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[ 03-06-2003 ]
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[ International Relations ]
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[ U.S ]
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[http://chealth.canoe.ca/health_news_detail.asp?news_id=7404
Suit alleges firms sold bad blood
Provided by: Associated Press
Jun. 3, 2003
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Thousands of hemophiliacs filed a class-action lawsuit against Bayer Corp. and other companies, claiming they exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis C by selling products made with blood from sick, high-risk donors.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, alleges the companies continued distributing the blood-clotting products in Asia and Latin America in 1984 and 1985, even after they stopped selling them in the United States because of the known risk of HIV and hepatitis transmission.
The suit was filed on behalf of hemophiliacs who received the drug, said lawyer Robert Nelson.
"This is a worldwide tragedy," Nelson said. "Thousands of hemophiliacs have unnecessarily died from AIDS and many thousands more are infected with HIV or hepatitis C."
In Germany, Bayer declined to comment Tuesday on the suit, saying it had not yet received the relevant documents. Baxter Healthcare Corp., also named in the lawsuit, did not immediately return calls seeking comment after business hours Monday.
The lawsuit was filed less than two weeks after Bayer responded to an investigation by The New York Times accusing the company of selling old stock of the medicine abroad, while marketing a newer, safer product in the United States.
While the company said it acted responsibly and in line with the best medical knowledge at the time, Bayer and three other companies that made the concentrate settled 15 years of U.S. lawsuits from people who took the drug, paying about $600 million US, the newspaper said.
The medicine, called Factor VIII concentrate, can stop or prevent potentially fatal bleeding in people with hemophilia.
Early in the AIDS epidemic, the medicine was commonly made using mingled plasma from 10,000 or more donors. Because there was not yet a screening test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, thousands of hemophiliacs were infected.
But the lawsuit alleges Bayer and the others refused to take precautions that could have made the product safer.
As of 1992, the contaminated blood products had infected at least 5,000 hemophiliacs in Europe with HIV. More than 2,000 had already developed AIDS and 1,250 had died from the disease, the lawsuit said.
By the mid-1990s in Japan, hemophiliacs accounted for the majority of the country's 4,000 reported cases of HIV infection and virtually all infections of Japan's hemophiliacs have been linked to contaminated blood products imported from the United States, the lawsuit said.
In Latin America, at least 700 HIV cases are linked to use of contaminated blood products by hemophiliacs, the lawsuit said.
Alphabetical listing of all potential and pending class action suits on this website
http://www.bigclassaction.com/alphabetical.html
Alleged/Pending/Proposed:
12% GOALs(+) (NASD: GPLD)
Accredo Health, Inc. NASD NM: ACDO
AFC Enterprises Inc. NASD: AFCE
Affymetrix, Corporation NASD NM: AFFX
Alliant Energy Corp. NYSE: LNT
Allou Healthcare, Inc. AMEX: ALU
Alloy, Inc. NASD: ALOY
American Airlines (loss of vacation time)
American Depositary Receipts (NYSE: BAY)
American Express Co. (undisclosed transaction fees)
American Express Publishing Corp. and Rodale Inc. (unfair business practices)
American Honda Finance Corporation, WFS Financial, Inc.; and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (loan discrimination)
American National Can Co. (employee benefits)
Auto Insurance Companies (not properly compensating doctors>
Avery Dennison Corporation NYSE: AVY
Bayer Corporation et.al. (tainted blood products)
Benjamin Marchese III (identity theft)
Beverly Hills High School (toxins from oil wells on school property)
Black Box Corporation NASD: BBOX
Blue Cross and Blue Shield (RICO, defrauding doctors)
Blue Rhino Corporation NASD: RINO
Body Solutions (diet scam)
British Columbia College Pension Board (inappropriate distribution of funds)
Business Development Bank of Canada (employee benefits)
C.H. Robinson (failure to pay overtime)
Caltrans et. al. (210 Freeway noise)
Car Insurance Companies (Canada, withholding deductibles)
Cerner Corporation NASD: CERN
ChevronTexaco Corp. (dumping toxic wastewater in Ecuador)
Chico's FAS, Inc. (requiring employees to purchase and wear company clothing)
Cintas (unpaid overtime)
CIT Group Inc. NYSE:CIT
City of Chicago (war protesters)
City of Eugene, OR (developers fees)
City of Knoxville, et.al (environmental damage)
City of San Diego (sexual discrimination)
CKE Restaurants (not paid vacation time)
Collins & Aikman Corp. NYSE: CKC
Combined Insurance Co. of America (sexual harassment and discrimination)
Core Laboratories NYSE: CLB
CornerStone Propane Partners OTC Pink Sheets: CNPP
Covington Pike Toyota (undisclosed interest rates)
Creed band members (inadequate performance at their concert)
Daisytek International Corporation NASD: DZTK
Dell Canada (not honoring posted prices)
DeMilta Iron and Metal (price fixing)
divine, inc. OTC:DVINQ
DRAM price fixing.
