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pCase01 = "Abercrombie & Kent is well known as the premier name in international travel throughout the world. Abercrombie & Kent advertised itself as the owner and operator of a startup luxury vacation club. However, it failed to disclose that it was not the owner or operator of the club, and instead merely licensed the use of its name to the startup company that actually owned and operated the club. In reliance upon Abercrombie & Kent's extensive advertising, consumers purchased club memberships that were priced from $250,000 to $1,300,000 each. After a brief period of operation, the startup company that actually owned and operated the club filed for bankruptcy. As a result, all the members lost the purchase value of their memberships. Abercrombie & Kent is alleged to have failed to stand behind the bankrupt club, claiming that it had no responsibility because it only licensed its name for use by the club. Kabateck Brown Kellner represents 570 individual members of this former club who have filed lawsuits with the Complex Litigation Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court.";
pCase02 = " Kabateck Brown Kellner was co-lead counsel in historic litigation that resulted in tens of millions of dollars for families of victims of the Armenian Genocide. The Marootian v. New York Life Insurance Company (Case No. CV99-12073 CAS, United States District Court, Central District of Los Angeles) class action is the oldest resolved case in U.S. history: 90 years passed between the original events and the $20 million settlement. It is also the first recorded case addressing issues involving the Armenian Genocide.In a subsequent class action, Kyurkjian v. Axa (Case No. CV02-01750 CAS, United States District Court, Central District of Los Angeles), a $17.5 million settlement was secured against French insurance giant, Axa S.A. In each of these class actions, the insurers were made to fulfill their long overdue obligations to the heirs of the victims of the Genocide. Kabateck Brown Kellner is currently prosecuting claims on behalf of heirs of the Armenian Genocide arising from bank deposits and other assets held by Deutsche Bank, as well as insurance claims against Victoria Versicherung AG insurance company.";
pCase03 = " Citysearch is an internet search engine that many small businesses use to advertise. Unfortunately for them, these businesses are being billed by Citysearch for alleged fraudulent clicks on their advertisements. Kabateck Brown Kellner filed a class action complaint on behalf of small businesses that seeks damages for Citysearch's alleged practice of overcharging pay-per-click advertisers by charging the advertisers for fraudulent clicks.";
pCase04 = "Representing Florida boat owners in a class action against major gasoline companies for damages to boats caused by ethanol blended fuels. This case asserts that gas companies failed to warn that ethanol blended fuel, which has an affinity for water and \"phase separates\" into a gasoline and high concentration ethanol and water layer when contaminated with small amounts of water, can damage boat fuel tanks and engine parts. The case seeks recovery on a market share theory against all named gasoline companies, and seeks injunctive relief in the form of warnings by the gasoline companies of the effect of ethanol blended fuels on boats.";
pCase05 = "In August and September 2004, Hurricanes Charlie and Francis hit Volusia County, Florida, leaving a trail of destroyed homes and other properties. When these hurricanes occurred, many homeowners believed that their insurance coverage would provide help to rebuild and start over. Unfortunately, many insurance companies did not honor their agreements. Kabateck Brown Kellner has filed multiple bad faith actions against the insurance companies, and has recovered millions of dollars that these insurance companies initially refused to pay the homeowners associations, allowing homeowners to begin rebuilding their homes.";
pCase06 = " Kabateck Brown Kellner has two pending cases against search engine Google that alleges the internet colossus uses illegal practices to boost its advertising revenues. Advertising is the corporation's largest source of revenue. In order to advertise on Google, advertisers must sign up with Google's AdWords program. During this sign up process, Google allegedly fails to inform advertisers that by leaving an input form blank for advertising on third-party websites (which says \"optional\" next to it); advertisers will be billed for their ads appearing on third-party websites. The second case, RK West v. Google, Inc., was also filed on behalf of Google advertising customers to provide them with a remedy for Google's alleged practice of placing ads on \"parked websites,\" websites that only have ads and are a source of click fraud. When a customer receives a bill from Google, they only see the number of clicks and the amount which they owe; Google does not reveal from what websites the advertisements have been clicked on. This practice of non-disclosure leaves advertisers with no way of distinguishing between valid and invalid clicks from parked domains.";
