According to the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Loya Insurance, Co. has been fined $300,000 for filing inaccurate information on the rates it charges customers and unfair and deceptive practices. TDI criticized the insurance company for running advertisements stating that coverage could be obtained with no fees or down payments. According to the consent order,…
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NuvaRing is a popular internal birth control device, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001 and marketed and sold by subsidiaries of Merck, Organon USA Inc. and Schering-Plough. Currently, over a thousand NuvaRing lawsuits have been filed around the country alleging that female users of the medical contraceptive suffered serious…
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Is it possible that safer vehicle design is reducing the number of serious and even fatal car accidents on roadways throughout Texas and the nation? Safety advocates, including the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), think so. Preliminary data for traffic accidents in 2011 is in, and it appears that fatal car accidents are at…
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The use of cruise control by 18 wheelers in this country in misunderstood by most truck drivers and the public. In a recent case being handled by the firm that resulted in the tragic loss of a family member, it has become clear that the public is in greater danger when big rig drivers use…
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Allen Stanford was sentenced to spend 110 years in prison by United States District Judge David Hittner in Houston, Texas. Stanford was the head of Stanford Financial Group. Through it and related companies, including Stanford International Bank, an offshore bank in Antigua, he lost or consumed billions of dollars of investors’ savings. Losses have been…
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National Basketball Association (“NBA”) security official, Kelley Hardwick, has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Geno Auriemma, head coach for the United States women’s basketball team. The suit, filed in a Manhattan State Supreme Court last Friday, also named the NBA and USA Basketball as defendants. In the complaint, Hardwick alleges she was removed as…
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While car crashes remain the leading cause of death for teens between the ages of 15 and 19, a recent report by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm indicates that the rate of teen fatalities due to auto accidents is falling-and drastically. In the report, “Miles to Go: Monitoring Progress in Teen Driver…
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Is there a link between the suicides of ex-NFL players and permanent brain injuries caused from hits during the game? The recent lawsuits filed against the National Football League think so. Last week, in a Philadelphia federal court, 81 lawsuits against the NFL were consolidated into one “mega” lawsuit. This consolidated lawsuit has accused the…
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