Blog Posts in July, 2008
Posted on Jul 18, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Four workers were killed and seven more were injured on Friday when a huge industrial crane collapsed at the LyondellBasell refinery in southeast Houston. All of those who were killed or injured were ...
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Posted on Jul 18, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
As many as 5,000 Dell Inc. call center workers could be eligible for a class-action lawsuit certified last week by a federal judge in Oregon. According to the lawsuit, the computer company did not ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The American Association for Justice released a report last week listing the nation's worst insurance companies for consumers. Allstate topped the list of insurers who refuse to pay just claims, ...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Patients who took the recalled heart medication Digitek have filed at least nine lawsuits in New Jersey against Actavis Totowa LLL and its parent company Actavis Group, claiming that the drug was ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A new study reports that a commonly used class of antidepressants may be linked to bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The study also noted that chances of bleeding were significantly ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The city of Coronado, Calif. has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a former NFL player who was shot by an off-duty police officer. Steve Foley was shot in the back of his left ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
San Francisco has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who was struck by a city-run train earlier this year. According to the lawsuit, the driver of the N-Judah train was ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A New York hospital and its doctors were responsible for injuries suffered by an infant and his mother during a 1998 delivery, a jury has concluded. According to an attorney for the family, the ...
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Posted on Jul 3, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
An Ohio woman filed a lawsuit Monday against grocery store chain Kroger Co. alleging that she was sickened by ground beef bought at one of their stores. According to the lawsuit Amanda Adam was ...
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Posted on Jul 3, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A Minnesota judge on Tuesday ordered Wal -Mart to pay $6.5 million in compensatory damages for violating state labor laws more than 2 million times. District Judge Robert King found the nation's ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A Colorado couple should receive more than $18 million in damages for injuries they suffered in a 2006 crash with a tractor-trailer, a Wyoming jury has ruled. Jurors found that Werner Enterprises Inc. ...
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Posted on Jul 1, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Kennedy Hodges is investigating claims against Safco for its Stow-Away hand truck with retractable wheels. There have been complaints that the hand truck, with a 275-lb capacity and aluminum frame, is ...
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