Julie Ferguson at Workers' Comp Insider brings my attention to an AP article from PhillyBurbs.com. The article points out that the government does not look highly upon workers' compensation claims arising from the clean-up of the 9-11 tragedy: of the 485 federal employees to file for workers compensation claiming injuries from the aftermath at ground zero... virtually all of those claims, some...
The People's Law School (PLS) program provides everyone in the community with access to real lawyers who can talk about practical topics and answer questions about subjects that are important in citizens' lives. In Hawaii the People's law School program was begun in 1987 by Wayne Parsons through the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii organizationA family law lawyer might talk about what actually happens...
Bob Westbrook is a brain injury victim located in Toledo Ohio who owns the blog Ran with the devil, Walked with angels. I am an avid reader of Bob's posts, and he brought my attention to a series NBC news has been running this week. The stories have focused on brain injuries and the Iraq War. Their features have talked about how brain injuries are common among Iraq War vets, how brain...
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.
Michael Kaplen, at the Brain Injury News and Information Blog, posts an excellent article, Patient Rights: Exposing the Myths Surrounding Medical Malpractice. I hope Michael will understand why I feel the need to publish so many excerpts below.In a new book entitled, The Medical Malpractice Myth,Tom Baker, Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law and director of the Insurance Center at the...
Injuries are being reported by users of AstraZeneca's Seroquel, a popular schizophrenia drug approved by the FDA in 1997. Seroquel has also been known to be prescribed for "off label" purposes. Research recently released showed that patients taking Seroquel had as much as a 3.34 times higher risk of developing dangerous side effects, including diabetes and diabetic-related injuries. Burg...
A federal grand jury indicted former Qwest CEO, Joseph Nacchio, on charges of insider trading. On December 19th, 2005, he was charged with profiting by insider trading in the sale of more than $100 million of Qwest stock. The sale took place between January and May 2001 after he had been informed that Quest would not meet its revenue targets. Several other former executives were also...
I guess that Taser International has some continuing public relations and product marketing problems concerning training and use of the company's stun guns. This time, according to a new article on the web site News Inferno discussing possible defects in the Taser product, The death of a 56-year-old wheelchair-bound disabled woman in Florida after being shocked by a Taser stun gun has only...
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...
Fellow InjuryBoard blogger Rick Shapiro in Virginia has a great post that breaks down FELA rights for railroad workers as well as other types of railroad accidents, such as cars being hit by trains at railroad crossings or people being injured on pasenger trains. Like Rick's firm, our firm has extensive experience with all types of FELA, railroad and train accidents. If you have suffered any...