If a drug does what it’s supposed to do and may possibly have what we like to call ‘bonus benefits’, people who need it jump for joy. That’s how 24-year-old Carissa Ubersox from Madison Wisconsin felt about the birth control pill Yaz. She’d heard that it helped with...
In California, employers are required to give you a 30-minute lunch break. These breaks are supposed to be off duty, meaning that an employee is free to leave the property if he or she pleases. In the event that the employer doesn’t allow you a break, they have to pay...
Insurance bad faith means the unfair or disrespectful behavior of an insurance company when they turn away from an insurance claim that they should clearly pay. In addition to not paying you what you deserve, an insurance company’s unprofessional delay in issuing you...
In April of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in the case of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Naiel Nassar. The question before the Court involves the required level of proof a plaintiff must show in a Title VII...
LOS ANGELES — California Commerce Club, Inc., which operates Commerce Casino, was ordered to pay $226,726.55 to a former employee for sexual harassment and wrongful termination alleged by the former employee. The Plaintiff, represented by Makarem & Associates,...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can happen to anyone and can range from a mild concussion to severe brain damage. The most common causes of TBI are falls, motor vehicle or other traffic-related accidents, assaults, being struck by an object, and participation in contact...
When we place our loved ones in a nursing home, we expect them to receive a certain standard of care and also be treated with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, this does not always happen, and sometimes residents of nursing homes are subjected to nursing home abuse...
One common type of catastrophic injury that people can experience is a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Traumatic brain injuries are a serious public health problem, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that at least 1.7 million TBIs occur...
When you hire an attorney, he has a duty to act as a reasonable attorney would, to not make careless mistakes, to follow the rules of professional conduct for lawyers, and to not breach any contracts or other agreements you have signed. If an attorney fails to do any...
This month, McDonald’s employees brought a class-action lawsuit against the fast food giant and one of its franchise owners for several wage and hour violations. The employees allege that the franchise owner did not pay them for every compensable hour they worked, did...