pCase07 = "Hewlett-Packard (\"HP\") has the largest market share of printers and printer cartridges in the United States. HP makes a substantial profit from selling printer cartridges. In a series of class action cases filed on behalf of consumers by Kabateck Brown Kellner, it is alleged that HP has incorporated technologies that either prevent consumers from using all of the toner that they have purchased, or accelerate the use of toner in a manner that is not disclosed. As a result, HP makes a substantial profit at the expense of consumers. For inkjet printers, the lawsuit alleges that HP has designed many models to use color ink when printing black and white text or images, causing the printer to use expensive color toner even though the user is not printing a color image or text. In a separate case, the plaintiffs allege that HP has designed its printers and cartridges to shut down on an undisclosed \"expiration date\" which occurs before they have run out of ink. Kabateck Brown Kellner also represents consumers that have filed a class action alleging that HP has designed its laser printers to indicate that HP toner cartridges are empty, when in fact a significant amount of toner remains. The complaints also allege, depending on the printer model, that the user is either prevented from printing until a new cartridge is installed or the user has to follow a complex set of steps to override the shutdown mechanism.";
//pCase08 = " Games for the Xbox 360, produced by corporate giant Microsoft, often retail for $50 or more. When these discs are scratched, they fail to play in the Xbox and become permanently unplayable. Kabateck Brown Kellner has filed a class action on behalf of Xbox 360 players that have had game discs severely scratched by an alleged design defect that Microsoft failed to correct. Specifically, the effect of the alleged defective design occurs when the Xbox 360 is even slightly tilted or swiveled while a game disc is in the disc drive, causing a disc drive component to create a circular gouge on the game disc. It allegedly does so, despite the fact that Microsoft touts the Xbox 360's ability to operate vertically or horizontally as one of its features. The class action suit seeks compensation for the consumers whose game discs have been rendered permanently unplayable by the alleged defect.";
//pCase09 = " Kabateck Brown Kellner is representing the NAACP to make sure that all Americans, regardless of race, have equal access to credit. The class action seeks injunctive relief against some the nation's major banks and mortgage lenders, alleging that their lending practices in connection with the sale of sub prime and option adjustable rate mortgages had a disparate discriminatory impact on African-American homeowners. The complaint includes alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and the Civil Rights Act.";
//pCase10 = " When a driver insured by Nationwide is in an accident which results in their car being declared a total loss, the driver's policy often provided that Nationwide would pay for a rental while the driver found a replacement vehicle. Obsessed with reducing its rental car expenses, Nationwide allegedly implemented internal practices to prematurely terminate the car rental benefits that it owed its policyholders. Kabateck Brown Kellner successfully certified a national class of over 190,000 Nationwide policyholders. The policyholders claimed that Nationwide breached its insurance policy endorsements when it terminated rental benefits at the time it made an \"offer\" to settle, instead of at the end of thirty days, as the policy provided. The parties are currently negotiating the terms of a settlement for the national class.";
pCase11 = " Pharmaceutical manufacturer Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals is facing numerous lawsuits throughout the United States from women alleging that they have suffered serious personal injuries from using Bayer's popular oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin. The plaintiffs allege that Yaz and Yasmin caused them strokes, blood clots, and other health problems or put them at higher risk for these serious health issues. The plaintiffs further allege that Bayer knew, or should have known of these increased risks, because the FDA formally warned them of these risks in warning letters. Kabateck Brown Kellner has agreed to represent forty-eight women in pursuit of their claims against Bayer.";
pCase12 = " Recently, many airlines have increased the number and amount of fees they charge customers in addition to the price of the ticket. Among these fees is a so-called \"fuel surcharge.\" Kabateck Brown Kellner filed suit against several major airlines alleging a wide-ranging antitrust conspiracy to fix the level of so-called \"fuel surcharges\" on flights between the West Coast and Pacific and Asian countries. This case has been consolidated with others around the country and it is currently pending in the Northern District of California. Defendant Airlines include Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, EVA Airways, Japan Airlines International, Malaysia Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Quantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, United Airlines.";
pCase13 = " Although a federal jury convicted former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano of racketeering charges stemming from his use of illegal methods of investigating individuals for his high profile clients, the saga is far from over. Kabateck Brown Kellner is heavily involved in the pending civil process that seeks justice for Mr. Pellicano's victims; as well as punishment for those who aided Mr. Pellicano's conspiracy, but escaped prosecution in the criminal courts. Kabateck Brown Kellner has filed a class action suit against AT&T for its role in facilitating Pellicano's wiretapping scheme, which violated thousands of people's personal, legal and financial privacy. The case could potentially encompass a class of thousands, making AT&T liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Kabateck Brown Kellner also represents several individuals in connection with the Pellicano matter, including: (1) Academy Award-winning actor Keith Carradine (\"Deadwood,\" \"Dexter\") and his wife in a suit against AT&T, his ex-wife, and Mr. Pellicano; (2) Donna Dubrow against Mr. Pellicano and her ex-husband John McTiernan, the director of such blockbusters as \"Die Hard,\" \"The Hunt for Red October,\" and \"The Thomas Crown Affair.\" There have been numerous articles on this matter, some of which include:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/26/local/me-wiretap26;
