http://www.yorklawcorp.com York Law Corporation Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:13:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Dirty Little Secret Hospitals Don’t Want You to Know Experts estimate that 98,000 people die from preventable medical errors each year.  Also, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that an additional 99,000 patients a year die from hospital-acquired infections.    More Americans die each month from preventable medical injuries than ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/hospital-errors/ Civil Rights Violations in Nursing Homes are Now Recognized Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983               According to a recent article posted on Law.com, the estate of Melvinteen Daniels brought a suit against the nursing home, The Kane Center in Allegheny County, Pa., for Mrs. Daniels fatal case of sepsis caused by ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/new-cause-of-action-against-nursing-homes/ Do You Know Your Rights?               According to the California Highway Patrol’s 2007 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, there were 188,551 collisions on state highways in 2007.  Of the 188,551 collisions, 184994 resulted in injury.  Following these collisions, most vehicle owners report the accident to their insurance company and have their ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/insurance-warning/ Can the Consumer Ever Win?                          Somewhere in your cell phone or credit card contract, buried in the fine print is a mandatory arbitration clause which waives your right to a jury trial and instead binds you to arbitration if there is ever a dispute.  You may not have known that ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/arbitration-clauses-in-nursing-homes/ Weight Loss Product Causes Liver Damage and Other Health Problems               On May 1, 2009, lovate Health Sciences, the Canadian based maker of Hydroxycut issued a recall due to the harmful side effects if its product.  The FDA reports that due to the use of Hydroxycut, there have been dozens of ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/fda-pulls-hydroxycut/ Their Actions Should be a McCrime                  Do you remember the infamous McDonald’s coffee case in 1992?  Many people think that they know the story but the truth is that what you know or remember is probably wrong.  Insurance companies are thrilled that what you know or think you know ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/insurance-companies-and-their-%e2%80%9ctort-deform%e2%80%9d/ Bankrupt and No Longer Liable for Injuries or Death from Defective Products from Pre-Bankruptcy Days   In what seems a futile attempt to save the crumbling economy, the U.S. poured a great deal of tax dollars to keep the auto-industry afloat.  The car company GM received $49.8 billion dollars and Chrysler received ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/gm-chrysler/ Inadequate Care leading to Two Elderly Residents Dying   In a Los Angeles Time article on June 11, 2009, it was reported that State officials recently fined two nursing homes in Orange County for providing inadequate care that led to the deaths of two residents.    In late November 2008, an 82 year old ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/fines-for-nursing-homes/   Welcome to the York Law Corporation Blog. This Blog is intended to keep everyone up-to-date and informed on topics related to what our firm practices. We will update this Blog with articles, videos, new laws, and any other information relevant to the services we provide and types of cases we ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/751/ The class action suit representing California UPS workers that led the Consumer Attorneys of California to name Wendy York a Finalist for 2007 Consumer Attorney of the Year Award. [youtube width="400" height="334"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56BFCIi7d-c[/youtube] Transcript INTERVIEW ABOUT THE UPS WAGE AND HOUR CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT OF $87 MILLION DOLLARS INTERVIEWOR: For years, shipping giant UPS had ... http://www.yorklawcorp.com/largest-california-class-action-settlement/