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• Ventura Baristas to Share in Recovered Tips

  William Grewe | March 21, 2008 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsVentura, CA

  A California state court has ruled in a class action suit brought on behalf of baristas that the coins in the tip jar should not have been shared with managers, under California law, and, therefore, the company must repay the baristas. Should this ruling hold, it could affect other California employers who used a similar practice.

• When Does Vocational Rehabilitation Mean Retraining and Not A Job Search?

  Nick Avgerinos | March 21, 2008 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL

  If you are unable to return to your job because of a permanent condition, does the employer have to provide you with an education so you can find a new job. ? Not necessarily and here's why:An injured worker sustains a serious injury that results in a permanent work restriction. The employer for whom he or she has worked for many years announces that the company will no longer be able to...

• Transplant Doctor Accused of Speeding Death to Get Organs

  RLF Staff | March 21, 2008 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  In the first case of its kind in the United States, a San Francisco transplant surgeon will go to trial on one count of felony dependent adult abuse for hastening the death of a comatose patient in order to harvest his organs sooner. Dr. Hootan Roozrokh was sent by his employer as part of the California Transplant Donor Network to perform the transplants after the mother of 26-year-old Ruben...

• Corporate bottom line and consumer safety

  Don Jacobs | March 21, 2008 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Capitalism is good. Profit is good. Free enterprise is good. It seems we all want to make money and we all want to pay less for the things we buy. If a company can sell the same quality item cheaper than their competitor, why shouldn't they? Especially if it means the competitor loses sales and they end up profiting as a result by selling even more of the discounted item. That's the way...

• $809,000 for Testicle Lost by Delay

  Ben Glass | March 21, 2008 8:14 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A Superior Court jury in Worcester County, Massachusetts has awarded a New Jersey man over $809,000 in damages and interest after he lost a testicle due to an emergency room doctor's failure to correctly diagnose his testicular torsion, according to court records.Dr. Mohsen Noreldin was ordered to make a payment of $500,000 in damages, to which over $309,000 in interest was added, said court...

• Feeding Tubes Offer Little Benefit

  Dan Frith | March 21, 2008 6:56 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We often see recommendations for the use of a feeding tube (PEG tube) from Medical Directors at nursing homes for residents who have difficulty eating and swallowing. Granted, an individual cannot long survive without adequate nutrition and hydration. However, the use of a feeding tube is often used as a substitute for an insufficient number of feeding assistants or nursing aides. By...

• Surgeon Removes Wrong Kidney

  Diego Madrigal | March 21, 2008 5:46 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Thankfully for the sick in Minnesota, a surgeon will stop seeing patients after he removed the wrong kidney from a patient. In doing so, the surgeon left a cancerous kidney inside the patient. The surgery was done last Tuesday, but only on Wednesday was it discovered what had happened. To prevent something like this from happening again, the Chief Medical Officer of the hospital said that...

• Will Justices Recuse Themselves Because They Are Baseball Fans?

  Diego Madrigal | March 21, 2008 5:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An interesting question has been posed in anticipation of the Supreme Court deciding on whether or not to hear a case regarding fantasy baseball. The issue in the case is as to who owns the statistics for baseball players. Is it Major League Baseball, or are they owned by nobody and therefore, free to the world. It is known that Justices Alito and Stevens are big baseball fans, but do they...

• First Coast Teens Learn Lessons of Drinking & Driving

  Eddie Farah | March 20, 2008 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The attendance was double this year, a sure sign that this teenage education program has hit a nerve. It's called a STUD Rally - Stop Teen Underage Drinking and it looked more like a party at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium Thursday. High schoolers packed the place listening to DJs from 93.3 The Beat, competing for prizes and hearing from First Coast News Sports Director Dan Hicken. Despite the...

• Virginia Court Rules Doctors Liable Even If Affiliated With Charitable Foundations

  Greg Webb | March 20, 2008 10:45 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled that doctors affiliated with charitable foundations are not immune from malpractice suits. The cases involved the University of Virginia Health Services foundation whose lawyers argued that since its doctors were working for a non-profit organization, they should be immune from malpractice suits. The court, however, ruled that although the work done by...