Miscellaneous

• 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...

• 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,...

• 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...

• Top 10 Worst Insurance Companies in the United States

  Jeff Rasansky | July 16, 2009 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has recently published a lengthy report detailing America’s ten worst insurance companies. The majority of these companies are household names, each...

• How to Hire a Lawyer in Dallas

  Jeff Rasansky | January 06, 2009 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Almost everything we do is affected by laws. There are so many laws that it would take a person with an average reading skill over a thousand years just to read the law book. As if we have nothing...

• Ride Malfunction Prompts Six Flags Suit

  RLF Staff | March 14, 2008 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  When the Six Flags ride the Texas Tornado malfunctioned in March 2006, nine people were injured from bumping into each other as the operator utilized the emergency safety switch to lower the ride. Trista Price, who suffered minor back injuries, filed a lawsuit this week claiming that Six Flags Over Texas was negligent in its operation and maintenance of the popular ride and that the ride...

• Mass Notification Warns Vegas Patients of Possible Viruses

  RLF Staff | March 06, 2008 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A notification went out this week to about 40,000 patients of a Las Vegas health clinic, alerting them that the clinic had been reusing syringes and medication vials in an effort to cut costs. Patients who visited the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada from March 2004 through Januray 2008 are urged to get tested for HIV and Hepatitis B and C. The notification was sent as a result of an...

• 9-11 WTC Rescue Workers Developing Asthma

  RLF Staff | August 29, 2007 6:41 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The rescue workers at the World Trade Center have higher rates of asthma than the people who were not involved in the rescue operations. A review of the World Trade Center Health Registry by the New York City Health Department found that 3.6 percent of World Trade Center first responders have developed asthma since 9-11 which is 12 times higher than the rate of asthma in the normal adult...

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  RLF Staff | August 21, 2007 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Ford is recalling 3.6 million vehicles due to a defect in the cruise control switch that could lead to a vehicle fire. A similar flaw lead to a six-million vehicle recall in January, 2005.Over a dozen Ford models are affected by this recall:1998-2002 Ford Rangers1992-1997 Lincoln Town Car1992-1997 Ford Crown Victoria1992-1997 Mercury Grand Marquis1993-1998 Lincoln Mark VIII1993-1995 Taurus...