Easy Heat Inc. (defective heating system)
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. NASD: ESIO
Empire HealthChoice, Inc. (not reimbursing orthopedic surgeons)
Ephedra (cardiac complications, strokes and seizures)
eUniverse Inc. NASD: EUNI
eXegenics Inc. NASD: EXEG
Exodus Communications, Inc. NYSE: GS
Federal Republic of Germany (restitution for goods seized during the Nazi regime)
Federation of Medical Specialists (surgeries delayed in Quebec)
Fidelity National Title Co. et. al. (price fixing)
Fifth Third Bancorp NASD: FITB
Firestone (Steeltex tires)
First Consumers National Bank (deceptive business practices)
Fischer Imaging Corporation NASD NM:FIMG
Fleming Companies, Inc. NYSE: FLM
Ford (defective manifold)
Friedman's Inc. (employment discrimination)
Gainsco, Inc. OTC BB: GNAC
General Motors (damage caused by Dex-cool)
Greg Stumbo
Hamilton County, Ohio (letting corpses be photographed by employee)
Hilton Hawaiian Village's Kalia Tower (guests exposed to mold)
Household Finance Corp. et.al. (overcharging on loan origination fees)
I2 Technologies NASD: ITWO
Immigration Canada (human rights)
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC NYSE: ICI
Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited (light cigarettes)
iPCS
Lantronix, Inc. NASD: LTRX
Lexmark (antitrust)
Macy's East, Inc. (racially profiling shoplifters)
Microsoft and Best Buy (fraudulent billing)
Neon
Nextel (unauthorized charges)
Nokia (defective phones>
North American Indemnity (employee benefits)
NorthWestern Corporation NYSE: NOR
Orthodontic Centers of America, Inc. NYSE: OCA
Pan Pharmaceuticals (Australia, overdose of Travacalm)
Paradigm Medical Industries Inc. NASD: PMED
Paxil
PEC Solutions, Inc. (NASD: PECS)
Pharmacia Corporation NYSE: PHA
Philip Morris (light cigarettes, IL only)
Primus Automotive Financial Service (fraud)
PW Aspen Management LLC
RealNetworks, Inc. NASD: RNWK
Recoton Corporation OTC: RCOTQ.PK
Redback Networks, Inc. NASD: RBAK
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NASD: REGN
Register.com (illegal use of registered domain names)
Ricart (unfair business practices, OH)
Royal Caribbean Cruises and Celebrity Cruise Lines (fraudulent tax charges)
Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger (artificially coloring farm salmon)
Sara Lee Corporation NYSE: SLE
Scratch Lottery Tickets (CO, CA, AZ residents only)
Skechers USA, Inc. NYSE: SKX
State of Arizona (using Social Security number for drivers license number)
State of Florida (disability discrimination)
Sun Microsystems Inc. (employment discrimination)
SuperGen, Inc. NASD: SUPG
Sycamore Networks, Inc. NASD: SCMR
Symbol Technologies, Inc. NYSE: SBL
Synopsys, Inc. NASD: SNPS
Telstra (unreliable broadband service, Australia>
The J. Jill Group, Inc. NASD: JILL
The Morgan Group, Inc. (private)
Tri-State Crematory (improper cremations)
Tyson Fresh Meats (price fixing)
Ultimate Electronics, Inc. NASD: ULTE
United Parcel Service (discrimination against hearing-impared employees)
UnumProvident Corporate-Backed Trust Securities NYSE: KVN
VaxGen Inc. (NASD: VXGN)
Washington Mutual, Inc. (fraudulent business practices)
Welding Product Suppliers (fumes cause Parkinsons)
West Branch Regional Medical Center (diluted drugs)
Winstar, Inc. NYSE: CSR
Worldcom
Aetna Health Inc. et al (price fixing, KY)
Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard (ERISA)
AK Steel Corp. (discrimination in hiring practices)
Air Canada (employee benefits)
Allstate Insurance (improper surcharge, discount denied)
Al Qaeda (Bali victims)
American Express Publishing Corp. (unfair business practices)
Anthem Inc. (medical billing)
Associated First Financial (wrongful practices in loans)
AT&T Wireless-LA (coverage)
Aventis (environment, LA)
Aventis Pasteur (Canada - Thimerasol in vaccines causes autism)
Bank of America (breach of fiduciary duty)
Barclays et al. (apartheid)
Baycol (liver and kidney damage)
Baycol (Canada only - liver and kidney damage)
BC Hydro (Alouette River Flood, Canada)
Bishop Guertin High School (sexual abuse, RI)
Bonzi Software, Inc. (fraudulent advertising)
Bridgeport Machines, Inc. (defective DX-32 Control Units)
Business Development Bank of Canada (employee benefits)
BuSpar® (buspirone hydrochloride) (antitrust)
Capers (Vancouver, Canada: Hepatitis A)
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (hostile work environment)
California Banks (assisting Ponzi scheme)
