Earlier this year on September 13, Kenneth DeVeau, 57, passed away after he suffered a heart attack “when he was evacuated from his home during the Merrimack Valley gas disaster.” Now, months later, his family decided it plans to sue Columbia Gas and its parent company.
A recall was recently issued for INNOCHEER children’s toy instrument sets created by Creative Sto over concerns that the company violated the federal lead paint ban while manufacturing the toys.
Unexpectedly losing a family member is a difficult thing to overcome. It’s even more difficult when you lose more than one, and when those lost include your significant other and child. This is what happened to Jessica Lybrand of Middletown, Pennsylvania. Last month on October 12, Jessica lost her husband and child in a “triple fatal I-83 crash” and is taking legal action as a result by teaming up with Feldman Shephard, a law firm in Philadelphia.
A Kentucky cardiologist will spend three and a half years in prison for coercing patients into unnecessary medical treatments. Kentucky.com reports that, on top of incarceration, Dr. Anis Chalhoub has been ordered to pay a total of $257,515 in restitution to insurance companies and taxpayer-funded healthcare programs. U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. van Tatenhove
On Thursday, thousands of Google employees across the globe participated in a mass-walk in protest of the company’s handling of sexual harassment claims. CNBC reports the movement was dubbed the ‘Walkout for Real Change.’ It comes a week after a New York Times article laid out a series of accusations against former Google executive Andy
Two former college football players, both of whom were falsely accused of rape by a New York woman, are suing Sacred Heart University for forcing them out of school. Filed in a Bridgeport, CT, court, Dhameer Bradley and Malik St. Hilaire claim Sacred Heart violated its own ethics handbook. The athletes point to a passage
Have you ever worked in a job where you felt unfairly treated or disrespected? It happens, but sometimes the treatment can be so extreme that it results in lawsuits. That’s what happened with Linda Steen-Bilecki. Steen-Bilecki is a former employee of Aurelio’s Pizza in Joliet, Illinois who was fired after speaking up about allegations of verbal abuse and unfair treatment. As a result, she filed a lawsuit against the establishment on October 25.
The Shreveport Aquarium recently found itself at the center of two lawsuits filed by a Shreveport electrical contractor and a construction company based out of Michigan over allegations that the aquarium has yet to pay them for completed work. The plaintiffs in the suit include Rimmer Electric and Weiland-Davco, and they decided to file their civil suits earlier this month after spending the year watching as several other “companies began filing liens against the aquarium for failing to pay bills for remodeling done before the aquarium opened.”
If you are planning on buying your first boat, you might be in quite a dilemma. It’s difficult to decide what things you should think about before you finalize your purchase. If this is your first time buying a boat then here’s an easy to follow guide which will make your boat shopping a little easier!
Missouri Supreme Court Rules Companies Cannot Rewrite Arbitration Clause