Blog Posts in 2008
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Posted on Dec 31, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The FDA is warning against some diet pills that are being sold on the Internet . Some of them contain sibutramine and/or phenolphthalein, both of which have serious health risks such as heart attacks, ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A suit against JPMorgan Chase filed by brokers will go forward. The overtime su it accuses the company of improperly denying overtime pay and commissions. The suit was brought under the Fair Labor ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Wal-Mart will pay more than $54 million to workers in Minnesota. The workers alleged Wal-Mart forced them to take shortened breaks and labor off the clock . The settlement will reclaim wages for about ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The AP (12/17) reported, "A federal appeals court has upheld a $35.6 million judgment against Family Dollars Stores Inc., which was sued by employees denied overtime pay because they were classified ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury in Vermont awarded a former alter boy$3.6 million in damages because he was molested by a priest in the 1970s. The plaintiff claimed the diocese was to blame because it hired the priest knowing ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A man who was injured by a truck driver who was on methamphetamines was awarded $23.5 million. Jurors found that Swift Transportation was mostly responsible for the injuries that left the plaintiff ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Union Pacific has been ordered to pay one of its workers $48 million for injuries sustained on the job. Due to the company's alleged negligence, the plaintiff was left paraplegic following an accident ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A Los Angeles area newspaper will pay around $22 million to settle a suit filed against it by newspaper carriers. The carriers complained that they were misclassified as independent contractors. They ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Two collective action (class action) suits have been filed against hospitals to reclaim wages. The suits accused the hospitals of failing to pay wages for missed or interrupted meal breaks. The FLSA ...
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Posted on Nov 13, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The defendants in a construction injury case have agreed to pay a total of $4.9 million to the plaintiff. The plaintiff suffered severe back injuries as a result of falling debris. He now needs ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A woman suffering from mesothelioma caused by second-hand asbestos exposure has been awarded $3.6 million by a Florida jury. The Plaintiff claimed that she was exposed to asbestos from brakes while ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury in Florida awarded more than $13 million to the family of a woman who died of an overdose from the pain patch known as " Duragesic ." Two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries, Janssen ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A New Jersey jury awarded $25 million to a man who suffered severe brain damage after finding that doctors misdiagnosed him. According to the Plaintiff, doctors overlooked evidence of a cyst that led ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A California woman who suffered permanent nerve damage after eating tainted raw tuna will recover a $3.2 million jury award, a California appeals court has ruled. The 4 th District Court of Appeals ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury decided that a Missouri University student whose leg was amputated following a 2005 bicycle-auto accident should receive $1.8 million as compensation. A vehicle struck the student while the ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The New York Times (11/6, A23, Almanzar ) reports, "A Palm Beach County jury on Tuesday awarded $27 million to a girl who was molested four years ago by" Pratak Siriwat , "a male family friend who was ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
AIG will pay $18 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was left disabled after being struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex. The settlement nullifies a $75 million ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The family of a brain-damaged boy should receive $11.4 million in damages for medical malpractice , a Wisconsin jury has ruled. According to the lawsuit, staff at the Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Potential airbag failures have prompted Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. to recall more than 200,000 vehicles in the United States. According to the car manufacturer, warranty reports indicated that side airbags ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A New York City hospital must pay $10.7 million for waiting two hours to perform a brain scan on an injured 71-year-old woman, a jury has ruled. Negligence on the part of New York Hospital Medical ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A Kentucky jury has ordered a physician in a medical malpractice case to pay more than $3 million to a woman who was left paraplegic and mildly brain damaged after a routine heart procedure. Jurors ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Accusations that Medtronic paid kickbacks to doctors have prompted Senate leaders to push the medical device maker for more information about payments it made to physicians for consulting services. ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
An Indianapolis-based trucking company and its driver were negligent in a 2006 accident that injured two Texas men, a jury has found. Jurors ordered Celadon Trucking Services, Inc. to pay $1.5 million ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Kennedy Hodges is representing the family of a woman who was struck and killed by a Metro bus . Arrilla Carr had just stepped off the bus when it made a sharp right turn in front of her, running over ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A federal judge has granted conditional approval for a class-action lawsuit over tip sharing at Luby' s restaurants in Texas. According to the lawsuit, the cafeteria-style restaurant wrongly forced ...
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