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30 Jun 6:30 am
Consumers sued Sears Roebuck and Co. in a New Jersey federal court for alleged violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud
Act involving a home improvement project which ... days to complete but which allegedly dragged on for over a year and resulted in poorly operating heating and air
conditioning systems. The company got some of the claims ... Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by failing to: (1) obtain all required building permits; and (2) give starting and
completion dates in the home improvement contract. ...
2 Oct 3:02 pm
... a record-setting consent decree resolving a class lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) under the
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) for $6.2 million and ... strongest possible message that the EEOC will use its enforcement authority boldly to protect those rights
and advance equal employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities." EEOC Chicago District Director John ... is captioned EEOC v. Sears Roebuck & Co., N.D. Ill. No. 04 C 7282. Today's decree is dated September 29, 2009. ...
1 Oct 9:45 am
... Judge Wayne Andersen, resolving the $6.2 million lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck and Co. under the Americans With
Disabilities Act (ADA)--the largest ADA single ... EEOC's press release, the class action lawsuit was filed in 2004, accusing Sears of providing an inflexible worker's
compensation leave exhaustion policy, as well as terminating ... fired, after their discount cards were rejected while shopping at local Sears retail stores. Along with the $6.2
million settlement, the consent decree includes ...
29 Sep 7:44 am
According to the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) has
agreed to settle a class lawsuit for the sum of $6.2 million and other remedial relief. It was ... , in violation of the (Americans with Disabilities Act)." This lawsuit arose
after the EEOC investigated a charge of discrimination filed by a former Sears service technician, John Bava. It is said by the EEOC that after Bava was injured on the job,
leaving him with a disability, Sears did ...
3 Nov, 2008 2:00 pm
... granting class certification in a consumer false advertising case. Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., ___ F.3d ___ (7th
Cir. Oct. 28, ... amount equal to an estimate of the average damages they had sustained would be a sensible and legally permissible alternative to remitting all the buyers to
individual suits each of which ... bankruptcy and so they are unwilling to bet their company on the outcome of a trial. This, however, is not such a case, as the aggregate claims
are well within Sears Roebuck's ...
23 Oct, 2006 6:00 am
In Santamaria v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir. Oct. 19, 2006), the Seventh Circuit (Judge Posner) affirmed an
order remanding a pre-CAFA action to California state court, where ... plaintiffs' motion to remand. On reconsideration, the federal judge in Illinois remanded the case back to
California state court, and the defendant appealed to the Seventh Circuit. The Seventh Circuit held that the federal judge in Illinois had the power to reconsider the ...
15 Jul, 2008 5:54 pm
Today, in Moody v. Sears Roebuck & Co., the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a decision of the Business Court which
had refused to approve the dismissal with prejudice of a North Carolina class action. The ... , even if the class hasn't yet been certified. Moody presented the first opportunity for
the Court of Appeals to deal with that issue, and it rejected the argument that the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure require approval before a pre-certification dismissal.
The Court ...
17 Oct 11:27 am
A woman has filed a Cook County injury lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck, and Co. for inadequate security. In her Chicago
premises liability complaint, Christine Granberry is ... to steal her purse. She says the person "violently" knocked her to the pavement and kicked her multiple times, causing
her to sustain permanent, serious physical ... 's parking lot, failing to monitor the area, failing to provide a security presence, and failing to help her during the assault.
Department stores can be held liable ...
8 Oct 8:56 am
A former employee for Sears, Roebuck and Co. was injured on the job, took workers' compensation leave, and later
learned that he'd been terminated when his wife's discount card was denied. That incident resulted ... United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2004. The suit
accused the company of illegally firing a disabled worker and failing to make reasonable accommodations that would have allowed the injured service technician to return to work.
In ...
30 Sep 7:46 am
Sears, Roebuck and Co, commonly referred to as Sears settled a lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission ("EEOC") based on the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") for $6.2 million and significant remedial relief. ... of their leave would make their return possible.
All of this was in violation of the ADA. "The era of employers being able to inflexibly and universally apply a leave limits policy without seriously considering the reasonable
accommodation requirements of the ADA are ...
6 Nov, 2006 7:11 am
Santamarina v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., No. MDL 1703, 2006 WL 2979396 (7th Cir. Oct. 19, 2006)How did a California state
court action involving claims for alleged violations of the California unfair trade practices act end up in the Seventh...
