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School Denied Boy with HIV Admission, Pays in Suit |
| A school in Hershey, Penn., will pay $700,000 to a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly denied admission because he has HIV. The school allegedly told the boy he "could be a threat to other students because of the potential for sexual contact." The U.S. Department of Justice investigated the claims and found the school violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. Bob Fernandez, PhillyBurbs.com 09/13/2012 | Read Article: PhillyBurbs.com |
Hobby Lobby Sues Over Healthcare Mandate |
| Craft store chain Hobby Lobby has filed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration over the new law that forces health insurance plans to cover contraceptives for women. Company officials say the law goes against the company's Christian beliefs and oppose the use of "abortion-inducing drugs." If the company chooses to ignore the new regulations, it could be subjected to fines up to $1.3 million per day. Jackie Hicken, The Deseret News 09/13/2012 | Read Article: The Deseret News |
TX High Court Hears Arguments in Dallas’ Parkland Whistle-Blower Case |
| A lawyer for a demoted Parkland Memorial Hospital trauma surgeon on Wednesday urged the Texas Supreme Court to protect the doctor and other government employees who report wrongdoing through internal channels. Failing to do so would leave Texas whistle-blowers in a “really precarious position,” said a Dallas lawyer who represents Dr. Larry Gentilello. Gentilello has been trying since 2007 to get his retaliation claims against UT Southwestern Medical Center heard by a jury. He alleges that UTSW demoted him as head of its surgical burn, trauma and critical care unit after he reported to his supervisor that faculty physicians weren’t properly supervising resident doctors. The medical center is fighting to get the lawsuit dismissed, arguing that Gentilello failed to meet the requirements of the Texas Whistleblower Act that allegations be reported to an “appropriate law enforcement authority.” JANET ELLIOTT, The Texas Law Book (http://texaslawbook.net), The Dallas Morning News 09/13/2012 | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
Judge Hears Case Over Katrina Floodwall Failure |
| lvin Livers lost his dream home when busted floodwalls unleashed a torrent of water that inundated his New Orleans neighborhood during Hurricane Katrina. Seven years later, Livers is one of several homeowners seeking to hold the Army Corps of Engineers and a contractor liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in flood damage. Livers, the first witness at a federal trial for a lawsuit against the corps and Washington Group International Inc., testified Wednesday that he and his wife lost everything when flood waters inundated their home in the city's Lower 9th Ward. MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, AP, Beaumont Enterprise 09/13/2012 | Read Article: Beaumont Enterprise |
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Aggressive Start for Consumer Bureau |
| The new federal agency charged with enforcing consumer finance laws is emerging as an ambitious sheriff, taking on companies for deceptive fees and marketing and unmoved by protests that its tactics go too far. In the 14 months it has existed, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched dozens of enforcement probes and issued more than 100 subpoenas demanding data, testimony and marketing materials — sometimes amounting to millions of pages — from companies that include credit card lenders, for-profit colleges and mortgage servicers. DANIEL WAGNER, AP, Austin American Statesman 09/13/2012 | Read Article: Austin American Statesman |
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Family Dollar Settles $14 Million Wages Suit |
| Family Dollar will pay up to $14 million to settle an overtime wages lawsuit with 1,700 New York store managers. In the lawsuit, the managers, who are usually exempt from overtime pay, claimed they were assigned mostly "non-managerial" duties, which deserved overtime pay. In 2009, Family Dollar paid $33 million in a similar suit to Alabama employees. Ely Portillo, Charlotte Observer 09/13/2012 | Read Article: Charlotte Observer |
Wrongful Death |
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Child's Death at Minnesota Day Care Center Prompts Suit |
| A Minnesota couple has filed a lawsuit against a day care provider over the death of their three-month old son at the center last February. The child rolled over into a pillow and suffocated, the suit says. The family accuses the day care of failing to provide a safe sleep environment for their child. Wire Report, The Sacramento Bee 09/13/2012 | Read Article: The Sacramento Bee |
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