Personal Injury Law

HSN faces product liability charges; failed to report serious injuries
The Home Shopping Network (HSN) ignored allegations of product liability when burn injuries resulted from the sale of pressure cookers on the channel. The cable shopping network, received at least 25 reports of a malfunctioning pressure cooker sold on the channel beginning in 2001...

Shopping Channel HSN Agrees to Pay $875,000 Civil Penalty
On December 27, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that HSN LP (previously known as the Home Shopping Network) of St. Petersburg, Fla., agreed to pay a civil penalty of $875,000 in settlement of allegations that it failed to make...

Doctors’ Group Reports Pressure to Downplay Injuries
From today's Charlotte Observer: A leading group of occupational doctors is taking the unusual step of speaking out publicly against pressure from companies to downplay workplace injuries...

SNL Sketch Disappears, But Network Says It Will Be Back
Courtney Hazlett of "The Scoop" explains what happened to that "bailout sketch" from Saturday Night Live. It was available online, then it disappeared. Conspiracy theorists suggested pressure from somewhere forced NBC to remove it...

Former KB Home CEO Settles Backdating Charges
The SEC filed settled civil fraud charges against Bruce E. Karatz, the former chairman and CEO of Los Angeles homebuilder KB Home, Inc., for his participation in a multi-year scheme to backdate stock options to himself and other KB Home...

It Turns Out That When Drunk Pinellas County Florida Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Paul Brock Plowed Through 5 Docks, The Dumbass May Have Been Racing Another Boat
PINELLAS COUNTY, FLORIDA - It began as a leisurely cruise on a cool, clear evening after the Super Bowl. About a dozen people - a bartender, a nurse, a waitress and a model for the Home Shopping Network - drank beer and talked as they rode in a 28-foot boat from one bar to another off [...

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

House Closing
Sealing a home sale

Pressure Cooker
Home Shopping Network pays $875,000 civil settlement for failing to warn customers about the dangerous product.

Home Buyers Consulting Network, Inc.
$613, 000 settlement reached in federal laws violation dispute.

BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps
BMW Faces Class Action over High Pressure Fuel Pumps

Air Pollution
Directly Linked to High Blood Pressure

Unapproved Drugs
Causing Vision Loss and Blood Pressure Problems

Workplace Injuries
Packaging Concepts Limited must pay undisclosed settlement for employees' injuries.