Miscellaneous

• Northwest Air Pension Fund Is Being Investigated

  Staff Writer | March 16, 2006 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The United States Labor Department is investigating if Northwest Airlines shortchanged its employee pension fund on a routine basis over the last three years, and then avoided having to make a $65 million payment to the fund by filing for bankruptcy protection just one day before the payment was due. The investigation suggests that the Labor Department is looking for a way to break a pattern...

• A Wal-Mart Employee Wins a False-Imprisonment Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | March 09, 2006 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A Wal-Mart employee alleged that a security guard wrongly detained her and then roughed her up after an argument with a customer. A jury awarded the employee almost $14 million for her false-imprisonment. Roslyn Campbell won a multi-million dollar judgment against Wal-Mart for the actions of a security guard who detained her and roughed her up. The incident is explained in the American City...

• Supreme Court Says US Postal Service May Be Sued For Personal Injury

  Clint Gilbert | March 01, 2006 9:27 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The US Supreme Court has ruled that the US Postal Service is not immune under federal law from personal injury lawsuits. The decision reverses conventional thinking to this point regarding the Postal Service's liability for the negligence of mail carriers. In the opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy disregarded government concerns that a tidal wave of frivolous slip-and-fall claims would follow.The...

• University of Rochester Settles a Wage Dispute for Nearly $9 Million

  Staff Writer | February 23, 2006 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The University of Rochester has agreed to pay almost $9 million to employees who allege that the University violated wage laws by denying its employees payment for work done during their breaks. About 40,000 workers may be eligible to collect part of the settlement so that they will receive approximately $700.The University of Rochester, in Rochester, NY and its affiliates have reached a...

• Is Your Child's Teddy Bear Full of Toxins?

  Robert Wolf | February 21, 2006 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  At Chatham College, in Pittsburgh, Dr. Renee Falconer and lab technician Caitlin Corbitt, are finding dangerous levels of chemical pollutants in some of our children's favorite toys. "We decided to go ahead and look for pesticides, while we were looking for the flame retardants, and we found both," said Dr. Renee Falconer. The scientists take the teddy bears apart and pieces from the outer skin...

• Birth Control Patch Doubles the Risk of Potentially Deadly Blood Clots

  Robert Wolf | February 20, 2006 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A new study shows that women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch have double the risk of developing blood clots compared with those who take the birth-control pill, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The finding comes from one of two studies comparing the patch and the pill, said Ortho Women's Health and Urology, maker of the once-a-week patch. The company, based in Raritan,...

• Jeffrey H. Rasansky, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | October 15, 2005 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  For the third consecutive year, Jeff has been named a Texas Super Lawyer by the publishers of Law & Politics magazine and Texas Monthly magazine. Jeff is listed as one of the state's top personal injury attorneys in Texas Monthly magazine and Texas Super Lawyers magazine, a publication co-produced by the publishers of Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Media Inc. Among his other honors, Jeff has...

• The Rasansky Law Firm

  Staff Writer | October 01, 2005 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  At The Rasansky Law Firm, we not only demand strict professional standards, we demand excellence. Our attorneys are among the finest in the country and excel in their fields, having resolved numerous multi-million dollar cases.The Rasansky Law Firm believes that each case, no matter how big or small, deserves to have the best professionals available to review it. That is why at the Rasansky...

• Disclaimer

  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The information found on this website should not be construed as legal advice and is not a substitute for professional legal consultation. You should not base your legal decisions solely on the information found in this site and you are encouraged to seek the counsel of an attorney regarding your specific questions or situation. The information found herein may represent the opinions or...