Canadian National Railroad (train derailment, Canada)
Capital One (labor - age discrimination)
Cardura (causes congestive heart failure)
Carl Icahn, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) (ERISA)
CB Richard Ellis Inc. (sexual harassment)
Century 21 Real Estate Corp (breach of franchisees contracts)
Charter Communications (unfair business practices)
Cigarette companies (antitrust)
CIGNA, United Healthcare, Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield
(deny, delay and/or diminish lawful reimbursement to physicians)
Cintas (unpaid overtime)
City of Eugene, OR (developers fees)
City of Seattle (temporary employee benefits)
Clark County, WA (overcharging builders permit fees)
Colgate-Palmolive Canada (pension plan)
Colorado Lottery (selling tickets after major prizes won)
Columbia/HCA (unlawful billing practices)
Comcast (tracking customers internet websurfing habits)
Conseco Finance (overtime pay)
Continental, American, United Airlines (discrimination)
Credit Suisse First Boston (denied employees overtime pay)
Crop Insurance (peanut farmers in NC and VA)
DaimlerChrysler (Gen 3 seat belt buckle)
Daqing Lianyi Petrochemical Co. (financial fraud, China)
Department of Education, MA (MCAS exam)
Dept of Mental Health (discriminatory termination)
Department of Social Services (discrimination, CT)
DirecTV (demand letters)
Dodge/Chrysler Neon (defective head gaskets)
Dominion Telecom and Virginia Electric (land use)
Dow Chemical Co. (agent orange)
DRAM computer chips (manufacturers price fixing)
Dylex/Great American Group (funds owed to employees)
Epitome Nightclub (negligence)
Equifax, Experian and TransUnion (inaccurate data)
Equitable Life (manipulating cash flows for personal gain)
Equity Residential (landlord tenant)
Exxon/Mobil (ERISA)
Fax.com, Inc. (sending junk faxes)
Fax.com (illegal faxes in MD)
Federal Government of Canada (same-sex benefits)
FedEx (labor - race discrimination)
Firestone Steeltex (tires delaminate)
Florida Department of Insurance (viaticals insurance scam)
Ford Motor Company (police cars exploded after rear-end collisions)
French Banking institute (depriving Holocaust victims of assets)
Friedman's Inc. (employment discrimination)
GlaxoSmithKline (Augmentin, antitrust)
Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse First Boston et al (securities)
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (discrimination against older workers)
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (discrimination)
Independence Blue Cross (reduced/denied payments)
Insurance companies (interest owed on settlements)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (unlawful dues)
ISM Canada (loss of confidential information)
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. et al. (profiting from slavery)
Kia Motors America, Inc. (Kia Sephia brakes)
Kim Son Restaurants (non-payment of overtime)
Landstar Inc. (truth-in-leasing)
Life University (education/negligence)
Lockformer Co. (environment, IL)
Loews Cineplex (unfair business practices)
Looksmart (breach of contract)
Lucent Technologies, Inc. and AT&T Corporation (non-compliant Y2K telecommunications equipment)
Lutheran Brotherhood (life insurance vanishing premiums)
Lynn University, Levitt-Weinstein Memorial Chapels (interference with dead bodies)
Manulife Financial Corp. (policyholders in Barbados denied rightful compensation on demutualization of company)
McDonald's Restaurants of Canada (withholding high level game pieces - Canadian residents only)
Menorah Gardens and Funeral Chapels (unethical business practices)
Mercedes-Benz (price fixing)
North American Indemnity (employee benefits)
Olin Corporation (environment, CA)
Ontario Government. (civil servants health cutbacks)
Ontario Trusteed Pension Plan (employee benefits, Canada)
Orkin Exterminating Co. Inc. (false advertising)
Overloaded Coal Trucks (WV - health and injury risk)
Palm, Inc. (Palm M130 false advertising)
PayPal (mishandling customer accounts)
Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds Co. and Brown & Williamson Corporation (fraudulent advertising light cigarettes - IL residents only)
Pilgrim's Pride (unfair business practices)
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. (forcing employees to pay for uniforms)
Prempro for alleged marked increases in invasive breast cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke and pulmonary embolism.
