Monthly Archives: June 2006

US Hospitals Sued over Nurse Pay

Four class-action suits regarding nurse pay have been filed against some of the biggest U.S. hospitals. The suits claim that these hospitals “regularly discussed nurses’ wages in meetings, over the telephone and in written surveys” as they “conspired to depress wages for nurses.” And all this, amid a national nursing shortage…! (According to the American…

Wrongful Death Lawsuit

A family of a man that was accidentally killed in a grocery store is now suing the store owners and employees. The man came in and tried to rob the store and while fending him off the robber was killed. His family says that store employees used too much force. If the employees had viciously…

Family Files Lawsuit For The Death On Mission Space

Daudi Bamuwamye after riding Disney’s: Mission Space and the family has filed a lawsuit against the theme park alleging that employees should never have allowed the four year old on such an intense ride and that they were not warned of the dangers. They also say that more should have been done with the child…

State Farm Insurance Penalized

I was very happy to see late last month that State Farm lost the lawsuit that were brought against them by many families they refused to help after tornadoes ripped down their homes. Judge and jury awarded the families millions and penalized State Farm Insurance. Among the plaintiffs complaints is that State Farm hired Texas-based…

Best of Niner Niner June ’06

Sreejith thinks that Snap is the future of Google. Meanwhile over at Blogging Naked leafworks introduces us to sex magic Part I. In Bookadoodle, Meg Stivison tells us about The Year of Pleasure, and the story of Shem Creek which left her giggling and sighing. Boomer 2.0: Baby boomers want to dress just like us…

A Hair Raising Lawsuit

Law firm Ross, Dixon & Bell is in the middle of another annoying lawsuit. Well annoying in my opinion. A few consumers are banding together to sue Garnier Fructis because their hair products did not straighten or strengthen their hair the way it was shown in some of the commercials. Are these people children? Do…

Pyramid Scam Class Action Lawsuit

Now this is a lawsuit I would consider on the good side of things. Pyramid schemes happen frequently and the guilty party simply move away and open shop in another city, state, or country. This time however a number of alleged victims have teamed up to slap a class action suit against Eli Ohayon. He…