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Airport Contractor Settles Discrimination Suit

Posted on March 13, 2008
Dallas, TX: On March 11, 2008, Allied Aviation Services, a contractor that fuels airplanes and airports, agreed to pay $1.9 million in a discrimination lawsuit filed by 15 Hispanic and Black employees who were working at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...

Unusually High Rate of Small Aircraft Crashes in Southern California

Posted on March 13, 2008
Riverside, CA: Riverside and San Bernardino Counties have seen more than their share of plane crashes this year. A total of six small planes have gone down in this area east of Los Angeles since the beginning of 2008. The latest occurred on February 27, out of Riverside Municipal Airport, killing all three on board.

Overtime Violations Rampant

Posted on March 13, 2008
Chicago, IL: When will hard working people stop being taken for granted? It's the 21st century and every employer knows that working more than 40 hours a week constitutes overtime, if you are on an hourly rate. It is your constitutional right to file a complaint with the labor board if you have not been paid overtime...

IT Overtime: It’s All About Controlling Costs

Posted on March 13, 2008
Los Angeles, CA: If there is one thing that companies hate, it is the uncontrolled cost. In other words, overtime. However, this should not be the reason why a company reneges on paying IT overtime to qualified workers. Various States, including California, the Mecca of all things IT, have statutes in place that protect workers from being taken advantage of.

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Botox Being Reviewed by FDA

Posted on March 12, 2008
Washington, DC: It is already known that long ago Botox was approved by the FDA to be used for cosmetic purposes. However, the FDA has also approved Botox for the treatment of serious medical conditions, especially in children who are stricken with cerebral palsy...

Stock Fraud: The Backdating Debacle

Posted on March 12, 2008
Baltimore, MD: The internet and news media is awash in stories about corporate executives accused, or convicted of stock fraud and other dishonest practices in an effort to maximize their personal gain, and minimize their own financial risk. However, in doing so they may have invited trouble for their company, which only hurts employees with company stock invested in 401(k) plans.

Compactor Explodes at Landfill, City Worker Sues

Posted on March 12, 2008
Beaumont, TX: A man who once worked for the city of Beaumont was forced to retire early almost two years ago when, while working at a landfill, a Caterpillar compactor exploded near him after catching fire. The man, Kenneth Allison and his wife Genevieve, have filed a personal injury lawsuit against Mustang Tractor & Equipment Co...

Botox: Two Potentially Fatal Accounts

Posted on March 12, 2008
Rome, GA: Tanya was injected with Botox in September, 2006 for hyperhidrosis—a condition characterized by abnormally increased perspiration. "I just got the one shot and it was supposed to work for six months to control the excessive sweating in my underarms and hands," says Tanya...

Rochester Meat Recall: Why the Secrecy?

Posted on March 12, 2008
Washington, DC: It seems that at least a few facts are finally on the table about January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli contaminated ground beef that was sold to restaurant chains and institutional food services. By "a few facts," we mean very few.

Sprint Fidelis Case Highlights Industry and FDA Failures

Posted on March 12, 2008
Waltham, MA: In an article in the March 6 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. William H. Maisel says that a flawed medical device approval process at the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and deliberate foot dragging by Medtronic Inc...

Bankruptcy Debt Help: Interview with Bankruptcy Lawyer

Posted on March 12, 2008
Phoenix, AZ: In the wake of soaring credit card debts and subprime loans, a bankruptcy wave is likely to hit the US anytime soon. Nationwide, attorneys are getting more calls from people who are having financial problems; more calls from small businesses; more calls from individuals who have credit card debt and more calls from home owners.

Duragesic Pain Patches: “People Will End Up Dead”

Posted on March 12, 2008
Calgary, AB: Rayden N. says he knew when he started using the Duragesic pain patches in late 2001 that there was something wrong with them. He says he repeatedly told his pharmacist and doctor but was told that the patches were fine and he should continue using them...

Vytorin Kidney Failure: “It’s going to end my life soon.”

Posted on March 12, 2008
Plano, TX: Three years ago, Jim Wiley was taking Lipitor, a statin drug, for elevated cholesterol and tolerating it well. That was when Merck/Schering-Plough introduced Vytorin, a combination drug that contained their proprietary anti-cholesterol drug Zetia and the statin drug Zocor (simvastatin)...

Wind Shear Detection Improving but not Foolproof

Posted on March 12, 2008
Hamburg, DE: Passengers aboard a Lufthansa flight on March 1st narrowly escaped a plane crash when stormy winds up to 155 mph rocked their aircraft as it attempted to land in Hamburg, Germany.

Asbestos Mesothelioma: Five Members of One Family Dead

Posted on March 11, 2008
Washington, DC: The dangers of asbestos are once again front and center, after recent reports of five members of one family losing their lives to asbestos poisoning from the use of asbestos-laced Zonolite insulation in the family home.

