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Trampoline Parks Under Scrutiny as Injuries Continue to Rise

Added: 2013-08-30 11:57:18

The steadily rising rate of injuries at trampoline parks is beginning to sound some alarm bells to authorities. In 2009 alone, 70 injuries were reported out of every 100,000 children under 4 while using a trampoline. Furthermore, 160 injuries occurred for every 100,000 children between the ages of ...

Walgreens Sued for Breech of Privacy

Added: 2013-08-29 11:54:50

Not only are consumers feeling the pinch at the cash registers but so is a large United States pharmacy and retailer. The Walgreen Co. was hit for $1.44 million due to a lawsuit brought on by a customer in Indiana. Abigail Hinchy filed a lawsuit against the Walgreen Co. for a Health Insuranc...

$1.2 Billion Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse Case

Added: 2013-08-28 11:52:32

Gary Townsend recently won a $1.2 billion verdict against the nursing home where he placed his mother, Arlene, in 2004. According to court documents, Townsend’s mother fell 17 times during her three-year stay in the nursing home due to lack of supervision in the facility. Case About Corporate...

Bulger Found Guilty

Added: 2013-08-27 06:59:41

Gangster James Bulger was found guilty on 31 federal counts of conspiracy and racketeering on August 12, 2013. The ruling holds him accountable for 11 murders, in addition to weapon, drug-related, and extortion crimes. James “Whitey” Bulger was the leader of the Winter Hill gang in the 1970...

Legal Shake-Up with HP Securities Suit

Added: 2013-08-26 06:56:24

Hewlett-Packard's lawyers at Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius have beaten another lawsuit brought against the company in the wake of one executive's unethical conduct. High-powered plaintiff's attorneys at Kirby McInerney and Glancy Binkow & Goldberg filed a securities lawsuit in which they claimed that HP...

City Once United in Grief, Now Divided in Legal Issues

Added: 2013-08-23 06:53:25

On June 30, 2013, 19 firefighters of an elite firefighting team perished in an Arizona wildfire. The lives lost included some firefighters in permanent positions and some in temporary positions. However, no one can deny that death and loss know no class nor employment classification. The shared gri...

Internet Payday Loans Not Tolerated by New York State

Added: 2013-08-22 07:51:19

While payday loans may be a common service in most states, they are illegal in New York and over a dozen other states in the nation. This explains why you won't see shops advertising this type of loan anywhere in New York State. However, providers of payday loans have found a way to promote their s...

California Labor Laws Called Into Question Once Again

Added: 2013-08-21 06:48:21

Employees facing harassment in the workplace find themselves in a difficult position: seek relief and risk more abuse, or suffer in silence. Understanding the options can help make the choice clear. But what can an individual hit with such harassment do when the abuse doesn't target personal traits...

'Stop and Frisk' Policy Ruled Unconstitutional

Added: 2013-08-20 06:48:18

New York City’s controversial “stop and frisk” policy has been ruled to be unconstitutional by Judge Shira Scheindlin, due to its violations of the Fourth and 14th Amendments. Although this ruling does not bar future implementations of stop and frisk policies, it places a higher burden on pol...

Reform Bill Signed by NC Governor

Added: 2013-08-19 05:44:48

On August 12th, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed a bill that will require voters to show an official photo ID in order to vote at the polls, scaling back the early voting period and ending one-stop registration for early voters. Early voting would be scaled back from 17 to 10 days, a sig...

NASCAR Fans Disappointed with Bobby Dale Earnhardt DUI Arrest

Added: 2013-08-16 06:41:42

Bobby Dale Earnhardt, a member of the notorious Earnhardt racing family, is facing DUI chargers after being pulled over on Tuesday, in the Charleston, West Virginia area. Bobby Dale is the nephew of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his grandfather is NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale Earnhardt Sr. Bobby Dale...

Obama Takes Steps in Student Loan Reform

Added: 2013-08-15 06:25:16

Last Friday Obama signed the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, which is one of the important steps taken by his administration in procuring their main goal towards reducing the student loan burdens on graduates and undergraduates. The new law will lower the current interest rates to...

EPA Wins Dispute with States

Added: 2013-08-14 14:40:18

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in regards to a long time dispute the agency has had with the states of Wyoming and Texas. This dispute is regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. This 2-1 decision made by the United States...

Inmate Releases Requested to be Stopped

Added: 2013-08-13 14:36:40

An 18-year-old man escaped the Youth Guidance Center in Santa Ana, California and crossed over to the Nevada state line where he got into more trouble that could land him behind bars for the rest of his life. Jean Ervin Soriano hit the rear end of a van carrying seven family members on Interstate ...

Beauty Pageant Competitor Accurately Diagnoses Self with SJS

Added: 2013-08-12 11:10:28

When a woman who entered beauty pageants began to suffer from facial swelling followed by a serious rash, she wondered what was wrong. After searching online, she found the name of a disease, Steven’s Johnson Syndrome. After reading all the symptoms, she realized that’s what was affecting her. ...

$590M Citigroup Investor Lawsuit Approved By Federal Judge

Added: 2013-08-09 11:00:35

In 2007, shareholders filed a class action lawsuit against Citibank. Citibank is a financial services company based in Manhattan, New York. Citibank has been in business for more than 200 years and operates in 160 countries with 200 million customer accounts. The indictment states that Citigroup mi...

Life Sentences Recommended for Somali Pirates

Added: 2013-08-08 12:22:47

Life sentences have been recommended by the jury in the case of three Somali pirates who murdered four Americans in a standoff in the Indian Ocean along the African coast after the pirates boarded the Americans' yacht and kidnapped the passengers -- attempting to divert the yacht to Somalia -- in h...

Snowden Granted One Year of Asylum in Russia

Added: 2013-08-07 11:11:30

In a move calculated to snub the Obama administration, officials in Russia have granted temporary asylum to security leaker Edward Snowden. Anatoly Kucharena, Snowden's Moscow attorney, announced that the Russian government granted Snowden asylum for one year. In his statement, Kucharena said that ...

Closing Arguments Underway in Bulger Trial

Added: 2013-08-06 11:34:40

The massive Bulger trial is finally coming to a close after two months of testimony from over seventy witnesses. James “Whitney” Bulger has pleaded not guilty to a total 32 counts of indictment, which included 19 murders, money laundering, weapon offenses and other crimes. The majority of Bulge...

Ban on Sale of iPads Overturned by Obama

Added: 2013-08-05 12:03:49

In June, some Apple products were banned from importation and sale in the United States by the US International Trade Commission after findings showed that they could violate a patent currently held by Samsung. The products in question were the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 2 3G and iPad 3G. This deci...

Michael Jackson’s Doctor To Be Released From Prison Only Halfway Through Sentence

Added: 2013-08-02 03:02:11

Conrad Murray, the physician who was convicted of manslaughter in the overdose of the superstar Michael Jackson, only needs to serve half of his four-year term and is scheduled to be released in Oct. 2013. The early release is due to the overcrowding in California’s penal system, but he has earne...

$35M To Be Repaid By Dentist For Unnecessary Root Canals

Added: 2013-08-01 11:59:25

There's a dentist in Washington that's about to be $35 million poorer after a judge ordered him to pay that amount to a number of plaintiffs in a recent lawsuit. The dentist is Dr. Henry Duyzend, and he was found to have ordered unnecessary root canals and other dental procedures on at least a doze...

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