UBS Financial services has agreed to settle class-action suits by employees claiming to have been underpaid for overtime work. Settlement of all claims, both state and federal, could result in payment of up to $89 million. The basis for the suits was that UBS misclassified as exempt certain financial advisers and employees in training for that job. These employees were paid on a salary basis...
Stimulants like Ritalin could have dangerous effects on the heart, and federal regulators should require manufacturers to provide written guides to patients and place prominent "black box" warnings on drug labels describing these risks, a federal advisory panel voted on Thursday. "I must say that I have grave concerns about the use of these drugs and grave concerns about the harm they may...
In Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores the federal district court certified the largest ever private civil rights class. There are 1.5 million female current and former Wal-Mart workers certified to be part of the suit. Beyond the unprecedented size and scope of the class the class members come from different geographic locations and held a variety of positions, both hourly and salaried. Despite these...
A welding products worker sued his former employer for his debilitating neurological damages, including his Parkinson's disease. He claims that his employers were negligent and should be found liable because they failed to warn him of the dangers associated with exposure to magnesium and for not providing him with fume extraction systems in the workplace. Suits such as these are becoming more...
Bombardier Inc., the maker of the popular Sea-Doo personal watercraft, settled a wrongful death lawsuit involving a 12-year old girl that was fatally wounded after crashing a Sea-Doo in 1999. The parties reached the private settlement agreement after jurors informed the trial judge that the jury was deadlocked after a 6 day trial and lengthy deliberations....The suit was brought by Tammy...
The families of two men who died after being shot with a TASER gun have sued the City of Amarillo, Texas and the manufacturer of the TASER.Although the defendants claim the weapon is safe, the families of Corey Calvin Clark and Troy Dale Nowell who were killed, feel differentlyThe defendants claim that deaths from TASER shocks are rare and typically occur only when the person shocked has heart...
The Food and Drug Administration ordered a New Jersey-based broker of human tissue closed this week in the midst of accusations that the company took body parts from cadavers without family permission and did not always screen these body parts for diseases.The agency said an investigation showed that the company, Biomedical Tissue Services of Fort Lee, had improper documentation of the cause of...