Category Class Action

Yes, you can pursue legal action over dangerous medication side effects, but the lawsuit you file probably will not be a traditional class action.

To join a class action against a pharmaceutical company, you need to first confirm that a lawsuit exists for the drug or device that harmed you, then...

The average settlement for a medical device class action depends heavily on the device involved and the severity of injury, but concrete numbers do exist.

Yes, you can sue a nursing home in a class action lawsuit for patient abuse, though the path to doing so is more complicated than many families realize.

Filing a class action lawsuit against a hospital for malpractice requires identifying a pattern of similar harm across multiple patients, retaining a...

In most cases, a class action settlement payment will not affect your food stamp benefits — but it depends on where you live, how large the payment is,...

The difference between a W-2 and 1099 class action settlement comes down to how the workers were classified and how the resulting payout gets taxed.

Interest payments on class action settlements are always taxable income, and you report them on Schedule B (Form 1040), Line 1, regardless of whether the...

Yes, a class action settlement payment can absolutely affect your student loan repayment, and the mechanism is straightforward: most settlement payments...

Forty-one states plus the District of Columbia tax class action settlement payments as income, while nine states with no income tax let residents keep...