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Wal-Mart Settles Suit Alleging Unpaid Overtime
Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $11 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the retail giant of forcing employees to work overtime without pay. According to the original lawsuit, filed in 2001, workers were given tasks impossible to complete during scheduled work hours and were then intimidated into working overtime. The settlement covers more than 97,000 employees who worked at Wal-Mart between June 5, 1998 and May 9, 2009. Steven Martens, Quad-City Times 10/14/2009
Mattel Reaches Settlement in Toy Recall Litigation
Mattel Inc. has agreed to pay as much as $50 million to resolve a consolidated group of lawsuits prompted by a massive lead-related toy recall in 2007. Under the settlement, consumers will be eligible to receive refunds or vouchers. Congress effectively banned lead from toys following the recalls by Mattel and other toy manufacturers. Edvard Pettersson, Bloomberg 10/14/2009
Jury Awards Damages in Paxil Case
A Pennsylvania jury has ordered GlaxoSmithKline to pay $2.5 million in the first of 600 cases over claims that the antidepressant Paxil causes birth defects. In the verdict, jurors found that Glaxo negligently failed to warn the doctor of a woman whose child was born with heart defects. The award is more than twice that originally sought by the lawsuit. Jef Feeley and Sophia Pearson, Bloomberg 10/13/2009
Drywall Complaints Continue to Mount
An increasing number of homeowners are coming forward with complaints
that Chinese-made drywall caused health problems and devalued their
property, the New York Times reports. As many as 100,000 homes could be
affected by the tainted wallboard, according to an attorney familiar
with the matter. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to
release a report later this month with remediation strategies for the
problem. Leslie Wayne, The New York Times 10/07/2009
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