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Medical Bills Too High? Blame Medicare – NOT Lawsuits

We’ve all heard the argument: “If greedy families and patients would stop suing, then everyone’s medical bills would decrease.” Let’s set aside the fact that medical errors are a leading cause of death in the U.S. Let’s instead look at one of the factors which is actually causing YOUR medical bills

By The Legal Examiner

/ 8 Jun 2006

Overtime Recordkeeping

Many employers will tell employees that overtime will not be paid without the permission of a supervisor.However, supervisors then give employees too much work to be completed in a 40-hour week, which requires the employee to work longer to avoid disappointing his/her supervisor. Then if the employe

By The Legal Examiner

/ 6 Jun 2006

Some Potentially Dire Consequences of Bariatric Surgery Are Not Always Properly Disclosed to Patients

Bariatric surgery — a stomach-shrinking operation performed to help overcome obesity — is becoming more popular than ever. But there’s a catch often not understood by those who undergo the procedure: Once they lose the weight the surgery helps them lose, there may be more surgery to come — surgery t

By The Legal Examiner

/ 30 May 2006

Treatment Center Settles Lawsuit Related to Teen Suicide

A wilderness treatment center has agreed to pay $1.2 million and admit responsibility to settle a lawsuit filed by the parents of a Massachusetts teenager who killed himself while in its care, the parents’ lawyers said Tuesday.Paul and Diana Lewis of East Longmeadow, Mass., sued the Aldredge Academy

By The Legal Examiner

/ 22 May 2006

Failure to Prevent Potential Contamination by Bausch & Lomb Draws Sharp Criticism From The FDA

Bausch & Lomb failed to notify United States regulators within 30 days about 35 serious bacterial infections reported in Singapore in users of its ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report released on Tuesday. The finding was among 20 observations

By The Legal Examiner

/ 18 May 2006

Senate Rejects Efforts to Limit Right of Medical Malpractice Victims

An initiative backed by Republicans and President Bush to limit jury awards in medical malpractice cases was rebuffed by the United States Senate.The Senate voted down two measures, one that would have capped jury awards in lawsuits and doctors and health care institutions and another that would hav

By The Legal Examiner

/ 9 May 2006

Carnival Cruise Lines Settles Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit

From a honeymooner going overboard to alleged medical malpractice (update: not to mention the filing of Princess cruise lawsuits), it has not been a banner year for public relations of cruise lines. To add to the growing list of bad PR, Carnival Cruise Lines will pay $6.25 million to thousands of cu

By The Legal Examiner

/ 8 May 2006

Faulty Air Masks Could Be Responsible for Deaths of West Virginia Miners

There is new and understandable outrage from the families of the twelve deceased mine workers who perished in Sago Mine in West Virginia last year. In the final Sago Mine disaster that left these 12 men dead, at least four of the air masks meant to protect the miners from dangerous smoke and fumes d

By The Legal Examiner

/ 3 May 2006

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