A whistleblower who once led the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Suicide Prevention Office for veterans has won her retaliation case years after filing a complaint alleging she was terminated for calling out fraud, waste and abuse within the program. Jackie Garrick, a professional social worker, former Army officer, and civil servant, had the retirement […]
MONTGOMERY, ALA. (May 18, 2020) – Fourteen Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C. attorneys have been selected to the 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list. Those named to this prestigious list are: Jere Beasley, Founding Attorney Greg Allen, Lead Products Liability Attorney Tom Methvin, Managing Attorney Cole Portis, Personal Injury Section […]
A whistleblower who exposed alleged corruption and cell doors that didn’t properly lock inside an Arizona corrections facility has been found dead of an apparent suicide. Gabriela “Gaby” Contreras, 31, worked at the former Lewis Corrections Department in Buckeye, Arizona. She was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head March 8 inside […]
A PricewaterhouseCoopers lawsuit has resulted in a payment of nearly $12 million to a group of unsuccessful job applicants, to resolve a suit in California federal court accusing the accounting firm of age discrimination. The named Plaintiffs Steve Rabin and John Chapman asked U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar for preliminary approval of a settlement […]
A whistleblower was instrumental in bringing a Medicare fraud case that ended with a jury verdict of nearly $11 million against a Gulfport, Mississippi, hospital owner. “One of the most egregious cases of Medicare fraud” U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst described the case against Ted Cain, owner of Stone County Hospital, and his wife Julie Cain, as […]
Several current and former Molson Coors employees and others familiar with the iconic Milwaukee brewery told the press that the company has a history of rampant racism – assertions that could cast some light on the motives behind a mass shooting that killed six workers, including the gunman. The alleged culture of racism within the […]
A whistleblower who sued Sanofi-Aventis U.S. for allegedly scheming Medicare out of millions of dollars has helped the U.S. government land an $11.85 million settlement. The whistleblower, a former employee of Sanofi’s predecessor, Genzyme Corporation, filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against Sanofi-Aventis alleging the drugmaker used a non-profit organization to illegally funnel money to […]
A federal court has ordered Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) to pay an employee $1.74 million for illegally firing him after he reported hazardous rail defects. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said In a Feb. 5 statement that the whistleblower, a former BNSF employee in Denver identified in other sources as Brandon […]
Three former executives of a medical marijuana growing operation, Standard Farms, in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, have lodged a multitude of whistleblower allegations against the company–claiming it broke state laws, violated regulations, and put consumers’ health at risk. Lisa Pabon, the former director of administrative operations at Standard Farms in the Luzerne County community of White […]
A whistleblower lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion in damages from government contractor Navistar Defense LLC has won the support of the U.S. government. Whistleblower Duquoin Burgess, a former government contracts manager for Navistar Defense, filed the False Claims Act lawsuit on behalf of the U.S. government, alleging the company vastly overcharged the U.S. Marine […]
A Selma, Alabama, hospital has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.45 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it used underqualified residents to cover shifts in its emergency room. Two ER physicians and a hospital executive were also named as defendants and parties to the settlement. U.S. Attorney Richard W. Moore, Southern District of […]
Apple has been paying contractors to listen to millions of iPhone and iPad users querying Siri, allowing them to hear a lot of highly private information, such as medical discussions, business deals, drug deals, and even sexual activities, according to an exposé published by The Guardian and the Irish Examiner. Globetech, a Cork, Ireland-based contractor, […]
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