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Appeals court pops the top on class action vs Walgreens for wrongly charging Chicago bottled water tax
Saying a Cook County judge was wrong to cap it off, a state appeals panel has popped the lid placed on a class action lawsuit accusing Walgreens of wrongly charging a Chicago city tax on bottled water. -
Walgreens accused of providing incorrect prescription drug
A woman is suing Walgreens, alleging she was negligently provided an incorrect prescription drug. -
Husband and wife allege talc in Johnson & Johnson powder caused cancer
A married couple are suing Johnson & Johnson and Walgreens for product liability and other claims, asserting the manufacturer and drug store retailer should be made to pay for making and selling baby powder that allegedly caused ovarian cancer. -
Judge caps off class action accusing Walgreens of wrongly collecting Chicago's 5 cent bottled water tax
A Cook County judge has put a lid on a class action lawsuit against Walgreens brought by a man who claimed the drug store chain wrongly charged him and others a 5 cent city of Chicago sales tax on bottled drinks, which should have applied only to bottled water. -
Walgreens: Didn't mislead anyone to pay a Chicago beverage tax; judge should dismiss class action
Walgreens has asked a judge to dismiss a class action complaint it faces over a nickel beverage tax. In a Nov. 2 Cook County Circuit Court filing, Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance asked Judge Diane J. Larsen to dismiss a complaint Destin McIntosh filed Aug. 15, in which McIntosh claimed the pharmacy giant improperly charged a 5-cent tax. -
Class action says Walgreens wrongly collected 5 cent bottled water tax from other drink sales
A man who claims Walgreens wrongly charged him a 5 cent sales tax on drinks he purchased at their stores has brought a class action lawsuit against the nation’s largest chain of drug stores, claiming the retailer likely similarly overcharged potentially thousands of other people and should be made to pay under Illinois law. -
Seventh Circuit: Walgreens, shareholder settlement little more than $370K payday for lawyers
Calling the lawsuit an example of a “racket” aimed at merging companies, a federal appeals panel in Chicago has tossed out a settlement intended to end a shareholder class action brought over the Walgreens Boots Alliance merger, saying the lawsuit and related settlement did nothing more than contribute a quick $370,000 payment to the plaintiffs’ lawyers. -
Quick payoff or material disclosure? 7th Circuit to weigh in on Walgreens shareholder class action deal
A little less than a year after Walgreens and some of its shareholders moved to settle a class action over a lack of disclosures to shareholders who said they were concerned over the company’s merger with European retail pharmacy operator Alliance Boots, objectors to that settlement deal are hoping a federal appeals court will toss out or rewrite the settlement over concerns the deal is little more than a $370,000 payoff to trial lawyers. -
Parents allege prescribed morphine was cause of son's death
CHICAGO – The parents of a teen have filed a wrongful death suit against several physicians, pharmacies and health care facilities. -
Walgreen, shareholders unveil settlement proposal to end litigation over accusations company gave too little info during Boots merger
Walgreen appears poised to settle at least two of the legal actions pending against it in federal court over its merger with European drug store operator Alliance Boots. On July 8, U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall granted preliminary approval to a settlement agreement between investors James Hays and Richard Potocki, representing a class including all Walgreen stockholders, and the Deerfield-based drug store chain. -
Walgreen Co. hit with class action by shareholder who claims company hid details about former CFO's defamation suit in merger documents
A controversy-plagued merger of American and European drug store superpowers will face another legal obstacle, this time from a class action lawsuit brought by an investor who believes Walgreen Co. did not disclose as much information to shareholders as the law requires in advance of a vote later this month on whether to complete a reorganization of the company following the planned buyout of pharmacy