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In response to the financial crisis the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has temporarily raised its coverage on bank and credit union accounts to $250,000. This attempt to buttress…
Many of our nation’s elderly have spent their entire lives supporting this county, be it through their service, their investment, their guidance, or any other fathomable form of aid, and…
Everyone has undoubtedly witnessed the tremendous rise in the day-to-day use of electronic information devices. Most individuals no longer have the patience to wait even until they get home to…
Surfing the internet a few weekends ago I came across this article from a Dallas based plaintiffs firm discussing new measures state legislatures are taking to curb medical malpractice payouts. The…
A lawsuit filed by Florida’s Attorney General, against a Jacksonville furniture company, will prohibit the business from operating in Florida.The lawsuit, filed against Leather Depot, alleges the company is in violation of a prior business litigation settlement and is involved in deceptive business
Magna Bank has finished highliting evidence in a legal malpractice lawsuit against Thompson Coburn after four weeks of testimony.The trial, which was on a three-day hiatus so presiding Judge Daniel J. Stack could attend a judicial conference in Chicago, resumed March 6. And in an odd twist Magna’s l
A shareholder lawsuit has been filed against, Internet giant, Yahoo, for refusing a $44.6 billion buyout offer by Microsoft. The Detroit Police and Fire retirement system andWayne County Employee’s Retirement System, of Michigan, which owns approximately 13,600 shares of Yahoo, filed a lawsuit in Mi
Following a federal grand jury indictment earlier this week, six Orlando-area residents have been arrested by federal officials and charged with filing false storm claims with the federal government in 2005.Each of the six individuals arrested, are being charged in separate indictments, and accused
John Ritter’s widow sat before jurors, on Monday, at her late husband’s wrongful death trial and gave testimony about the events that led up to the actor’s death in 2003.The family is suing a radiologist who performed a body scan on him two years prior and the cardiologist who treated him on the day
The owners of Lawrence Place Assisted Living have been ordered to close and seek relocation of its residents by midnight, Monday, after allegations of nursing home abuse.A Franklin County Judge ordered the facility to close following an emergency investigation by officials from the Alabama Departmen
A Streator man was awarded nearly $24 million in a medical malpractice case for brain damage he suffered while in the hospital to have a kidney stone removed, according to court records regarding the case.In 2001, the man, who is now 34, was in St. Mary’s Hospital to have a kidney stone removed. Whi
An Omaha crane operator suffered on the job injuries, in a construction accident, when the 140,000 pound crane he was on slipped down an embankment and into the Papio Creek trapping him inside the cab.The worker was trapped for almost an hour. Firefighters were able to release him from the cab with