http://www.newsweek.com/id/57001?tid=relatedcl;
http://www.allbusiness.com/services/legal-services/4464486-1.html;
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1141047297126;
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/14/local/me-pellicano14";
pCase14 = "Prempro is a popular hormone replacement medication prescribed by physicians to alleviate the symptoms of menopause. A study performed by the National Institute of Health (NIH) determined that long-term use of Prempro may significantly increase the risk of cancer of the breast, heart attacks, strokes and blood clots. Wyeth, the manufacturer of Prempro, has now included in its labeling new guidelines that warn against using Prempro on a long-term basis. However, this new warning was issued after many women already commenced their use of Prempro and already developed the health problems identified in the NIH study. Kabateck Brown Kellner represents over 200 women against Wyeth who allege they suffered serious injuries as a result of their use of Prempro.";
pCase15 = "Illegal practices by lenders were one of the major causes to the housing crisis that our country is currently experiencing. Kabateck Brown Kellner represents homeowners in separate class actions against numerous lenders for selling Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage (\"Option ARM\") loans that allegedly violate the Truth in Lending Act and other laws. These cases allege that banks acted deceptively in selling Option ARM loans in two ways. First, the banks failed to disclose that the initial, low \"teaser\" interest rate resets almost immediately to a higher rate. Then to make matters worse, although the actual minimum monthly payments in an Option ARM usually remained fixed for the first few years, the \"teaser rate\" usually expires after the first month. As a result, borrowers making the monthly fixed, minimum payments set forth in their notes experience negative amortization on the loan because the payment amounts are less than the interest accruing on the loan that month. Thus, the homeowner gets deeper into debt, despite making regular payments. These cases seek to prevent widespread foreclosures and remedy the financial damage to homeowners caused by unlawful lending practices.";
pCase16 = "Vioxx is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) commonly prescribed for complaints of pain and inflammation caused by osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as general symptoms of severe pain. Research in June 2000 known as the VIGOR study discovered that compared to patients on naproxen, patients taking Vioxx had an increased risk of serious cardiovascular episodes, including heart attacks and strokes. The Wall Street Journal disclosed internal documents from Merck, the manufacturer of Vioxx, that showed Merck knew of the potential hazards of Vioxx for years, yet nevertheless suppressed this information and retaliated against the researchers that voiced negative opinions regarding the safety of Vioxx. Consequently, in September 2004, Merck withdrew Vioxx from the US market because of documented research showing an increased risk of cardiovascular problems including heart attacks, strokes and blood clots related to use of Vioxx. Kabateck Brown Kellner is in the process of securing settlements from a $4.85 billion global settlement fund for several hundred people with claims of injuries caused by taking Vioxx.";
pCase17 = "An action brought pursuant to California's Unfair Competition Law against defendant GlaxoSmithKline, Inc. (\"GSK\") for its false and deceptive promotion of its psychotropic drug \"Paxil.\" Plaintiff, who is seeking to represent a class consisting of all California consumers who purchased Paxil, alleges that GSK employed a systematic marketing campaign which, via uniform and material misrepresentations and omissions, promoted \"Paxil\" as \"non-habit forming\". Plaintiff's motion for class certification is presently pending in the Los Angeles Superior Court.";
pCase18 = " Kabateck Brown Kellner currently represents NBA Hall of Famer and Laker Legend, Elgin Baylor, in an Insurance Bad Faith and Construction Defect action against Mr. Baylor's homeowners insurance carrier and a general contractor hired to perform renovations and improvements at Mr. Baylor's residence. After Mr. Baylor experienced severe water intrusion and subsequent damage following a 2008 rainstorm stemming from faulty and negligent construction work, he filed a claim with his homeowner's insurance carrier. Upon investigating the claim, the insurance company conducted destructive testing and caused more damage to the home which it neglected to repair. When both the insurance company and general contractor failed to make repairs and essentially left the Baylor residence in shambles, Mr. Baylor turned to Kabateck Brown Kellner to pursue his legal claims.";
pCase19 = " This case involves Service Advisors employed at various defendant owned and operated dealership and collision repair centers throughout the State of California. This class action is brought against Sonic Automotive for its unlawful policy and practice of not paying its Service Advisors proper overtime compensation, and for not providing for meal and rest periods, in violation of California Industrial Welfare Commission Orders 4-2000 and 4-2001 (as contained in the California Code of Regulations (8 Cal. Code Regs. Section 11170)), as well as California Labor Code sections 200, 223, 226.7, 500, 510, 512(a), 515, 1194, and 1198, and for violation of the California Business and Professions Code, sections 17200 et seq. Sonic Automotive Inc.’s alleged unlawful policy and practice has resulted in unpaid overtime and unpaid meal and rest periods to Plaintiff and the class.";
