class action lawsuit

Judge Finds Yakima Hospital Violated Laws on Charity Care
Judge Finds Yakima Hospital Violated Laws on Charity Care
Judge Finds Yakima Hospital Violated Laws on Charity Care
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has determined that a Yakima hospital violated the state Consumer Protection Act by failing to provide adequate financial help to low-income patients. The Herald-Republic reports that Superior Court Judge Susan Hahn sided with the patients last week in their class-action lawsuit against Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center and its former owner, Florida-based Heal
Judge OKs Class Action for Children in Deportation Hearings
Judge OKs Class Action for Children in Deportation Hearings
Judge OKs Class Action for Children in Deportation Hearings
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has approved class-action status for a lawsuit over whether poor children are entitled to lawyers during deportation hearings. The order by U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly in Seattle comes in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and immigration advocates...
Judge to Consider Timing of Trump University Trial
Judge to Consider Timing of Trump University Trial
Judge to Consider Timing of Trump University Trial
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge in San Diego has said he wanted a trial by the middle of this year in a class-action lawsuit against Donald Trump by students of Trump University who say they were defrauded. That was before the real estate mogul appeared headed for the Republican presidential nomination...
Yakama Nation to Get $7.2 Million in Lawsuit Settlement
Yakama Nation to Get $7.2 Million in Lawsuit Settlement
Yakama Nation to Get $7.2 Million in Lawsuit Settlement
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The Yakama Nation will soon get $7.2 million as part of a settled class action lawsuit involving hundreds of tribes. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the $940 million settlement was approved in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, district court and finalized by the Obama Administration, ending 25 years of dispute over insufficient payments to tribal agencies. ...