El Paso Water Utilities Worker Pinned by Machinery in Trench

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com03/15/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley El Paso, TX — A construction worker was hospitalized Wednesday, March 14, 2012, after he was pinned underneath heavy construction machinery at an Upper Valley construction site. The construction accident occurred around 12:15 p.m., underneath an Artcraft overpass on Strahan Road, […]

Tyson Foods Employee Fatally Injured in Accident at Dakota City Plant

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com03/15/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Dakota City, NE — A Tyson Foods employee was fatally injured in an accident at the company’s beef slaughter and processing plant in Dakota City early Thursday morning, March 15, 2012. The fatal industrial accident occurred just after midnight while the […]

Jell-O Museum Faces Lawsuit Over Fatal Lift Accident

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com03/15/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Rochester, NY — The Jell-O Museum is facing a lawsuit filed by the estate of a man, who died after the scooter he was riding fell from a lift and left him with fatal injuries. The lawsuit was filed on Monday, […]

School Bus, Pepsi Semi-Truck Collide Head-On in Western PA; 1 Dead

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com03/15/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Rockford, PA — A Pepsi tractor-trailer slammed head-on into a school bus near Rockford in western Pennsylvania, killing one person and injuring several others. The crash occurred around 2:40 p.m., while the bus was transporting students from the Turkeyfoot Valley Area […]

Missouri School Bus Accident Injures 11 Students

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com03/14/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Belgrade, MO — A school bus accident sent 11 students to the hospital after their bus overturned in a ditch in rural eastern Missouri. The school bus crash occurred on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, along the narrow two-lane road of Highway […]

Vermont Man Suffers Serious Head Injury in Hanover Construction Accident

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com03/14/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Hanover, NH — A work-related accident left a construction worker with a serious head injury after falling at least 15 feet from a lift. The construction accident occurred Tuesday afternoon, March 13, 2012, at the Hanover Inn, reported WMUR.com. Hanover police […]

“No-Raid” Clauses in Employment Agreements Explained by Dallas, Texas Employment Lawyer

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com/cdklawyers.com// 03/23/2012 Keith Clouse, a Dallas, Texas employment lawyer, advises employers and employees on a variety of workplace legal issues and litigates employment-related disputes for his clients. He also negotiates and drafts employment agreements for employers and executives. Many of these employment agreements contain non-solicitation clauses (also known as no-raid clauses). He explains […]

Fifth Circuit Rules in Physician’s Employment Discrimination Case

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com/cdklawyers.com// 03/22/2012 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in a physician’s employment discrimination case. Nassar v. Univ. of Tex. S.W. Medical Center, No. 11-10338 (5th Cir. March 8, 2012), available at http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/11/11-10338-CV0.wpd.pdf. The jury found that the doctor was constructively discharged and retaliated against. The employer appealed.   Constructive discharge claims […]

Regional and State Unemployment in 2011

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com/cdklawyers.com// 03/17/2012 The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics recently issued a news release regarding the 2011 averages for regional and state unemployment statistics.   According to the news release, annual average unemployment rates declined in 48 states and rose in 2 states and the District of Columbia. Eight of the nine geographic […]

Texas Supreme Court Addresses Jury Trial Waiver in an Employment Law Matter

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com/cdklawyers.com// 03/16/2012 The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a threat to fire an at-will employee for refusing to sign a jury waiver does not amount to coercion that would invalidate the jury waiver agreement. In re Frank Kent Motor Co., No. 10-0687 (Tex. March 9, 2012), available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/historical/2012/mar/100687.pdf.   The at-will […]