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• Outrage Over Anna School Bus Crash

  Jeff Rasansky | November 20, 2008 10:05 AM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  Parents were outraged after 16 students were injured in an Anna school bus crash that occurred around 4 p.m. yesterday. Superintendent Dr. Joe Wardell says that the district never received...

• Family of Police Officer Dwayne Freeto Suing Ford Motor Company

  Jeff Rasansky | October 21, 2008 2:57 PM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  The family of a police officer who was killed in a car crash is filing a lawsuit against the man who killed him, as well as Ford Motor Company. They claim that the Crown Victoria that Freeto was...

• Vioxx to begin Settlements

  Jeff Rasansky | August 22, 2008 2:52 PM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  For those who claim Vioxx was responsible for their heart attacks, settlement packages are in the mail. Many of you may remember that Vioxx was removed from the market after it was linked to heart...

• Carnival Cruise Lines Settles Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit

  Robert Wolf | May 08, 2006 4:31 PM | 4 CommentsDallas, TX

  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 current and former crew members who alleged in federal lawsuits they were not paid enough overtime,...

• Polaris To Expand Recall of ATVs

  Jeff Rasansky | June 05, 2008 2:19 PM | 3 CommentsDallas, TX

  Polaris Industries will be expanding its recall of all-terrain vehicles. Apparently, some of these vehicles have defective control modules that can overheat and cause fire and burn hazards to...

• Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Entitled to Overtime Pay

  Jeremi Young | March 28, 2006 4:34 PM | 3 CommentsDallas, TX

  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.A., a group of NPs and PAs sued claiming that their employer was violating federal law by...

• 18-Wheeler Jackknifes on I-35E in Dallas, Hits Motorists, Flips, Crashes, Burns, and Kills

  Jeff Rasansky | June 24, 2009 5:12 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX

  About 1pm this afternoon, an 18-wheeler truck struck two parked cars on the shoulder of the southbound side I-35E in Dallas, Texas, then jackknifed, went through concrete barriers, flipped, crashed,...

• Several Cases of Nursing Home Abuse in California

  Jeff Rasansky | February 20, 2009 12:22 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX

  Three former managers at a Kern County nursing home have been arrested in the deaths of three residents who were given needless doses of psychotropic medications. How does this happen? Over 20...

• Grapevine Police Investigating Fatal Crash

  Jeff Rasansky | October 15, 2008 4:39 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX

  A woman as released from police custody earlier this week despite the fact that police plan on re-arresting her (huh?) in connection with a wreck that killed a Denton County man. The 32 year old...

• Elderly Still Being Treated With Antipsychotic Drugs

  Jeff Rasansky | August 27, 2008 2:23 PM | 2 CommentsDallas, TX

  A few weeks ago we wrote about the fact that stroke and death have both been linked to the use of antipsychotics in treating the elderly. Alarmingly, researchers are finding that atypical...