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Employee or Contractor Under Overtime Laws

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 mer

By The Legal Examiner

/ 3 May 2006

Woman Left in Vegetative State After C-Section Receives $17 Million

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 1 May 2006

Dollar Financial Settles Overtime Suits

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 27 Apr 2006

Study Shows That Drowsy and Distracted Drivers Cause Most Accidents

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 wer

By The Legal Examiner

/ 26 Apr 2006

FDA Formally Endorses Market Withdrawal of Bausch & Lomb ReNu MoistureLoc

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 24 Apr 2006

The Puck Stops Here – Hockey Goalie Seriously Injured by Allegedly Defective Mask

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.

By The Legal Examiner

/ 19 Apr 2006

$27.5 million verdict against Southwest in the apparently not-so-friendly skies

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 D

By The Legal Examiner

/ 11 Apr 2006

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Hosptial and Doctor

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 patie

By The Legal Examiner

/ 6 Apr 2006

Family Dollar Hit With $33.2M Penalty in Overtime Pay Suit

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

By The Legal Examiner

/ 5 Apr 2006

Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Wichita Falls Inmate's Death

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.Accordi

By The Legal Examiner

/ 29 Mar 2006

Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Entitled to Overtime Pay

The Fifth Circuit court of Appeals has ruled that Nurse Practitioners (“NPs”) and Physician Assistants (“PAs”) who are paid on an hourly basis are entitled to overtime compensation for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.In June Belt, and others, versus EmCare, Inc and Texas EM-I Medical Services, P.

By The Legal Examiner

/ 28 Mar 2006

FDA Issues Warning Regarding Abortion Pill Risks

The recent deaths of two women, coming after both had used the abortion pill Mifepristone (also known as RU-486), has prompted the FDA to issues fresh warnings concerning the use of the drug. These most recent deaths follow at least four known previous deaths linked to the drug.RU-486 is approved to

By The Legal Examiner

/ 22 Mar 2006