pCase20 = " Lexxiom, Inc., in cooperation with various attorneys across the country, has developed a scheme where consumers with high levels of credit card debt are convinced to signed up for debt negotiation services, believing that licensed attorneys would be handling their cases. In reality, non-attorney employees of Lexxiom, Inc. handle the debt negotiations, all while representing that they work for, or are under the supervision of, a licensed attorney. Victims of the scheme are advised by the law firm that is supposedly handling their case to stop paying their credit card bills and instead make payments into 'trust accounts' that can then be used to settle their debts. Payments into this trust account are often made for several years before any attempt to settle debts is made. During this time, debt levels increase dramatically and credit scores are ruined. Those who attempt to terminate their relationship with the defendants receive no refunds of the money paid into the 'trust account'. Even for those who have their debts settled, the fees paid to defendants negate any negotiated debt reduction. The suit seeks damages and injunctive relief for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the California Unfair Competition Law, the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act, professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.";
//pCase21 = " Kabateck Brown Kellner represents over 700 individuals who have been harmed by the popular prescription drug, Avandia. Kabateck Brown Kellner is pursuing litigation against pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline Corporation, the manufacturer of Avandia. Avandia is used in the treatment of persons with Type 2 Diabetes and has been prescribed to more than 6 million people in the United States over the last decade. Since its inception in 1999, Avandia has been shown to increase the risk of serious adverse cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and congestive heart failure. GlaxoSmithKline widely marketed Avandia to physicians and potential users, creating the image that Avandia was safe for human consumption and had fewer side effects than other medications prescribed for similar use. Despite documented studies demonstrating the life-threatening risks associated with taking Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline failed to remedy the defect or warn physicians, patients, and the general public of these associated risks. The action seeks compensatory damages, medical expenses and other economic damages, as well as punitive damages.";
pCase22 = " Kabateck Brown Kellner represents several plaintiffs that allege an ingredient in a dye used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures caused them to develop Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF). NSF is a devastating condition for which there is currently no cure. Symptoms of the disease include high blood pressure, severe skin discomforts and irritations, and muscle and bone pains. NSF can eventually be fatal in some instances. NSF only develops in people with renal insufficiency who are exposed to gadolinium contrast dyes. This exposure often occurs during an MRI. The actions seek compensatory damages, medical expenses and other economic damages, as well as punitive damages. Kabateck Brown Kellner has already obtained a settlement for one plaintiff.";
pCase23 = "Kabateck Brown Kellner is representing over a thousand homeowners who suffered damage to their homes as a result of the recent southern California Wild fires. Farmers insurance has systematically and in bad faith either refused to pay valid claims or severely underpaid valid claims as a result of damages from these fires. KBK has filed 5 actions so far, stemming from fires in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and anticipates filing on behalf of hundreds of more Farmers policyholders who have been mistreated with regard to their claims from the 2009 Station fires.";
pCase24 = " Under State Farm's automobile insurance policy, an insured involved in an accident with a third party can receive medical payment coverage for injuries sustained in the accident. The policy contains a clause requiring reimbursement from the insured only if he or she recovers proceeds from any party liable for the insured's bodily injury. Despite this policy language, State Farm asserts a right to reimbursement based on the settlement of the insured's personal injury claim with the third party – even though no determination of liability had been made and the third party expressly disclaims liability for the insured's injuries. Kabateck Brown Kellner filed suit against State Farm alleging that its practice of seeking reimbursement of medical payments from the proceeds of a personal injury settlement are a breach of contract and a violation of California consumer protection laws.";
pCase25 = " Kabateck Brown Kellner has brought suit against various major auto insurance carriers on behalf of insureds who have been involved in an automobile accidents where their cars suffered a total loss. The cases allege that insurers have routinely and systematically underpaid insureds for the value of their totaled vehicle, including failing to pay the value of gasoline left in the insureds' cars at the time of their accident. The insurance companies sued include Mercury, AIG and Wawanesa. The actions seek economic damages, punitive damages, restitution, and injunctive relief on behalf of harmed policyholders and individuals.";