A home-improvement retail giant has settled a $1 million class action lawsuit which began after several minority employees complained about discrimination. Most people in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area are family with Menards. The company has 262 stores in 13 states in the Midwest. In 2004, several Menards employees complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity …
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The named plaintiffs in the class action lawsuits against IKO have filed their Consolidated Complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The lawsuits allege that IKO designed, manufactured, and sold defective shingles to homeowners throughout the United States. The shingles are curling, cracking, falling off buildings, rapidly deteriorating, and …
Halunen Law filed a lawsuit against Alcoa Home Exteriors, now owned by Ply Gem Holdings under the new name of Mastic Home Exteriors on behalf of consumers who have Oasis decking on their home or other structures. The suit alleges that the decking is defective because it is prone to cracking, warping, curling, splitting, and …
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Halunen Law filed a lawsuit against Alcoa Home Exteriors, now owned by Ply Gem Holdings under the new name of Mastic Home Exteriors on behalf of consumers who have Oasis decking on their home or other structures. The suit alleges that the decking is defective because it is prone to cracking, warping, curling, splitting, and …
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A recent University of Minnesota study found that flexible workplaces are not only conducive to employee health, but also to measurable productivity. The study was conducted at Best Buy headquarters in Richfield where a test initiative directed workers to focus on results and allowed them to change when and where they performed work based on …
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Two Minnesota companies have recently been accused by the federal government of employment discrimination. Federal regulators first accused Cargill Inc. last month of discriminating on both race and gender grounds at its Arkansas turkey plant. The government claims that the company discriminated against thousands of entry-level workers at that plant.
The lawsuit alleges that some James Hardie fiber-cement siding contains at least one defect that causes paint to peel off of the boards and causes the boards to shrink and crack. The lawsuit further alleges that James Hardie has not lived up to its warranty obligation to replace the damaged siding. The lawsuit seeks monetary …
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The lawsuit alleges that some James Hardie fiber-cement siding contains at least one defect that causes paint to peel off of the boards and causes the boards to shrink and crack. The lawsuit further alleges that James Hardie has not lived up to its warranty obligation to replace the damaged siding. The lawsuit seeks monetary …
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A Hennepin County jury today found that G&K Services retaliated against truck driver James Dubiel for making a Workers Compensation claim. Dubiel was injured on the job when a car lost control and sideswiped his delivery truck. Dubiel filed a report of injury and G&K then fired him, claiming that he had not provided truthful …
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January 6, 2010 In December, plaintiffs from Ontario and Alberta filed class action lawsuits against IKO. The lawsuits allege claims under various consumer protection and competition laws. The Plaintiffs claim that their IKO roofing shingles were defective and began to leak, curl, split, or crack before the end of the warranty period. You can read …
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