BRYAN J. DOTY, Employee/Appellant, v. LAKE STATES TREE SERV. and AIG DOMESTIC CLAIMS, INC., Employer-Insurer, and LAKEWALK SURGERY CTR. and GRAND ITASCA CLINIC & HOSP., Intervenors.WORKERS= COMPENSATION COURT OF APPEALSJANUARY 8, 2008No. WC07-219HEADNOTESAPPEALS - INTERLOCUTORY ORDER; JURISDICTION - SUBJECT MATTER.
Los Angeles, California (July 3, 2008) â€" Federal labor board officials in Los Angeles will prosecute the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 121RN for illegally threatening nurses at the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center with financial penalties and arrest
Emilio Morales, a 3-year-old boy drowned in a recent swimming pool accident at a southwest Houston apartment complex, according to a news report in The Houston Chronicle.The Missouri City boy and his family were reported to have been with friends
Some items that were thought to have been stolen from Archbishop John Nienstedt's home Saturday have been discovered safe and sound. Thieves broke into the Twin Cities archbishop's home and got away with a number of valuable rings, crosses and
NEIL DIETRICH, Employee/Appellant, v. U.S. AIRWAYS, INC., SELF-INSURED/SEDGWICK CMS, Employer.WORKERS= COMPENSATION COURT OF APPEALSMAY 30, 2008No. WC07-264HEADNOTESATTORNEY FEES - HEATON FEES. The compensation judge properly concluded that the employee=s attorney should receive his fee from the temporary total disability benefits
Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group went on a news spree Wednesday. The company announced a settlement in a high-profile class action lawsuit. It also lowered earnings estimates and announced 4,000 job cuts, and other reorganization moves.
A gate accident that caused serious injuries and death to a young Chicago, Illinois boy has turned into a lawsuit. A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the negligent management company who was responsible for the gate. Construction accidents
A landscaper from Illinois died this week after drowning in a pond. The man, Hugo Mercado, 23, was working at Well Manufacturing in Woodstock, Illinois when he apparently fell in a pond on the property. At 4:45 p.m. on Monday,
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched a formal investigation into Intel's pricing and sales rebates. The world's largest microchip maker has been facing increased criticism over its refusal to share and/or license its market-leading technology. "Even in the case
Though the Biotech Directive was intended to clarify the patentability of DNA sequences throughout Europe, it has been inconsistently implemented. "What the implementation of the Directive revealed was the difference in opinion across Europe on the ethical basis for the
The Enlarged Board of Appeal, the highest authority of the European Patent Office, will meet this week to decide the principles that apply to the patentability of inventions developed from embryonic stem cells. "The WARF case has drawn significant international
Congress and Justice Department auditors are investigating whether Department of Justice officials disregarded independent reviews and allowed personal ties to influence which state and local groups receive federal grants. At the center of the scrutiny is the Byrne Grant program,
J.K. Rowling's copyright suit against the creator of a fan site over his right to publish a lexicon of her popular Harry Potter books demonstrates the increasingly blurry line between the rights of creators and fair use by fans, commentators,
