The massive pipeline explosion that shot a fireball over 1,000 feet in the air and sent flames tearing across a California neighborhood is seeing its first class-action lawsuit. The horrific accident killed eight and devastated 37 homes and is being blamed on Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), said Mercury News, citing the lawsuit. Scores were injured and dozens of other homes were damaged. A power outage at the utility preceded the blast.

Now, Daniele DiTrapani, a resident of the San Bruno neighbored hit by the explosion just filed a lawsuit in the San Mateo County Superior Court for unspecified damages to be paid to him and others, said Mercury News. Another, prior, lawsuit filed September 17th, also by a San Bruno resident, is seeking to have the utility relinquish control of a $100 million victims fund to an independent third-party, noted Mercury News.

According to the lawsuit, DiTrapani was at home on September 9th, when the blast occurred; he “has been injured and suffered damages,” according to the lawsuit, quoted Mercury News.

This lawsuit is the second class-action against the utility in the days following the explosion and claims PG&E was negligent and that it was the utility’s actions or lack of action that caused the 30-inch pipe to explode, added Mercury News. The complaint also alleges that residents there have been “contaminated by debris, ash, (and) toxins” due to the blast and fire, according to lawsuit documents.

A stunning $456-million judgement has been handed down against Winnipeg-based insurance giant Great-West Lifeco in a class-action lawsuit.

An Ontario superior court judge ruled Friday that Great-West breached sections of the Insurance Companies Act by transferring money from subsidiary accounts to finance the 1997 takeover of London Insurance Group.

Nearly 2-million policy holders - mostly from Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba - joined thr class-action suit that has been winding through the courts over the past 12 years.

Great-West Lifeco has been ordered to pay $372 million to policyholders of London Life and $84 million to those of Great West Life.

Great-West Lifeco intends to launch an appeal, believing ``significant aspects'' of the decision are ``in error''.

Hagens Berman announced today that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. in U.S. District Court in Vermont.

Investors who purchased Green Mountain common stock between July 28, 2010 and September 28, 2010, and who wish to move to be a lead plaintiff, must file a motion by November 29, 2010. You may contact our attorneys below to discuss this matter.

Green Mountain and certain of its Officers are charged with making a series of materially false and misleading statements related to the Company's business and operations in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Complaint alleges that Green Mountain artificially inflated the Company's stock price during the Class Period by issuing inaccurate and unreliable financial statements, which were not prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

The Complaint also alleges that Green Mountain completed a sale of 8,566,649 shares of its common stock to Luigi Lavazza on August 28, 2010, for an aggregate purchase price of $250 million, despite the fact that the Company knew its reported financial statements were untrue and that it lacked adequate internal operational and financial control systems.

Following the close of trading on September 28, 2010, shareholders learned that the SEC had launched an inquiry into Green Mountain's revenue recognition, that it had been notified by the SEC of this investigation as early as September 20, 2010, and that the Company was expected to take a restatement charge in the near term -- rendering the Company's prior reported financial statements and reports unreliable, false and materially misleading.

The Rosen Law Firm today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased the securities of Duoyuan Printing, Inc. during the period from November 6, 2009 through September 13, 2010 (the "Class Period").

To join the Duoyuan Printing class action, visit the firm's website at http://www.rosenlegal.com, or call Laurence Rosen, Esq. or Phillip Kim, Esq., toll-free, at 866-767-3653; you may also email lrosen@rosenlegal.com or pkim@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.

The complaint alleges violations of the federal securities laws by Duoyuan Printing and certain of its present and former officers and directors. Particularly, the complaint asserts that defendants made false or misleading statements and failed to disclose (a) that the legitimacy of certain of the Company's expenses related to advertising and tradeshow costs could not be verified; (b) that Duoyuan Paper had improper relationships with certain vendors and distributors; (c) that, as a result, the Company's financial results were misstated during the Class Period; (d) that the Company lacked adequate internal and financial controls; and (e) that, as a result of the above, the Company's financial statements were materially false and misleading.

NO CLASS HAS YET BEEN CERTIFIED IN THE ABOVE ACTION. UNTIL A CLASS IS CERTIFIED, YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL UNLESS YOU RETAIN ONE. YOU MAY CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING AT THIS POINT AND REMAIN AN ABSENT CLASS MEMBER.

