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A Thai restaurant in Pleasanton, California has been ordered to pay $170,000 to its employees after federal regulators determined it violated overtime laws. The findings came from an investigation helmed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and ...
Dozens of victims were injured late Wednesday morning when an explosion and fire occurred at the ExxonMobil Baytown Olefins Plant in Baytown, Texas. Although details about the incident are still being released, Baytown officials have reported that ...
The devastating health hazards associated with asbestos have been recognized since the early 20 th century. Thanks to landmark publications documenting the link between asbestos exposure and cancer in the 1960s, that information became more ...
Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC has filed a lawsuit against global agricultural giant Monsanto over claims that its signature weed killer Roundup caused a Texas man’s fatal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Missouri, where ...
News about veterans filing suit against Minnesota-based manufacturer 3M Company have swept the nation, and revealed the permanent and profound repercussions of injuries linked to its allegedly faulty earplugs. As we’ve discussed, 3M’s CAEv2 earplugs ...
Last week, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center solidified its vow to correct a long list of safety lapses by submitting a corrective action plan to the federal government. The move comes in response to a scathing report from the Centers for Medicare and ...
Thousands of former service members across the nation have begun filing lawsuits againt 3M, the company they claim is responsible for personal injuries suffered as a result of using defective 3M CAEv2 earplugs during their time in the armed forces. ...
Most people at one time or another have experienced what it’s like to hear ringing, buzzing, or some other type of noise in their ears without any external source of sound. If you’ve attended a concert or sporting event, or have had to use or be near ...
Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC has been featured among Newsweek ’s Premier Law Firms for 2019! Published by Newsweek Legal Insight, the special feature discusses the important role attorneys play when protecting the rights, freedoms, and futures of their ...
Ardent Companies Inc. has agreed to pay $2.325 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed by oil platform workers who claimed they weren’t paid for on-call time after the end of their daily shifts. The class action settlement against the ...
Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC Partner Aaron Heckaman has once again been chosen among America’s top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2019! Our firm would like to congratulate Aaron on his continued selection to the invitation-only listing, and believe ...
Wage and overtime claims have become increasingly more common in many states across the U.S., prompting employers to perform their due diligence when calculating overtime pay for their workers. The need for compliance has been promoted by additional ...
The federal Department of Labor announced on March 7, 2019 a proposed new rule governing eligibility for overtime pay. The new rule would make more than one million American workers eligible for overtime. The federal labor department’s rules govern ...
A major explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Crosby, TX has killed at least one victim and critically injured two others. Residents within a mile of the plant were also ordered to shelter in place. According to the Harris County Fire Marshal’s ...
As we discussed in a recent blog post , numerous veterans and service members across the country have been filing federal civil lawsuits against 3M Company, the Minnesota-based conglomerate responsible for what plaintiffs claim were defective ...
Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC is pleased to announce that Partner Aaron Heckaman was selected for inclusion to the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list of Rising Stars! This is the second year Aaron has been named to the Rising Stars list, which is reserved ...
Thousands of veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces have filed lawsuits against 3M Company over claims that the manufacturer’s faulty earplugs failed to function as intended, and caused them hearing loss and other injuries and losses. Many of ...
Bailey Cowan Heckaman PLLC is pleased to announce that Firm Partner Aaron Heckaman will be a featured lecturer at the upcoming Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference. The conference will be held March 11 – 12, 2019 at the Beverly ...
A man from Fort Worth, Texas died after his vape pen exploded and severed a major artery, local officials say. A report from the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s office shows the 24-year-old victim’s fatal injury was sustained as a result of a ...
Attorneys General from 14 states and the District of Columbia have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to better regulate corporations in the asbestos industry and strengthen reporting requirements about the products they import ...
Bailey Cowan Heckaman, PLLC is pleased to announce that Partner Aaron Heckaman and Associate Attorney J. Kyle Beale have been named to Houstonia magazine’s 2018 Top Lawyers list! A local magazine known for its editorials on local News, Arts & ...
As of 2019, following years of patient complaints and thousands of lawsuits filed by women who suffered serious and painful injuries, Bayer no longer sells its Essure Permanent Birth Control System . A non-reversible, non-surgical contraceptive ...
On Thursday December 20, 2018, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., released a statement discussing the concerns surrounding Essure and the plans moving forward. Essure, a permanent birth control device linked to serious adverse effects in women, ...
The past few days have not been easy for Johnson & Johnson, the multi-national corporation known for its pharmaceutical and consumer products, and most notoriously for its Baby Powder. That’s due in large part to the release of an investigative ...
Concerns about the implantable birth control device Essure, manufactured by Bayer, are continuing to spread on a global level. Though Bayer will be suspending sales of Essure worldwide by the end of this month, questions still remain for thousands of ...