Prestage (pollution)
Primedia, Inc. (denied promised benefits)
Progressive Corp. (overtime)
Providian Financial Corporation (ERISA breach of fiduciary duty)
Qantas et al. (deep vein thrombosis - British only)
Qwest Communications International (non payment of overtime)
Radio Shack (labor - non-payment of overtime, PA)
Raytheon Company, Lucent Technologies, General Electric Corporation, Honeywell International, Inc., ITT Industries, Inc., and ITT-Gilfillan, Inc. (soldiers exposed to radar)
Residential Schools in Canada (sexual and physical abuse)
Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. (failure to pay overtime)
Roto-Rooter, Inc. (unfair business practices)
Ryan's Family Steak Houses Inc. (overtime wages)
Salomon, Smith Barney Inc. (securities broker)
Save Mart (failing to pay grocery managers overtime)
Scientific Games Corporation ("Autotote") (betting fraud)
Serzone (liver damage)
Shell Oil (human rights violations)
Smithfield Foods Inc. (pollution)
Slater Stainless Corp. (employmee benefits)
Sony Corp. of America (product liability)
Sprint Corp (spam in Utah)
Stimson Lumber Company (defective Forestex Hardboard Siding)
Sun Microsystems Inc. (employment discrimination)
TAP Pharmaceuticals (false demand for "Lupron")
Tobacco Companies (tobacco addiction - LA only)
Thanh Phu restaurant (food poisoning, AU)
Tri-State Crematory (improper cremations)
United Equitable Insurance, and Standard Life & Accident Insurance (insurance)
UnumProvident Corporation (ERISA)
Urgent Care Pharmacy (contaminated drugs)
US Forest Service (discrimination against Hispanics)
University of Maryland (civil rights)
University System of Maryland (education)
US Government (veterans health care)
Ustman Technologies, Inc. (unfair business practices)
VeriSign, Inc. (mailing deceptive "expiration" notices)
Wal-Mart (collecting life insurance on low-level employees)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (unpaid overtime)
Washington County (wrongful imprisonment)
Women's and Children's Hospital, Australia (taking body parts)
Xerox (ERISA)
Alleged/Pending/Proposed Securities Class Actions:
12% GOALs(+) (NASD: GPLD)
Accredo Health, Inc. NASD NM: ACDO
AFC Enterprises Inc. NASD: AFCE
Affymetrix, Corporation NASD NM: AFFX
Alliant Energy Corp. NYSE: LNT
Allou Healthcare, Inc. AMEX: ALU
Alloy, Inc. NASD: ALOY
American Depositary Receipts (NYSE: BAY)
Avery Dennison Corporation NYSE: AVY
Black Box Corporation NASD: BBOX
Blue Rhino Corporation NASD: RINO
Cerner Corporation NASD: CERN
CIT Group Inc. NYSE:CIT
Collins & Aikman Corp. NYSE: CKC
Core Laboratories NYSE: CLB
CornerStone Propane Partners OTC Pink Sheets: CNPP
Daisytek International Corporation NASD: DZTK
divine, inc. OTC:DVINQ
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. NASD: ESIO
eUniverse Inc. NASD: EUNI
eXegenics Inc. NASD: EXEG
Exodus Communications, Inc. NYSE: GS
Fifth Third Bancorp NASD: FITB
Fischer Imaging Corporation NASD NM:FIMG
Fleming Companies, Inc. NYSE: FLM
Gainsco, Inc. OTC BB: GNAC
I2 Technologies NASD: ITWO
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC NYSE: ICI
Lantronix, Inc. NASD: LTRX
