Blog Posts in 2009
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Posted on Dec 15, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The U.S. Government will recover $78.5 million to settle a Qui Tam action over recruiter pay practices. The University of Phoenix's parent company settled the False Claims Act suit that was brought by ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury has awarded the family of a drunk driving victim $89 million. The driver was driving on a partially suspended license due to a previous drunk driving accident. Also injured in the crash was the ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Kennedy Hodges, LLP can now be found listed with the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Please check out the website at http://www.napil.com/ .
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Posted on Dec 7, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Wal -Mart will pay $40 million to settle a collective action suit that accused the retailer of violating the FLSA . The settlement could cover as many as 87,500 former and current employees who were ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury has awarded a little boy $6.5 million who was severely injured due to a seatbelt defect . The jury found that Ford Motor Company caused the injuries via an adult seat belt installed in a ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
An engineer has filed a Qui Tam action against Lockheed Martin Corp. alleging that the company knowingly used defective stealth coatings on its F-22 Raptor aircraft. The engineer is seeking $50 ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Kennedy Hodges is reviewing cases involving the False Claims Act ( Qui Tam), a 146 year old federal law that often ensnares health care providers and drug manufacturers. The pharmaceutical industry ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Pfizer has been ordered to pay $75 million in exemplary damages to a lady who developed cancer following hormone replacement therapy. Jurors has already awarded her $3.7 million in compensatory ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Rhode Island's largest hospital has been order to pay $150,000 and install cameras in every operating room following the fifth wrong site surgery in the past two years. In the most recent act of ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury awarded $43.5 million to a woman who suffers cerebral palsy as a result of negligence during her birth. In 1984, the victim was deprived of oxygen because hospital staff failed to properly ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Following the publication of two studies in BMJ , lawsuits have been filed over a birth control pill known as Yaz . Plaintiffs are alleging the drug has caused medical problems, including strokes. At ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury awarded $3.1 million of a woman who suffered injuries at the hand of a drunk driver. The jury found that the drunk driver was negligent in causing a head on collision that left the plaintiff ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Michelin North America has been ordered to pay nearly $12 million to a paralyzed ten year old boy and the families of six other killed in an auto accident. The jurors found that a Goodrich tire plant ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Low-wage workers are often denied overtime pay and are often paid less than the minimum wage, according to a new study based on a survey of workers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The study also ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A man who was seriously injured in a trucking accident that killed three people has been awarded $18 million. A federal magistrate awarded the damages after a one day bench trial. The plaintiff now ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A suit has been filed against United Parcel Service, Inc. alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ). The suit claims account managers are not paid overtime and that UPS fails to ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Over 70,000 children are poisoned each year by prescription or over the counter medications. More children are poisoned by these products more than any others. Most kids are poisoned by acetaminophen, ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A federal class action was filed against AT&T for requiring its IT staff to remain on call, but not paying them for the work they performed while on call. Another suit was filed against T-Mobile ...
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Posted on Aug 12, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury awarded $3 million to a boy whose leg was broken by a day care employee. The employee involved in the incident has been charged with felony child abuse. The award including $2 million in ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A class of drugs used to treat conditions such as arthritis may in crease the risk of cancer in younger people according to the FDA. The FDA will require drug manufacturers who make TNK blocking ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Former Home Depot assistant managers have filed a lawsuit accusing Home Depot of failing to pay overtime wages. The suit alleges that Home Depot classified them as exempt employees so they could work ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury has awarded $9.6 million to a worker who suffered partial blindness in an industrial accident. The plaintiff argued that Occidental Chemical Corp. failed to safely design an acid addition ...
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Posted on Aug 5, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
Federal regulators are investigating a spike in the number of deaths occurring on Texas construction sites. The number of on the job construction deaths has increased 31 percent in the last four ...
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Posted on Aug 5, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A Memphis doctor has been ordered to pay $24 million for failing to diagnose a patient's breast cancer for 18 months. The patient had complained about a lump in her breast during that time, but the ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The FDA has issued a warning for Chantix (manufactured by Pfizer) and Zyban (manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline ). Reports of suicide and suicide attempts have been received by the FDA. Accordingly, the ...
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