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A world-renowned legally blind athlete is suing three triathlon organizations over a controversial rule that requires all visually impaired runners to wear glasses that render them completely sightless.
If women wind up pregnant from faulty pill packets, product liability lawsuits or “wrongful pregnancy” cases — reminiscent of medical malpractice — could be filed.
When my young daughters get mad and call me “Mean Mommy” for withholding gum or making them clean up their toys, it makes me laugh. But I can’t imagine that Kimberly Garrity is seeing the humor in the lawsuit her adult children filed against her on the grounds that she was a bad mother.
Number of malpractice claims against doctors that leads to a settlement or payout. Doctors may be winning most suits, but they are facing a lot of them: 7.5% of doctors have a claim filed against them each year; 75% of doctors and 99% of surgeons will have a malpractice claim before retirement. Some types of [...]
—FLOYD ABRAMS, a lawyer for Lorillard, one of five tobacco companies that filed a lawsuit against the FDA in Washington on Tuesday, over the agency's graphic cigarette warning labels. The companies say the emotionally charged warnings, which include images of a stitched-up corpse and diseased lungs, violate their free speech rights. The companies lost a [...]
It’s practically been relegated to superstar status in the annals of parenting lore: the Manhattan mom who sued her daughter’s $19,000-a-year preschool on grounds that the 4-year-old was not sufficiently prepared to tackle the entrance test for private kindergarten.
Soda is not good for you. The high-calorie, sugary drinks have been linked to obesity and a host of other health problems.
In conjunction with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Monet Parham, a 41-year-old mother of two, filed a class action against McDonald’s on Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court, claiming that the fast food chain’s practice of giving away toys with Happy Meals is a form of deceptive advertising to children.
Girls getting suspended on breast cancer awareness day for wearing breast cancer awareness bracelets? It just seemed so unfair, which is why on Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania filed suit on behalf of two middle- school girls who were suspended for wearing “I ♥ Boobies! (Keep A Breast)” bracelets.
The family of a 20-year-old Florida man, who shot and killed himself after binging on the caffeinated malt liquor beverage Four Loko is suing the drink’s manufacturer, Phusion Projects, for wrongful death. The family says the drink made their son so manic and erratic that he accidentally shot himself. Does the suit have merit?
Although arthritis is extremely common, people still have many misconceptions about the disease. How much do you really know?