NorthWestern Corporation NYSE: NOR
Orthodontic Centers of America, Inc. NYSE: OCA
Paradigm Medical Industries Inc. NASD: PMED
PEC Solutions, Inc. (NASD: PECS)
Pharmacia Corporation NYSE: PHA
PW Aspen Management LLC
RealNetworks, Inc. NASD: RNWK
Recoton Corporation OTC: RCOTQ.PK
Redback Networks, Inc. NASD: RBAK
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NASD: REGN
Retek
Sara Lee Corporation NYSE: SLE
Skechers USA, Inc. NYSE: SKX
SuperGen, Inc. NASD: SUPG
Sycamore Networks, Inc. NASD: SCMR
Symbol Technologies, Inc. NYSE: SBL
Synopsys, Inc. NASD: SNPS
The J. Jill Group, Inc. NASD: JILL
The Morgan Group, Inc. (private)
Ultimate Electronics, Inc. NASD: ULTE
UnumProvident Corporate-Backed Trust Securities NYSE: KVN
VaxGen Inc. (NASD: VXGN)
Winstar, Inc. NYSE: CSR
Worldcom
| 12% GOALs (+) NASD: GPLD
360Networks, Inc. NASD: TSIX.PK
800america.com OTC: ACCO
Acclaim Entertainment NASD: AKLM
Advanced Switching Communications, Inc. NASD: ASCX
ACLN, Ltd. NYSE: ASW
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. NASD: ADCT
Adelphia Communications Corporation NASD: ADLAC
Aegon N.V. NYSE: AEG
Aetna NYSE: AET
AFC Enterprises Inc. NASD: AFCE
Agilent Technologies, Inc. NYSE: A
Allegheny Energy Inc. NYSE: AYE
Alliance Premier Growth Fund NYSE: AC
Amerco Securities NASD: UHAL
American Depositary Receipts NYSE: BAY
American Electric Power Company, Inc. NASD: AEP
Amazon NASD: AMZN
AmeriCredit NYSE: ACF
Andrx Corporation NASD: ADRX
Answerthink, Inc. NASD: ANSR
AOL Time Warner NYSE: AOL
APW, Ltd. NYSE: APW
Ariba, Inc. NASD: ARBA
Ask Jeeves NASD: ADKJ
Art Technology NASD: ARTG
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. NYSE: CGO
Atmel Corporation NASD: ATML
Avista Corporation NYSE: AVA
Bayer (AG) Aktiengesellschaft NYSE: BAY
Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc NYSE: BSC
BellSouth Corporation NYSE: BLS
Black Box Corporation NASD: BBOX
Blockbuster Inc. NYSE: BBI
Brightpoint, Inc. NASD: CELL
Broadwing, Inc. NYSE: BRW
Cable & Wireless NYSE: CWP
Calpine Corporation NYSE: CPN
Caminus Corporation NASD: CAMZ
Caprius, Inc. OTCBB: CAPR.OB
Carreker Corp. NASD: CANIE
Century Business Services NASD: CBIZ
Charter Communications, Inc NASD: CHTR
Chronimed, Inc NASD: CHMD
Citigroup, Inc NYSE: C
Clarent Corporation NASD: CLRN
ClearOne Communications, Inc. NASD: CLRO
Comerica, Inc. NYSE: CMA
Commonwealth Energy Corporation
Compaq Computer Corporation NYSE: CPQ
Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. AMEX: CIO
Concord, EFS NASD: CEFT
Corning, Inc. NYSE: GLW
Corrpro Companies, Inc. AMEX: CO
Corvis Corp. NASD: CORV
Cosi, Inc. NASD: COSI
CryoLife, Inc. NYSE: CRY
Cutter & Buck, Inc. NASD: CBUKE
Digital Island, Inc. NYSE: ISLD
DJ Orthopedics, Inc. NYSE: DJO
Dynegy, Inc. NYSE: DYN
Eaton Vance NYSE: EV
Elan Corporation, plc NYSE: ELN
Electronic Data Systems Corp. NYSE: EDS
Enron Corporation NYSE: ENE
Exodus Communications, Inc. NASD: EXDS
Fleming Companies, Inc. NYSE: FLM
Flextronics International Ltd. NASD: FLEX
Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. NASD: GMST
GenesisIntermedia NASD: GENI
Georgeson Shareholder, Inc.
Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. NASD: GILTF
Globix Corporation NASD: GBIX
Hamilton Bancorp, Inc. OTC: HABK
HealthSouth Corp. NYSE: HRC
Homestore.com, Inc. NASD: HOMS
Homestore.com NASD: HOMS
Hotels.com NASD: ROOM
HPL Technologies, Inc. NASD: HPLAE
ImClone Systems, Inc. NASD: IMCL
InfoSpace NASD: INSP
Intel NASD: INTC
InterCept, Inc. NASD: ICPT
Interstate Bakeries Corp. NYSE: IBC
King Pharmaceuticals Inc. NYSE: KG
Knight Trading Group, Inc. NASD: NITE
Koninklijke Ahold NYSE: AHO
K-Tel International NASD: KTEL
Latronix, Inc. NASD: LTRX
Leap Wireless International, Inc. OTCBB: LWIN
Lexent, Inc. NASD NM: LXNT
Lexmark International, Incorporated NYSE: LXK
Lipper Convertibles, L.P.
Loudcloud, Inc. NASD: LDCL
Lucent Technologies NYSE: LU
Marconi NASD: MONI
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. NYSE: MSO
Merrill Lynch Focus Twenty Fund NASD: MAFOX
MCSi, Inc. NASD: MCSI
McLeodUSA, Inc. NASD: MCLD
Merck NYSE: MRK
Michaels Stores, Inc. NYSE: MIK
Microtune, Inc. NASD: TUNE
MIIX Group, Incorporated NYSE: MHU
Monterey Pasta Company NASD: PSTA
Morgan Stanley NYSE: MWD
Motorola, Inc. NYSE: MOT
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. NYSE: NTE
Nesco, Inc. NASD: NESCQ
Noven Pharmaceutical, Inc. NASD: NOVN
NTL, Inc. NYSE: NLI
NUI Corporation NYSE: NUI
NVIDIA Corporation NASD: NVDA
Owens Corning Inc. OTCBB: OWENQ.OB
Palm, Inc. NASD: PALM
Parametric Technology Corporation NASD: PMTC
Party City Corp. NASD: PCTY
Patriot American Hospitality, Inc. (private)
PDS Gaming Corp. NASD: PDSG
PEC Solutions, Inc. NASD: PECS
Perot Systems Corporation NYSE: PER
PDI Inc. NASD: PDII
PharmaPrint, Inc. OTC: PPRT
Prodigy Communications Corp. NASD: PRGY
Provident Financial Group Inc. NASD: PRGI
Providian Financial Corporation NYSE: PVN
Prudential Securities
PW Aspen Management LLC NASD: PALM
QuadraMed Corporation NASD: QMDCE
Qualcomm, Inc. NASD: QCOM
Razorfish, Inc. NASD: RAZF
Reliant Energy, Inc. NYSE: REI
Rent-A-Center Inc. NASD: RCII
Retek Inc. NASD: RETK
Riverstone Networks, Inc. NASD: RSTN
Rural Cellular Corporation NASD: RCCC
Saf T Lok Corporation OTCBB: LOCK.OB
Sawtek, Inc. NASD: TQNT
Scherling Plough Corporation NYSE: SGP
Skillsoft NASD: SKIL
Sonus Pharmaceuticals NASD: SNUS
StarMedia Network, Inc. NASD: STRM
Sunbeam Corp. NYSE: SOC
Suprema Specialties Inc. NASD: CHEZ
Symbol Technologies, Inc. NYSE: SBL
Syncor International Corp. NASD: SCOR
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.NASD: TTWO
Tellium, Inc. NASD: TELM
Tengaso, Inc. AMEX: TGC
Trandkaryotic Therapies, Inc. NASD: TKTX
Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. NASD: TKTX
Transmeta Corporation NASD: TMTA
UnumProvident Corporation NYSE: UNM
VaxGen Inc. NASD: VXGN
Versatility NASD: VERS
VitalWorks Inc. NASD: VWKS
Vodaphone Group NYSE: VOD
Walt Disney Company NYSE: DIS
Westar Energy, Inc. NYSE: WR
World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. NYSE: WWF
WorldCom, Inc. NASD: WCOM
Worldwide Xceed Group, Inc. NASD: XCED
Xcel Energy, Inc. NASD: XEL
XO Communications, Inc. NASD: XOXO
The following complaints have been registered on this website by private parties and are paraphrased hereon. Online Services Ltd. does not endorse or have an opinion regarding the complaints listed here.
