Blog Posts in August, 2009
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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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
The FDA has issued a notice cautioning doctors about the potential psychiatric side effects from the use of Singulair and similar medicines. Drugs such as Singulair , AstraZeneca's Accolate and ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A jury has awarded $9 million to the family of a man who died after being electrocuted by downed power lines in his driveway. The award included $5.5 million in punitive damages. Staff Reports, ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By dhodges@kennedyhodges.com
A suit has alleged that Eli Lilly marketed Zyprexa for off-label use despite knowing that the drug was ineffective. According to company documents, Eli Lilly was aware that Zyprexa did not work on ...
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