Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that a Hostile Work Environment Claim Based on Age Discrimination Can Proceed

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com/cdklawyers.com// 10/08/2011 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently determined that a plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claim could be advanced. Dediol v. Best Chevrolet, Inc. No. 10-30767 (5th Cir. Sept. 12, 2011), available at http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/10/10-30767-CV0.wpd.pdf.   Over a two-month period, the plaintiff’s supervisor made daily age-based and religion-based comments to the plaintiff. […]

Paint Valley High School Bus Crash Injures 12, Killed Bainbridge Man

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/07/2011 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Bainbridge, OH — A school bus and vehicle collision on U.S. 50 killed a Bainbridge man and injured at least 12 students Wednesday afternoon, October 5, 2011. The school bus crash occurred on U.S. 50, just east of Paint Valle High […]

CPSC: Drop-Side Cribs Sold Only at JCPenney Recalled for Serious Safety Risks

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/07/2011 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Plano, TX — Drop-side cribs by sold Yu Wei Co., which were exclusively at JCPenney are being voluntarily recalled for entrapment and suffocation hazards the defective cribs pose to consumers. Yu Wei Co. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) […]

2 Semi-Trucks, Bus Collide in Nebraska; 33 People Injured

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/07/2011 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Gibbon, NE — Over 30 people were injured Thursday morning, October 6, 2011, when a Denver-bound bus slammed into an overturn semi-truck on Interstate 80. The bus accident occurred around 2 a.m. in south-central Nebraska, about two miles east of the […]

Hannibal Man Killed in Industrial Accident at Scriba Aluminum Plant

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com10/07/2011 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley Scriba, NY — An industrial accident left a Hannibal man dead on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at an aluminum rolling plant. The fatal workplace accident occurred at Novelis Inc., located at 448 County Route 1A at 6 p.m., reported Syracuse.com. According […]

EEOC Issues Press Release Regarding Impact of 9/11 on Employment Discrimination

New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com/cdklawyers.com// 10/07/2011 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency charged with enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against employees, recently issued a press release regarding the effect of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on employment discrimination.  In the initial months after 9/11, the EEOC saw a 250% […]