People seeking a class action against the following alleged injustices:
Adelphia Communications (false advertising)
Advanced Marketing Service (non-payment of overtime)
American Electrip Power Service Corporation (disability benefits)
AOL (charging after account closed)
AT&T (early termination of service)
Autonations USA (sexual harassment)
Baycol (side effects)
Bouchard Transportation (oil spill)
C&K Markets Inc. (shorting paychecks)
CarePath Inc. (pay missing from pay cheques)
Cavco Industries & Mountainview Homes (poor quality construction)
CAVCO Industries Corp. (fraud)
Coal Burning Plants (pollution)
Computer Sciences Corporation (unpaid overtime)
Concord Payment Systems (withholding funds)
Credit Agencies (false credit reports increase insurance costs)
Dating Agencies (misrepresenting consumers rights)
Dell (failure to honor rebates)
Department of Defense (non-payment of overtime)
Direct TV (not honoring rebates>
Domain Registration (redirected to advertising page)
Ephedra
Exxonmobil USA (non-payment of overtime)
Fairbanks Capital (unethical business practices.)
Federal Aviation Administration (age discrimination)
Fidelity National Title Insurance (not honoring policies)
First Unum (long term disability)
Fraud (billed for unsolicited merchandise)
Georgia-Pacific Corp. (asbestos exposure)
HCI Direct Inc. (marketing fraud)
Health Clubs (overcharging)
HealthSouth (employee stock plan)
Home Depot (vacation pay)
Integrated Health Services (unpaid vacation pay)
JPI Imports, FL (not honoring warranteis)
Litton Loan Services (breach of contract)
Lockheed/Martin (illegal layoffs)
Metabolife
Microsoft ISP (billed for services not received)
N.L. Industries (exposing workers to dangerous chemicals)
National Health Care Discount (telemarketing scam)
Nestle USA (discrimination)
Network Solutions (renewal notices)
Neurontin (improper marketing)
Officemax, Inc., IL (racial discrimination)
Orange County Fire Department, CA (non-payment of overtime)
Price Fixing (antitrust)
Primedia (age discrimination)
Prison Health Services (employment discriminstion)
Samaritan Hospital, KY (neglect)
Sars and Vacation Refunds
Sherring-Plough (Ribavirin)
Spam (unsolicited email)
Squaw Valley Ski Corp (non-payment of overtime)
Star City Nursing Center (patient neglect)
Stolt-Nielsen, S.A. and Odfjell ASA (price fixing)
SUV (rollovers)
Texas Instruments (non-payment of overtime)
Tivo (breach of contract)
Travelocity (not refunding money for cancelled flights)
Travelution.com (bait and switch)
Triox Pesticide (reaction)
Tyler Pipe (asbestos exposure)
Unhealthy City Design
University of South Florida (racism)
Unum Provident (denial of disability claims)
US Postal Service (sexual harassment)
Wuesthoff Hospital, FL (abuse of elderly patients)
Abit Corp. (defective motherboards)
Accutane (depression, psychosis, suicide attempts and suicide)
Adalat (side effects)
Advantage Capital (consumer fraud)
Allstate Insurance (unethical business practices)
America Online (AOL) (unethical marketing practices)
American Home Products (HRT - hormone replacement therapy)
Americredit Corp (fraudulent practices)
Amex Cobalt Card (unauthorized charges)
Anthrax vaccine (increase in brith defects)
Arava (liver damage)
Asbestos (exposure causing injury or death)
AT&T (early termination of service)
Ativan (addictive qualities)
Audi (defective windshield)
Avantis (genetically modified grain cross-contamintion)
Baycol (liver and kidney damage)
Baxter Dialysis
Benzodiazepine (addictive qualities)
Best Buys (double charging credit cards)
BJ's Wholesale Club (no warranties on expensive watches)
Budget-Rent-A-Car (undisclosed deposit)
Car Dealers (pre-install options to increase price)
Caterpillar (failed welds on loader/backhoe model 416b)
Chase Automotive Finance (unethical business dealings)
Cavco Industries & Mountainview Homes (poor quality construction)
Circuit City (not honoring warranties)
Citibank (credit checks and subsequently raising interest rates)
Compaq Computers (new components replaced with refurbished)
Compuserve (withdraw funds after service cancelled)
Cyberworld Marketing (not delivering products)
Cytotec (Misoprostol) (uterine hyperstimulation and rupture)
