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This week's winner of the "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction" award goes to the $1.7 Million verdict against Alarm One for spanking a female salesperson "for motivation". A California jury rejected the defense argument that the spankings were not discriminatory because they were given to both male and female workers. What a perfect match - a wacking defendant with a wacky defense lawyer! What...

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Good News. The U.S. Merit Protection Board has overturned a 2004 ruling by an Administrative Law Judge so that federal doctors can be guaranteed the same protection as other Federal Whistleblowers. This protects thousands of federal doctors and medical researchers, so called Title 42 workers who work on government research, medical work and safety reviews, who allege federal corruption. Title...

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Physicians are finally realizing that pharmaceutical companies are giving the doctor's prescription preferences and patterns to their 90,000 sales people. The Prescription Data sets up which physicians should be rewarded with perks like gifts, meals and seminars. Targeting "early prescribers" or "cowboys" helps pharmaceutical salesmen promote particular name brand drugs to willing physicians. ...

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Even after more than $100 Million in damages awarded to popcorn factory workers, the industry continues to ignore the health risks to its workers. The popcorn flavoring contains a chemical called Diacetyl which causes a potentially fatal lung disease requiring lung transplants. Epidemiologists have called OSHA's nonchalance to the problem "criminal". Over 150 workers have filed suits, 30 of...

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A lawsuit was just filed on Friday, April 21st, on behalf of residents of an unicorporated suburb in Du Page County, Illinois, alleging that vinyl chloride had seeped into ground water. The suit, against the Forest Preserve and BFI Waste Management Systems of North America, Inc., seeks Class Action status on behalf of 80 residents and 150 households threatened by the 543 acres of landfill...

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Workers employed by The Office Of The Architect of The Capital have written to legislators warning of extreme levels of asbestos in the tunnels below the Capital , so thick it can be physically picked up. According to a recently published report in The Hill, a newsletter on issues concerning Congress, the tunnel area, which links the Capital to the power plant, is so dangerous that the Capital...

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A new mystery has enveloped Washington - just what did Justice Scali's "Sicilian " hand gesture to a Boston Herald reporter mean? Apparently, Scalia took offense at the reporter's sarcasm when he approached Scalia outside a church and questioned the Justice's impartiality in matters of church and state. The gesture was described as a movement of the fingers on one hand under Scalia's chin,...

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In yet another example how Corporate America intentionally manipulates data at the expense of workers, this week a team of scientists reported that the Chromium Industry had skewed data to hide the risk of lung cancer in workers exposed to low level of chromium. The orchestrated campaign by companies and their consultants was intended to persuade OSHA to weaken a proposed workplace standard. ...

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Congratulations to the Supreme Court for overturning an Appellate Court's decision which took away a 1.4 Million Dollar verdict for two black employees against Tyson Chicken in an employment discrimination case. The Appellate Court had held that a white chicken plant manager could not be sued for calling black employees "boys". The Supreme Court disagreed with the resoning of the Appeals...

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According to the Associated Press, a Louisiana man has filed a Products Liability suit against Apple, seeking Class Certification for all iPod users who may have suffered noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) from the device. The complaint alleges that iPod's are "inherently defective in design and are not sufficiently adorned with adequate warnings regarding the likelihood of hearing loss". The...

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According to Jay D. Wexler, a law professor at Boston University, our Supreme Court Justices are funnier than you might expect. By reviewing transcript notations featuring "laughter", Professor Wexler's study found Justice Scalia to be the Court Jester whereas Justice Thomas prompted no laughter at all. (I guess the laughs still on us ever since the Thomas Confirmation Hearings.) The New York...

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Jeremy Legrand is one of our nation's dedicated servicemen, having done tours in Cuba and Iraq. He suffered a traumatic brain injury in a June car accident while on leave in Texas. He spent six weeks in a coma and was transferred to the Minneapolis VA in September. The Beacon News Online offers a touching story of Jeremy's family (from Aurora, now residing in Shabbona) and their plans to...

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Two construction workers were killed earlier this week when they were crushed under tons of rubble caused by a 25x50 foot falling slab of concrete.Jaime Jones and James Beemsterboer were killed when the concrete slab, which was supposed to be part of a new senior home's 5th floor, fell, crashed through the fourth floor and crushed the two men who had been working on the third floor. OSHA and...

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Gary D. McCallister & Associates, LLC is relied upon to handle complex lawyer referred cases, such as medical malpractice and wrongful death, where responsiveness and professional expertise are required. Located in Chicago, Illinois, our firm's team approach to litigation provides the resources and personal attention which referring counsel and our client's desire.We represent people and...

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