Chalik & Chalik Injury Lawyers Miami, FL (Law Firm Newswire) March 9, 2017 – A pedestrian was fatally struck by a car while crossing the street in Manatee County, Florida, around 12:49 a.m. on January 15. As reported by Explore Clarion, Ashley Hasychak, age 24, of West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, was trying to cross U.S. 41…

Southfield, MI (Law Firm Newswire) March 8, 2017 – A young baby died at a home day care facility after being left unsupervised. An Illinois daycare owner/operator faces a wrongful death lawsuit for allegedly leaving a 3 1/2-month-old baby alone while the attendant went to warm a bottle. The child died November 15, 2016 at…

Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) March 7, 2017 – Texas is one out of four states that do not have a statewide texting ban. This year, however, might bring change. Texas lawmakers are revisiting the attempt to pass a statewide texting ban in the hopes of having it save lives. According to statistics from 2014,…

Houston, TX (Law Firm Newswire) March 7, 2017 – On January 27, the President issued an executive order banning admission to the United States from seven Muslim majority countries. In summary, the order suspended all refugee admissions for 120-days and cut the total number of refugees permitted to be admitted down to 50,000 for 2017.…

Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) March 6, 2017 – A jury issued a $10 million verdict in a Florida wrongful death lawsuit. Richard Wiederhold, a Brevard County district fire chief, was left paralyzed from the chest down after a crash with a delivery driver for Domino’s Pizza. Wiederhold’s wife Yvonne had to take care of…

Alex R. Hernandez, Jr., Esq Corpus Christi, TX (Law Firm Newswire) March 3, 2017 – Attorney Alex R. Hernandez Jr. has been named to the Lawyers of Distinction for 2017. To be a Lawyer of Distinction the attorney must have no ethical violations and be in private practice. All attorneys who meet the criteria of…

San Francisco, CA (Law Firm Newswire) March 3, 2017 – Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown approved legislation, which limits California’s estate recovery from low-income Medi-Cal recipients who are aged 55 to 64. The 2016-17 budget includes $30 million to curb the seizure of assets only to what is required under federal law, which is the…

Los Angeles, CA (Law Firm Newswire) March 2, 2017 – New guidelines on “national origin” discrimination and harassment by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will be helpful for employers to avoid violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) when facing hiring, firing and discipline issues. The EEOC and other federal agency…

Los Angeles, CA (Law Firm Newswire) February 28, 2017 – Beginning on January 1, 2018, paid family leave benefits will increase for workers in California. The increase in paid family leave is aimed at helping low wage workers take a leave from work to care for sick or disabled family members, or to establish a…

Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) February 27, 2017 – The Florida Supreme Court issued an important ruling in a medical malpractice case, deciding that a 2004 constitutional amendment requires a hospital to provide medical records to a patient’s family. The family of Marie Charles had filed the lawsuit against Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc.,…