Gretchen Freeman Cappio's Legal Cases (4)

Class action

Jabbari et al v. Wells Fargo & Company et al

May 13, 2015

OUTCOME: On July, 8, 2017, Judge Chhabria, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, granted preliminary approval to a nationwide $142 million settlement regarding unauthorized Wells Fargo accounts.

On May 13, 2015, Keller Rohrback L.L.P. filed a class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) alleging the bank victimized its customers by using illegal, fraudulent, and deceptive tactics to bo ... ost sales of its banking and financial products. The complaint, filed on behalf of a California consumer and other Wells Fargo customers nationwide, included detailed allegations about Wells Fargo’s “gaming” of customers, including inside information from a current Wells Fargo employee who saw bank employees open unauthorized accounts on a “nearly daily basis.”

Employee benefits

Erickson v. Bartell Drug Co.

N/A

OUTCOME: Groundbreaking, favorable decision.

Judge Lasnik ordered Bartell to "cover each of the available options for prescription contraception to the same extent, and on the same terms, that it covered other drugs, devices, and preventative car ... e for non-union employees." The court also ordered Bartell to offer coverage for contraception-- related services, including the initial physician visit, to the same extent it did for other services. Judge Lasnik explained that when an employer offers a generally comprehensive prescription plan "covering everything except a few specifically excluded drugs and devices, it has a legal obligation to make sure that the resulting plan does not discriminate based on sex-based characteristics and that it provides equally comprehensive coverage for both sexes."

Litigation

In re Mattel, Inc.

N/A

OUTCOME: Very favorable decision.

The Court permitted the vast majority of consumers' claims related to lead contaminated and hazardous magnetic toys to proceed.

Litigation

Braden v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 588 F.3d 585 (8th Cir. 2009)

N/A

OUTCOME: Very favorable decision.

Jeremy Braden, an employee of Wal-Mart and participant in its employee retirement plan (Plan), brought this putative class action against Defendants/Appellees, Wal-Mart and various executives involved ... in the management of the Plan. Braden alleges that they violated fiduciary duties imposed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Appellees moved for dismissal under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). The district court granted the motion. In a resounding victory for Braden, the Eighth Circuit reversed and remanded for further proceedings, finding that Braden had stated plausible claims for fiduciary breach.

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