Class action settlements leaped in value last year, with three settlements topping the $200 million mark.
A judge has approved a $56 million settlement in a class action alleging Monash IVF destroyed potentially viable embryos, including a $10.6 million payout for the firm that ran the case.
A class action on behalf of 700 patients alleging Monash IVF destroyed potentially viable embryos has told a court the majority of late registrants should not share in the $56 million settlement.
A judge has signed off on the eighth version of a class action against Sydney doctor Daniel Lanzer and several of his associates over allegedly negligent cosmetic surgeries.
A class action on behalf of AFL players who allegedly suffered brain injuries has added plaintiff Max Rooke’s former club to the case, and plans to file a separate action against the remaining clubs.
A judge has rejected AFL great Phil Krakouerâs request for extensive game footage before putting on an amended claim in a racial vilification class action against the league, which is expected to bring five clubs into the proceeding.Â
Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and several of his associates have objected to a class actionâs eighth attempt at getting its claims over allegedly negligent cosmetic procedures right, saying the plaintiffs were engaged in a âcontinuing cycle of propagating versionsâ of their case.
The Australian Football League has panned as “legally misconceived” a bid to drag individual clubs into a class action against the league on behalf of football players who allegedly suffered brain injuries.
The lead plaintiff and several group members in a class action against the Australian Football League on behalf of players who allegedly suffered brain injuries have âvery strongâ opposition to adding individual clubs, a court has heard.
The AFL has scored a small victory in concussion litigation brought by players, winning an order temporarily halting a case by former Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken.