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• Make Sure You are Covered Before Hosting That Super Bowl Party

  Robert Wolf | December 28, 2006 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Having a few friends over for New Year's Eve? Hosting a Super Bowl Party? If so, you'd better be sure that you have plenty of insurance in case the worst case scenario occurs.Most of the 28.5 million Americans who plan to host a party between Thanksgiving and the Super Bowl are underinsured, according to a new study by Trusted Choice.Of those 28.5 million party hosts, 21.3 million do not have...

• Tamiflu Might Receive New Labeling Due to Reported Deaths and "Bizarre Behavior"

  Robert Wolf | November 16, 2006 6:16 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Uh-oh - it looks as though the makers of Tamiflu could have a potential controversy on their hands. Due to new reports of "bizarre" behavior and deaths related to falls and other similar behavior, new warnings may be placed on Tamiflu labels. Doctors and parents are being told to watch for signs of bizarre behavior in children treated with the flu drug Tamiflu, federal health officials...

• Deceased Rat = $1.7 million. Deceased Human = $250,000?

  Robert Wolf | November 01, 2006 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Here's to hoping I find a dead rat in my salad sometime soon! If I find a dead rat in a salad, I have the potential to recover $1.7 million for my "emotional and physical pain and suffering," not to mention my "change in dining habits." If one of my parents were to unfortunately die as a result of medical malpractice of a nursing home (for example), then the most the family could recover is...

• Merck had Another Bad Week - Two More Plaintiff Victories in Vioxx Lawsuits

  Robert Wolf | August 28, 2006 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Merck & Co. was hit with two major legal setbacks over the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx on Thursday when a federal jury in New Orleans ordered the drugmaker to pay $51 million to a heart attack victim, and a state judge in New Jersey overturned a November verdict favoring the company. In New Orleans, the jury found that Merck "knowingly misrepresented or failed to disclose" information about Vioxx...

• Cerebral Palsy Lawsuits Are Decimated by Egregious Damage Caps

  Robert Wolf | July 24, 2006 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Imagine being held underwater for a minute and then being allowed to come up for air - briefly - only to be involuntarily dunked underwater repeatedly. Your brain will go without oxygen for extended periods of time, which can cause severe damage to a healthy adult. Now, imagine the same nightmare scenario when it is an infant in the process of labor and delivery. If the baby survives at all,...

• Merck Facing Potential New Lawsuits With Fosamax

  Robert Wolf | July 11, 2006 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  As Merck & Co. defends itself against a deluge of litigation involving its pain reliever Vioxx, the pharmaceutical giant also is fielding the first of what could be another wave of lawsuits involving Fosamax, its second-biggest seller. The emerging litigation targeting the osteoporosis drug, still in its early stages, illustrates how quickly Plaintiffs can organize themselves and assemble...

• Overtime Recordkeeping

  Jeremi Young | June 06, 2006 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  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 employee submits the time worked, it is refused because it was not approved. This is not legal.The...

• Senate Rejects Efforts to Limit Right of Medical Malpractice Victims

  Jeremi Young | May 09, 2006 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  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 have capped awards against obstetricians only. Caps on recover would have been set at $250,000 in...

• Dollar Financial Settles Overtime Suits

  Jeremi Young | April 27, 2006 8:05 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  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.

• Texas Car Accident Negligence and Liability

  Staff Writer | December 30, 2005 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Automobile negligence and liability is an area of the law for which Texas has no specific legislation. Cases dealing with this subject matter are forced to rely on the common law and case law for negligence. A driver of an automobile generally owes a duty of care to other drivers, pedestrians or anything that may be affected by the operation of that vehicle. The operator of a motor vehicle...