17 Sep, 2008 1:45 am
... collapse. In the case of companies like AIG it means that within bankruptcy the company is reorganized--and the "profitable, well-capitalized operating subsidiaries with
substantial value" continue operatng--either ... 1998. He led the initial public offering and 1995 spin-off of Allstate from Sears, Roebuck and Co. At Sears, Mr. Liddy served as Senior Vice ... Larry Catá Backer, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Federalizing Norms for Officer,
Lawyer and Accountant Behavior, St. Johns Law Review, Vol. 76, pp. 897 ...
23 Jan, 2007 9:03 am
... over 150 companies with license rights under this portfolio, including over 15 energy and utility companies. Companies in other industries with license rights under this
portfolio include: Advanta ... Inc., Dell Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., Equifax Inc., Excel Communications Inc., First Data Corporation, ... ,
Principal Financial Group, Inc., Prudential Financial, Inc., QVC, Inc., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Shop At Home, Inc., Sprint
Corporation, SouthTrust Bank, Sunoco, ...
11 Nov, 2008 1:14 pm
... on assorted shareholder proposals. Essentially, the staff indicated that proposals calling for the elimination of classified boards and the reduction in the size of the board
from 21 to 14 directors could be deleted unless the proponent revised the ... as a recommendation or request that the board of directors take the steps necessary to implement the
proposal. Sears, Roebuck and Co. Resolved: That the stockholders . . . urge the Board of Directors to amend the Company's
Restated Certificate of ...
5 Nov, 2008 12:08 pm
... to and scope of relief. The instructions to the jury on the law it is to apply will be an amalgam of the consumer protection laws of the 29 jurisdictions, and
procedural rules by which particular jurisdictions expand or contract relief will be ignored." The Court noted, for example, that Tennessee's ... .'" Id., at 12. Accordingly, the
Circuit Court reversed the district court order and remanded with instructions to decertify the class. Id. Download PDF file of Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
3 Jun, 2008 4:04 am
... Coar denied defendant Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s ("Sears") Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b) motion for judgment as a matter of
law and Fed. R. ... had sufficient opportunity to challenge the expert's methodologies during cross examination. Fourth, Sears argued that the jury's award was in error
because it awarded damages based on the entire sales ... 11.2M (the correct figure). Finally, the Court awarded RRK both pre-judgment and post-judgment interest. Pre-judgment
interest, which is awarded on equitable grounds, ...
4 Dec, 2007 3:07 am
... parties' damages motions in limine.* First, the Court held that defendant Sears, Roebuck & Co. ("Sears") could
have its damages expert Catherine Lawton testify regarding ... tool). The head start period was disputed, preventing the Court from fixing a time for the period, and any alleged
harm would be resolved by a jury instruction explaining how the jury should ... motion for sanctions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1927. RRK argued that Sears's March 2007 production,
two years after fact discovery closed ...
23 Mar, 2008 10:33 am
... that plaintiff had been treated for his injuries at a hospital in Minnesota, and that he received further treatment in Illinois. Berbig v. Sears Roebuck & Co., Inc., ___ N.E.2d ___, 2007 WL 4562890 (Ill.App. December 26, ... action should be dismissed because the lawnmower was purchased in
Minnesota, plaintiff lives in Minnesota, the accident occurred in Minnesota, and plaintiff's initial medical treatment was performed in Minnesota. Defense attorneys also argued
that no ...
28 Nov, 2006 4:55 am
... .S. when they are manufactured abroad. Santamarina v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 466 F.3d 570, 571 (7th Cir. 2006). Defense
attorneys demurred, and plaintiff's lawyer filed an amended complaint after CAFA became effective. The defense then ... the parties to the unedifying prospect of continued
litigation when they knew that a possibly critical ruling was in error and, unless it became moot in the course of the proceedings, would compel a reversal of the final judgment
at the end of ...
30 Sep 8:29 pm
Sears Roebuck & Co. recently agreed to a record settlement in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission[EEOC] lawsuit
alleging the retailer illegally fired disabled workers. The $6.2 million dollar settlement amount is the ... similar cases where injured employees sought accomodations upon their
return, only to be terminated. Sears issued a statement insisting that they reasonably accomodated employees and settled the case because of the cost of litigation. In
other words, the tried and true " ...
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