#1 Cathay Pacific Pilots Flying High in California with $16.65M SettlementLos Angeles, CA - Airline workers in California are likely flying high with news that Cathay Pacific pilots will receive $16.65M to resolve a wage and hour class action lawsuit filed back in 2017. The pilots claimed the airline violated California’s labor laws relating to meal and rest periods, overtime and reserve duty pay – in some instances they weren’t even paid minimum wage. The settlement, however, tallies up to about three times as much as Cathay’s prior offer.
#2 VA Docs Protected by Code of SilenceWashington, DC - In September 2016, bright and bubbly one-year-old ZaMari Reese suffered devastating brain damage during an operation to place tubes in his ears at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. An ear tube operation, or tympanostomy, is a common procedure used to treat childhood ear infections and is generally thought to be very safe. ZaMari, now eight, cannot walk or talk and will require around-the-clock care for the rest of his life.
#3 Microsoft Discrimination Lawsuit Settles for $14.4 millionSanta Clara, CA - A discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) alleging that Microsoft gave workers lower bonuses and unfavorable performance reviews for taking leave has settled for $14.4 million. The settlement includes those who worked for Microsoft in California for at least 90 days during the settlement period that from May 13, 2017 and the present and took one or more leaves of absence.
#4 Lawsuit Alleges Tesla Racism Rampant in California FactoriesSanta Clara, CA - Tesla is facing yet another lawsuit alleging it failed to prevent racist and sexual harassment and retaliation at its Fremont and Lathrop factories. The California labor lawsuit was filed by 14 current and former Tesla workers on June 17th in the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda. This lawsuit is similar to others filed by Black and Hispanic workers over the past several years, which illustrates how racism is still rampant at the electric car company.
#5 L’Oreal Hair Relaxer Lawsuit ProceedsAtlanta, GA - Several Georgia women who filed a lawsuit against L'Oreal for negligence and fraud related to the use of hair relaxers have been given the go-ahead by the Georgia Court of Appeals. The French multinational personal care company had previously asked the courts to dismiss the complaints. Plaintiffs, including Kiara Burroughs, accuse the companies of selling hair relaxation, or lanthionization, products that caused or increased the risk of women developing uterine, ovarian or breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids or other injuries to the reproductive system.
#6 Reasons to Quit OzempicSanta Clara, CA - Not only is stomach paralysis an Ozempic side effect. From blindness to suicidal thoughts to organ failure, thousands of people are quitting Ozempic and other weight loss drugs that contain the active ingredient semaglutide as recent studies show the link to debilitating adverse events.
#7 Mortgage Loan Officers Entitled to Rest PeriodsSan Francisco, CA - A California federal judge ruled that PNC Bank violated the California labor code by failing to pay mortgage loan officers for rest breaks. The complaint stems from an unpaid rest break lawsuit that was filed back in 2018.
#8 Seroquel Side Effects for the ElderlyPearblossom, CA - Seroquel is a neuroleptic indicated for the treatment of bipolar disorder—and like most drugs carries a host of Seroquel side effects, including diabetes, tardive dyskinesia and even birth defects. However, there is a little-known use for Seroquel off-label that concerned the daughter of one Alzheimer's patient for whom she was caring.
#10 $9.5 Million Army Hospital Medical Malpractice SettlementHonolulu, HI - It was error after error that killed Julie Bond. She was the 31-year-old wife of former Army Staff Sgt. Donald Bond and a healthy mother of three. She just wanted to lose those extra pregnancy pounds. But six weeks after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, she was dead. Tripler Army Medical Center ultimately settled the medical malpractice lawsuit brought by her family for $9.5 million.
