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General Motors Suspends Two Engineers Over Ignition Defects

General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced Thursday morning that GM has suspended with pay two GM engineers while the company seeks ‘the truth about what happened’ and how it took ten years for GM to issue a safety recall of vehicles with defective ignition switches. The two employees were not […]

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NY Times Article Reports GM ‘Mislead Grieving Families’

An article this week in the New York Times reports that General Motors knew five years ago of the deadly ignition switch defect in its Chevy Cobalt. The article discusses a meeting in May 2009 where GM engineers reviewed data from black boxes that confirmed the deadly defect. The article […]

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General Motors Under Investigation for Delayed Recall

Investigations have been opened this week by both Congress and the Justice Department into why General Motors failed to act more quickly in its recall of 2003-2007 model year vehicles affected by a faulty ignition switch. The investigations involve the recall of the Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Pontiac Pursuit […]

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New study shows mesothelioma patients benefit from pre-surgery radiation

A recent study indicates that patients with malignant mesothelioma who have pre-surgery radiation treatments have a greatly improved survival rate after the surgery. While the treatment of mesothelioma remains extremely challenging, and the prognosis remains difficult to predict, this treatment option provides hope of improving quality of life for years […]

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Halifax Health Agrees to Settlement of Whistleblower Case

March 5, 2014

On March 3, 2014, Halifax Hospital agreed to pay $85 million to settle part of a whistleblower case. The settlement was announced just before the case was set to proceed to trial in federal court in Orlando, Florida. Read article. The lawsuit was first filed in 2009 by Halifax Health […]

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CFPB Requests Credit Card Companies Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers

March 4, 2014

On February 27, 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) called on the nation’s top credit card companies to make credit scores and related content freely available to their customers. A CFPB report found accuracy issues are the most common credit reporting complaint received from consumers. The CFPB also warned […]

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$6.4 Million Settlement Reached in Wrongful Incarceration Case

February 24, 2014

The City of New York has agreed to pay $6.4 million to a man who spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. David Ranta was convicted of the 1990 killing in Brooklyn of a Hasidic rabbi who had stepped into his car at dawn just […]

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New Jersey Man Exonerated after Spending 19 Years in Jail

February 20, 2014

In December 2013, the Somerset County prosecutor filed a motion dismissing the indictment against Gerard Richardson, an individual who had spent 19 years in jail for a murder he did not commit. The dismissal of the indictment followed a ruling by a New Jersey Superior Court judge overturning Richardson’s conviction […]

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New Jersey Increases Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration

February 18, 2014

The Governor of New Jersey recently signed into law a bill that will increase the amount of compensation that wrongfully convicted individuals can receive from the state for each year they were wrongfully incarcerated. Under the new law, exonerated individuals in New Jersey will be eligible to receive $50,000 for […]

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Ohio Exoneree Files Wrongful Incarceration Lawsuit

February 17, 2014

A former Akron Police Department captain who was declared innocent after spending 15 years in jail for the 1997 slaying of his ex-wife has filed suit against his former colleagues. Former Akron Police Department captain Douglas Prade filed suit in an Ohio federal court against more than two dozen defendants, […]

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