Personal Injury Law

Settlement in Midwest Generation Partial Lockout Case
BNA's Daily Labor Report (subscription required) has noted that Midwest General and the IBEW has reached a $15...

OSHA Random Inspections Reveal That Fall Hazards Are The Biggest Safety Problem at New York City Construction Sites
The federal government says that the hazards of falling are the biggest safety problem at New York City construction sites after random inspections during a two-week enhanced enforcement effort this past summer...

New York City Holds 4th Annual Construction Safety Week
Last week, April 28 - May 2, 2008, was New York City?s 4th annual Construction Safety Week, the purpose of which is to “advance safe construction practices?...

Mayor Bloomberg and The City Council Present New Safety Plan for Construction Sites After Unprecedented Construction Worker Deaths
The New York Times reports, that in early June, after an unprecedented number of fatal construction worker accidents, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council have unveiled a 13 point legislative package that is intended to increase oversight of building sites and increase fines for violation, while requiring registration of all key contractors...

O'Donnell on Hiring During a Lockout, California Unemployment, Prescient Books, and the Lack of a Worker and Consumer Buyout
Thanks for this guest commentary by friend of the blog, Patrick O'Donnell: Although our paper is precipitously shrinking in content, some important news is still being covered: "8 indicted over hiring during Ralphs lockout...

Workers' one-month reinstatement delay and temporary overtime limits did not violate NLRA, following 14-year lockout.
Fresh Fruit v. NLRB, ___F.3d___(9th Cir. Aug. 21, 2008) is an interesting and unusual case...

Firestone Tire Problems Raise Questions of Safety
Are Your Car Tires Safe?

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

New York Building Codes
Building and constructions laws in New York

Construction Site Accidents
Lawsuits related to accidents

Ladder Accident Injury Claims
Were you or a loved one injured in a ladder accident?

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

I work for a company that is owned and operated by Spanish people. There is only 3 people in the whole company including me who are Caucasian. The female who is supposed to be training me is "latino" and treats me very r
Is it an actual issue or are you making it an issue? It is understandable you fe...

How do I sue a lawyer who is now a district attorney that most lawyers fear upsetting?
I would first recommend reporting the involved attorney to your State Bar Associ...

Wrongful termination for reporting misconduct of a co-worker?
It doesn't sound as if you did anything wrong. Although he didn't make physical ...

My son and an acquaintence were leaving the store the guy had stolen video games in his book bag with his name in it. Teens says bag was not his, however they found his name and books with his name in the bag. My son sea
Many stores have undercover security guards, who are trained to spot potential s...

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Sun Mar Health Care Inc.
allegedly misrepresented nursing staff levels and training to elderly residents.

Safety Violations
Murphy Oil USA Inc. to pay $179,100 settlement in occupational safety violations lawsuit.

Nintendo Control
Video game giant to pay $21 million settlement in patent lawsuit.

Video Technology
RealNetworks to pay $533,500 settlement in licensing lawsuit.

Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.