A key ruling in an ongoing whistleblower case against Wisconsin Central Ltd. by an injured railroad mechnic who alleges he was improperly suspended strengthens job protections for all rail employees. In holding that the railroad could not enforce an arbitrary time limit for reporting an on-the-job injury, the judge in Smith-Bunge v. Wisconsin Central, Ltd. held that…
There are certain places where parents feel safe letting their children play without fear of danger. One of those places is normally at their school. For the parents of one 13-year-old Anne Arbor, Michigan boy this is not the case anymore. Their son was a spectator at a middle school football game and was playing…
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Many people think that whiplash is a relatively minor injury that can happen when someone is in a car accident. But a recent incident in India reveals just how dangerous whiplash can be. A government official in India died after the car he was driving was struck by another vehicle, in what has been…
According to the Administration on Aging as of 2009 which is the latest year for which data is available there are 39.6 million elderly Americans age 65 years or older. That’s about one in every eight Americans. This number will only continue to grow. Because of the aging baby boomer population, there has been an increase…