Daimler Chrysler (premature engine failure due to oil sludge)
Dell Computers (new components replaced with refurbished)
Dell Computers (not paying promised rebates)
Dept. of Agriculture (cutting down healthy trees)
Dexcool (coolant damages engines)
Dow Agro Sciences (exposure to Dursban (chlorpyrifos))
Dow Corning Breast Implant claims (settlement money)
Duract (severe hepatic (liver) failure)
Earthlink (charging cancellation fee for service not started)
Electronic Exercise Belts (don't produce muscular midsection)
Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk (genetically engineered insulin)
Enbrel (serious blood reactions and nervous system disorders)
Exploding Gas Cans (burns, deaths)
Fairbanks Capital (unethical business practices)
Fen-Phen and Redux
Ford (vehicles stall while driving)
Ford (defective blend door)
Ford (plastic intake manifold)
Ford/Citibank credit card (cancelled 5% rebate program)
Fujitsu (faulty hard drives)
General Motors (Astro Van rear axle faisures)
GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) (alleged addictive qualities)
GMC (dexcool antifreeze corrodes heating system)
H&R Block (refund anticipation loans)
Health Insurance (not covering birth control pills)
Home Shopping Network (cannot return defective products, misrepresented quality of goods)
Human/GE Insulin (supressing use of beef or pork insulin)
Hyundai (falsifying hp output)
Iridium Bonds (securities)
Kia Motors (cars stall without warning while driving)
Kia Optima (overstating horsepower)
Lamisil (can cause liver failure)
Lariam (anti-malaria drug - suicidal tendencies)
Leasecomm (deceptive lease policies)
Lipokinetix (causing acute hepatitis and/or liver failure)
Listeria (Pilgrim's Pride, Wampler meat recall)
Lotronex(ischemic colitis and severe constipation)
LTV Corp. (lost severance benefits)
Lydura (tissue patches cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)
Lymerix (severe arthritis and Lyme disease)
Mazda (defective transmission)
Monsanto Corporation (genetically engineered seeds/food)
Microsoft ISP (billed for services not received)
Network Solutions (renewal notices)
Nike (footwear causing knee problems)
Nissan Pathfinder (faulty manifold studs)
Northern Trust Bank of Arizona (abandonment of fidiciary duty)
NOS Communications (fraudulent billing practices)
Nuclear tests (health problems)
OxyContin (addiction and withdrawal)
Outpost.com (unble to return items)
Panasonic (some DVD players cannot play copy-protected DVDs)
PC SPES (herbal supplement)
Philips/Magnavox (TVs fail just after warranty has expired)
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) (causing hemorrhagic strokes)
Propulsid (Cisapride) (heart arrhythmia and sudden death)
Provera (causing hypospadias in infants)
Ralenza (side effects)
Remicade (heart failure)
Ritalin (side effects)
Rogaine (permanent skin damage on head)
Ronco (failure to receive merchandise advertised on TV)
Saturn (defective timing chain)
Serzone (causing liver damage)
Sexual abuse (by a religious order)
Singulair (systemic allergic reactions)
Sony (faulty floppy disk controllers)
Sporanox (congestive heart failure)
StarBand Satellite Broadband Internet (charging for non-service)
Stadol NS (butorphanol) (severely addictive)
Sulzer (defective hip implants)
Target Stores (transfer ticket, return policy)
Thimerosal (childhood autism)
Time Inc. (improper billing magazine subscriptions)
TiVO (faulty delivery renders service and hardware useless)
Toyota (sludge)
uBid.com (non-delivery of purchased items)
uBid.com (items sold not covered by manufacturers warranties)
United States Steel (anti-union activities)
US Forest Service (charging fees to access public lands)
US States (non compliance with Federal Laws for child support)
Unum (non-payment of long-term disability claims)
Video game manufacturers (games cause multiple seizures)
Vioxx (increase risk of heart attack)
Visa/Mastercard (charges imposed with use of debit cards)
Voice Stream (false advertising, overcharging users)
Volkswagen (fire under dashboard)
Welders fumes (health problems)
Wells Fargo (mortgage interest)
Zithromax (causes liver damage)
Zyban (seizure and death)
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