Authorities hunting for arsonists behind a string of fires in a small, Southeastern Pennsylvania steel town made two arrests within hours of each other. Roger Leon Barlow Jr., 19, and Mark Gilliam, 20, were arrested Thursday in connection with the …
Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, hearing cases in a federal appeals court last week, asked why the Labor Department does not lower worker exposure to a known carcinogen. The advocacy group Public Citizen wants the government to reduce the exposure …
The family of a man slain by a fired 911 dispatcher in Pa. can sue the killer’s co-workers, who allegedly looked up the victim’s records for their colleague shortly before the triple murder, a federal appeals court ruled. The family …
A woman who claimed that Wyeth’s hormone-replacement drug caused her breast cancer did not have sufficient evidence to show that the company acted negligently, said a judge in Pennsylvania who overturned a $3 million award in the woman’s case. The …
Whether work deserves pay doesn’t depend on how demanding it is, an appeals court ruled last week in reviving a lawsuit filed by workers at a Tyson Foods poultry plant. The workers seek pay for the time they spend donning …
A couple who contended that a hormone-replacement drug caused the woman’s breast cancer was awarded $1.5 million (euro1.16 million) this week in a jury verdict in Philadelphia against drug maker Wyeth. The jury also found that Wyeth acted with malice …
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has settled four wrongful-death or injury lawsuits involving the deadly 2002 listeria outbreak that was linked to one of its plants, the meat company announced. The second food company tied to the outbreak, J.L. Foods, is set …