Subdivision Gets Second Look due to Lawsuit

Posted on March 11, 2008
Dover, MA: A few months ago, a group of residents in Dover thought they had found the perfect solution to prevent a large development project from taking place within their peaceful community on Colonial Road. However, what they learned was that reaching such a solution was not going to be as easy as they thought.

Court Approves Mutual Fund ERISA Settlement

Posted on March 11, 2008
Pittsburgh, PA: A US district court judge has approved a $14 million settlement between New York Life Insurance Co. employees and the company. The plaintiffs alleged that the company improperly put employees' and agents' retirement savings into the company's own proprietary mutual funds when there were more appropriate investments that charged lower fees.

FBI Investigating Countrywide for Securities Fraud

Posted on March 11, 2008
Washington, DC: A criminal investigation has been opened against Countrywide Financial by the FBI and the Justice Department for possible securities fraud. The FBI and the Justice Department is investigating whether or not the nation's largest mortgage lender falsified its financial condition and the stability of its loans in security filings.

Psychologist Sued by Family for Daughter's Death

Posted on March 11, 2008
Miami, FL: Rachel Finzi, 20, was an aspiring model that met a premature demise. She overdosed and died in the apartment of her psychologist on May 24, 2006. Now the family of the young woman is suing the psychologist, saying that his negligence and recklessness contributed to the wrongful death of Finzi.

Whistleblower Was Asked 10,579 Questions in Court

Posted on March 11, 2008
Toronto, ON: Joanna Gualtieri claimed that the Department of Foreign Affairs wasted money by not spending it properly in the 1990s and now the lawyers for the federal government are trying to prove that she was not a victim of harassment when she made the whistleblower claims years ago...

Chantix: “How Can You Put a Price On Life?”

Posted on March 11, 2008
Macclenny FL: Michael and Lamonda M. are living a nightmare. In May 2007, Lamonda was hospitalized because of her asthma. While in the hospital, her doctor recommended she try using Chantix to quit smoking. It was a move that would change Lamonda's life, even though she only took Chantix for a short time...

Medtronic: It’s Not Just Sprint Fidelis

Posted on March 11, 2008
Rancho Mirage, CA: Sandy Wells never had an implantable cardiac defibrillator with defective Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads in her body. That's the good news. The bad news is that she did have a Medtronic Synergy neurostimulator implanted under her arm in hopes of relieving her chronic migraine headaches.

Duragesic: This Patch Could Stop Your Heart

Posted on March 11, 2008
Toronto, ON: The active ingredient contained in the recalled Duragesic pain patch is a synthetic opioid analgesic that is considered to be several times more potent than heroin. The makers of the Duragesic patch containing fentanyl have recalled the patches over concern that a breach in the patch reservoir could pose an overdose hazard to both patient, and caregiver.

Veteran Malpractice: Heartbreaking Stories, Shameful Conduct

Posted on March 10, 2008
Marion, IL: One would assume that putting one's life on the line for one's country would be met with obligations in kind, including top-notch health care after the veteran comes home. However, that appears not to be the case, as more reports of veteran malpractice at Veterans Affairs hospitals come to light.

The Rochester Meat Recall: Were They Listening?

Posted on March 10, 2008
Rochester, MN: Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Rochester Meats recall, a Class 1 recall that cited 188,000 pounds of beef suspected of sickening five people in two States, is when the beef products were produced:

Vytorin Marketing: Promise a Rose, Deliver a Thorn

Posted on March 10, 2008
Indianapolis, IN: There's nothing worse for a consumer than being promised one thing, only to be given something entirely different. Such is the case for users of Vytorin, the cholesterol-fighter that is being investigated for false advertising in the wake of new data that questions the drugs' effectiveness.

Medtronic: No Human Testing of the Failed Sprint Fidelis Lead

Posted on March 10, 2008
Stamford, CT: In a blockbuster revelation published in the March 6th, 2008 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), we learn that Medtronic was allowed to take the defective Sprint Fidelis lead to market with only bench testing, without the need for a human trial.

Autism Case has CDC Scrambling to Reassure Vaccine Safety

Posted on March 10, 2008
Washington, DC: Since Edward Jenner's Cowpox in the 1800's that was used as protection against smallpox, we have all been given vaccines to prevent some kind of disease. Whether it was the Polio vaccines given to some of our parents and grandparents or Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccines given in the past three decades, we have been vaccinated for one reason or another...

Chantix: A Jekyll and Hyde Personality

Posted on March 10, 2008
Marion, OH: Daniel Arndt, a 44-year old father of twin boys, locked himself inside a room of the family home while everyone was away with a 12-pack of beer and two bottles of blood pressure pills. Arndt had been three weeks on Chantix, the smoking cessation drug from Pfizer that blocks nicotine from reaching key receptors in the brain.

Trasylol: 10,000 Floridians at Risk

Posted on March 10, 2008
Fort Meyers, FL: It was revealed this week that as many as 10,000 Floridians have either lost their lives, or whose health have been seriously compromised at the hands of Trasylol, the vilified anti-bleeding drug pulled from the market in November of last year.

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