When an employee is hurt while providing a service to more than one employer, a common question is which employer should be responsible for paying workers’ compensation benefits to the injured employee. This issue usually arises when the injured employee is working through a staffing agency or temporary employment agency, […]
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Medical Errors are the Third Leading Cause of Death in America and the North Carolina Legislature Doesn’t Care
In a recent study published in The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), one of the foremost medical journals in the world, two researchers from Johns Hopkins concluded that medical errors account for more than 250,000 deaths every year in the United States. This places these preventable errors in an […]
Does Baby Powder Cause Ovarian Cancer? Some Lawsuits and Juries Say Yes.
Can using baby powder, or talc powder, in feminine hygiene cause ovarian cancer? Two Missouri juries have recently answered that question with yeses. In February 2016, a jury awarded $72 million to the family of a woman who died of ovarian cancer at the age of 62. Jacqueline Fox, who […]
News Reports Indicate Takata To Recall Additional 35 Million Air Bag Inflaters
News agencies are reporting that an additional 35 million air bag inflaters could be recalled later this week by Takata Corp., the manufacturer of the faulty inflaters that have been involved in an expanding recall since the end of 2008. Takata was fined $70 million by the National Highway Traffic […]