Blog Posts in October, 2008
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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Posted on Oct 9, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A bus has rolled over near Ann Arbor, Mich., and children are among the 10 people injured. Huron Valley Ambulance spokeswoman Joyce Williams says the victims in Thursday's crash are being taken to ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A Las Vegas restaurant forced some workers to share tips in violation of federal labor laws , a lawsuit filed Monday claims. Workers from Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas allege that the restaurant management ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2008 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Fifteen firms have agreed to pay more than $28 million to settle a wrongful death claim filed by the family of a woman killed in the Big Dig tunnel ceiling collapse. Milena Del Valle was killed in ...
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