You may access the website at http://www.rosenlegal.com to participate in the proposed class action.

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 19, 2010. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. If you wish to join the litigation, or to discuss your rights or interests regarding this class action, please contact Laurence Rosen, Esq. or Phillip Kim, Esq. of The Rosen Law Firm, toll-free, at 866-767-3653, or via e-mail at lrosen@rosenlegal.com or pkim@rosenlegal.com. You may also visit the firm's website at http://www.rosenlegal.com.

The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation.

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Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd., a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic film located in China, today announced that it has entered into a final settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in a putative securities class action that has been pending in federal district court in New York (the "Action").

As previously disclosed, the parties reached a settlement in principle of the Action on June 24, 2010. In the Action, plaintiffs assert claims against Fuwei Films, certain of its present and former officers, directors, and shareholders, and the underwriters for Fuwei Films' December 19, 2006 initial public offering, alleging that the Registration Statement and Prospectus contained materially false and misleading information in violation of federal securities laws.

Pursuant to the settlement agreement and subject to the Court's approval, Plaintiffs have agreed to accept US$2.15 million in full and final settlement of all claims they have or may have against the Company, certain of its present and former officers, directors, and shareholders, and the underwriters. Fuwei Films has agreed to contribute US$1 million towards the settlement. The signed settlement agreement has been submitted to the Court for approval.

The Company's management continues to believe that plaintiffs' allegations are without merit. However, in recognition of the attendant risks and costs of continued litigation, and the benefits of resolving the same, the Board of Directors has unanimously consented to settle this case. As of June 30, 2010, the Company accrued US$1 million liability in connection with this litigation excluding defense costs.

A salmonella food poisoning class action lawsuit has been filed against two farms that allegedly sold millions of contaminated eggs that have sickened hundreds of people throughout the United States. 
The egg recall lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago last week on behalf of six plaintiffs from Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York and Mississippi. The lawsuit seeks class action status to represent all people who bought or fell ill after eating eggs from Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms in Iowa.

Last month, the two companies had to recall more than half a billion eggs nationwide due to salmonella contamination. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that at least 1,519 people have fallen ill from salmonella poisoning from the eggs, but it is likely that the true number of food poisoning cases is much higher since most illnesses are never reported.

The egg farms have long been plagued by problems, which have only come to light in the aftermath of the egg recall. The companies have been cited numerous times in the past due to non-compliance with a variety of federal regulations. A congressional hearing has been scheduled for next week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, who say that U.S. Congress investigators found that Wright County Egg found salmonella in 426 tests of its eggs between 2008 and 2010.

The lawsuit accuses the company of negligence and failing to meet federal regulations.

Salmonella is a type of bacteria that attacks the gastrointestinal tract, causing mild to severe food poisoning. For most healthy adults, symptoms of food poisoning from salmonella typically resolve after a few days or weeks. However, young children, the elderly, and individuals with compromised immune systems have an increased risk of suffering severe food poisoning after ingesting the bacteria. If not properly treated, some cases of salmonella food poisoning can lead to hospitalization, dehydration or death.

Both Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg share some of the same suppliers, and while contaminated chicken feed has been found at both farms, the FDA has yet to determine that the feed was the source of the salmonella contamination.

A class-action lawsuit against Airbus and Northrop Grumman has been filed in the US by attorneys acting on behalf of passengers and crew injured in a serious incident involving a Qantas Airbus A330-300 in 2008.

The lawsuit is being led by a US law firm following contact from Australian law firms which will represent passengers and crew injured when A330 VH-QPA plunged over 1000ft in two uncommanded dives while on a flight from Singapore to Perth on October 7 2008, forcing the crew to make a mayday call and an emergency landing at Learmonth. The latest interim report from the ATSB suggests that the uncommanded dives may have been caused by erroneous data inputs from a faulty air data inertial reference unit (ADIRU), which was manufactured by Northrop Grumman.

Airbus has already moved an application to have the case heard in Australia rather than the US, with some commentators noting that Australian laws would not allow people to claim the same level of compensation as in the US. Currently, it appears that the trial will be heard in the US.