market gambling machines operating in the province. Now there are around 12,000 VLTs in the province's casinos, cars and restaurants. For more informaion, you can contact: Garneau Verdon Michaud Samson at (418) 692-3010. 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 Miscellaneous Cases of Interest Holders of certain annuities may be entitled to compensation based upon information and belief that New York Life Insurance and Annuities Company may not have paid the holders of the annuities all amounts due them as agreed under the annuity contracts. A $51 million class action lawsuit has been filed by Rosalie Druyan because the Rolling Stones Stones called off their October 2006 show in Atlantic City, N.J. The parties have reached a tentative $4.5 million settlement in an action filed against healthcare supply company APO Health, Inc. on behalf of all persons with an Indiana telephone number who received an unsolicited fax advertising APO Health products. The action alleged that the company violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending the faxes. Persons eligible to take part in the settlement should contact attorneys for the class as soon as possible. When you pay your water and sewage bill, are you aware of every service that is covered? The class has been certified in a class action filed against the city of South Bend, Indiana, on behalf of current and former customers of Clay Utilities from September 1, 1999, to the present. The action alleges that the city overcharged for sewage and water service. Persons eligible to take part in the action should contact attorneys for the class. A Pierce County judge has cleared the way for a class action lawsuit against a fo rprofit career school that closed last March amid allegations it preyed on low-income students.
Friday’s ruling means thousands of former students of the Gig Harbor-based Business Computer Training Institute potentially could enter the lawsuit. Numerous hotels and resorts in the western U.S. levied energy surcharges during the energy crisis of 2001. A class action has been filed against Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. on behalf of all California residents who stayed at a Harrah's resort from April 1 through December 2001 and were billed an energy surcharge without being informed of the charge. The plaintiffs allege that the companies violated California consumer protection laws. |
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