It is a cold hard truth that semi-trucks rarely get in fender benders. The vehicle's size and payload generally lead to severe injury or death for others in cars, SUVs, and pick-ups. Considering how stressful it is to pass or be passed by a large truck on the highway,...
Wage lawsuit targets Olive Garden
The One Fair Wage advocacy group has filed a lawsuit with U.S. District Court in Northern California against restaurant group Darden Restaurants, which oversees 1,800 Olive Gardens and other restaurants and employs more than 167,000 hourly employees. Filed April 15,...
5 signs you may be the victim of age discrimination at work
As an older worker for a Terre Haute-area business, have you ever suspected that your employer is discriminating against you because of your age? It's natural if you are not certain. Employers rarely say outright that they are committing age discrimination or leave...
Parents can cause custody disputes or make them worse
Custody issues are often the most contentious part of negotiating a divorce. Custody issues or parenting plans are also a common reason for divorced coparents to petition for a modification. The petition can be due to changes in the needs of the child, a parent...
Crash reconstruction often helps win cases
Law enforcement will file a report after a motor vehicle crash involving damages. A crash recreation expert may also look at the case if there is death or severe injury. This investigator's goal is to determine who is at fault or more at fault in causing the crash....
Brookdale Senior Living faces lawsuit
Brookdale Senior Living is a nursing home chain with more than 700 facilities in the U.S., with 12 here in Indiana. Now California Attorney General and other prosecutors recently filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against the company, accusing its...
Collaborative law even more attractive during the pandemic
The popularity of mediation and collaborative law approaches has increased in recent decades to the point where it is used in 90% of divorces. The one defining factor that separates it from litigation is that the couple chooses to find equitable solutions without...
Companies can require workers to get vaccine in many cases
The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has not gone as smoothly as it might have. Officials had high hopes, but distribution got off to a slow start and remains below stated goals. So it may be some time before employees not classified as essential workers will get their...
Cancer-stricken news anchor files lawsuit over discrimination
Harassment, bullying, belittling and exclusion surface in so many ways in the workplace, often showing the horrible behavior of colleagues and superiors whom you thought were fair and, sometimes, even your friends. Even when you try to remain professional, others may...
Traffic fatalities were up in 2020
The pandemic affected Americans’ lives in countless ways in 2020. Common examples that immediately come to mind are mask usage, stay at home recommendations, working remotely from home and kids doing distance learning. For the above reasons and others, there were an...