Between an explosive political climate and a global pandemic, the ins and outs of the U.S. justice system are more convoluted than ever before. If you are looking for more help on the latest changes in the legal system, you will find it here.
Are you treated as an independent contractor by the company you work for? If so, you should take a closer look at whether you are being legally treated that way.Many company's tell workers they are "independent contractors" in order to avoid the obligations tha come with employment. However, the mere fact that taxes are not withheld from your check does not mean you are properly classified as...
Norwalk Hospital, located in Norwalk, Conn has settled a lawsuit involving themselves and a former doctor for nearly $17 million. The lawsuit was filed by the parents of Mia House, who suffered permanent brain damage after her blood-oxygen levels were allowed to drop dangerously low during a routine Caesarean section. Mia House has been in a vegetative state since the procedure.The C-section was...
Financial services company Dollar Financial Corp. has agreed to pay up to $5.8 million dollars to settle three class action lawsuits filed by former employees.The suit alleged that Dollar misclassified certain of it store managers as exempt under wage and hour laws in California. The Plaintiffs also claimed dollar used an improper profit-sharing formula in computing bonuses paid to store managers.
A federal study of Washington area drivers has found that 80% of automobile crashes involve drivers that were either distracted within seconds of the wreck, or were drowsy at the time. The study involved 100 vehicles equipped with cameras and sensors for about one year. Over 43,000 hours of data were recorded and gave real time access to the actions and state of drivers just before a...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a formal press release on April 14 indicating that this agency is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Bausch & Lomb to investigate the source of Fusarium keratitis eye infections. The FDA stated that it "supports Bausch & Lomb's decision to voluntarily withdraw ReNu MoistureLoc® contact lens solution from...
With a serious eye injury he said could have been avoided, an Irving, Texas man is suing the makers of the goalie mask he was wearing when a hockey puck broke through the mask and struck his face.Michael Eeds, was playing goalie in an August 2004 ice hockey game when the puck broke through the mask. The impact popped the lens of Eeds' right eye out of its membrane. He's now on his 18th contact...
A jury awarded $27.5 million in damages to a woman of Iranian descent who alleged she was racially profiled when Southwest Airlines accused her of assaulting a flight attendant and interfering with a flight crew. Samantha Carrington, a California woman, won in the civil case Friday after suing the Dallas-based carrier for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. She was arrested in 2003...
Ethel Wright filed a lawsuit against Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University and Saiyed Aon Ali Mohib, M.D., stating that they failed to exercise reasonable care, which caused her to loose her husband.Doctors and hospitals nationwide make mistakes that result to death and injury to their patients. An article by Steve Gonzalez in the Belleville Bureau on Monday, April 03, 2006 describles a...
A jury last month ruled that discount chain Family Dollar owed $19.1 million for systematically classifying some employees as "salaried managers," thus making them ineligible for overtime pay. A federal judge in Alabama has now increased the award to $33.2 million.The increased award comes after the court found that Family Dollar knew it was violating employment laws when they sat up the...
The family of a man who died in a Wichita Falls, Texas jail has filed a ten million dollar lawsuit against Wichita County and the sheriff of that county. Wilbert Lee Henson died in the Wichita County jail at age 61. He had been hospitalzed and was returned to the jail just prior to his death.According to the lawsuit, Henson told jail guards and medical personnel several times that he was having...
