This past summer, a former executive of Conair Corp., a personal care product company, reported that she was fired for revealing an alleged fraud her company was committing against retail giant and megastore, Wal-Mart. Specifically, Barbara Laubenstein filed a whistleblower complaint against her former employer, Conair Corp., of East Windsor, New Jersey. According to the […]
Tracy Morgan, the well known actor and comedian, was seriously injured in a tractor trailer crash this past summer. The accident happened when a Wal-Mart tractor trailer, travelling above the speed limit, pummeled into the limousine carrying Tracy Morgan and several of his comedian friends and assistants. Morgan sustained serious injuries in the crash, including […]
Last month, BP filed a motion in a New Orleans federal court seeking the removal of the administrator in charge of determining the payout for economic oil spill claims. BP claims that Lafayette attorney Patrick Juneau, current administrator for the court-supervised settlement program, has a conflict of interest that should prevent him from serving in […]
Car accident victims may experience a wide range of symptoms. For some, in the immediate aftermath of the accident, few symptoms are present. Hours or days later, however, serious injuries may become evident. Headaches are one of the most common symptoms reported by individuals who have been involved in automobile accidents. Like many other car […]
Last month, a single vehicle accident in Lamar County claimed the lives of two high school students, shocking the small school district and community. A third teen was also injured in the accident. The car carrying three teens during homecoming week was traveling on Purvis-Oloh road when it suddenly left the roadway and struck a […]
Halloween is around the corner and while many families are preparing decorations and costumes, far fewer have given thought to the potential dangers that lurk for children on October 31. All parents and children should spend some time making themselves aware of the safety threats that exist for child pedestrians on Halloween. Halloween is the […]
It has been four years since the BP oil spill pumped 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, yet many businesses and individuals affected by the spill are still fighting to obtain compensation. Clean up workers and coastal residents seeking medical damages in the settlement comprise one such group still struggling to […]
As part of its initiative to catch taxpayers who are paying fewer taxes than they actually owe to the U.S. government, Congress has enacted the IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program. The Whistleblower Rewards Program provides substantial incentives to individuals who come forward and identify other persons, businesses and corporations, trusts, partnerships, and other entities that are […]
On Monday, September 22, 2014, Kenneth Feinberg, the attorney overseeing GM’s program developed to compensate the victims of accidents caused by the company’s defective ignition switches, revealed that the death toll linked to the switches has risen. Thus far, 21 individuals are believed to have died as a direct result of General Motor Co.’s faulty […]
Many construction jobs require the use of ladders or scaffolds to reach elevated surfaces when building new property or repairing damage to existing structures. When proper safety measures are not followed, construction workers are placed at risk of serious falls and potentially disabling injuries. In Mississippi, employees who are injured on the jobsite will generally […]
