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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Always use a credit card when shopping online or by mail. Federal law allows you to refuse to pay the credit card bill if the goods are never delivered.
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Employee Posts Golden Corral Expose Video
Golden Corral is facing an avalanche of bad press after an employee posted a video exposing some unsanitary practices at a franchise in Port Orange, Florida.
In the video, the employee takes viewers around the back of the building to the outside trash area. By his account, the company put food out by dumpsters during inspections.
Although the company did not dispute the authenticity of the video, it issued a statement noting that "none of these items were served to a single customer."
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Cat Litter Box May House Nefarious Parasite
Do you have a cat?
According to a group of respected researchers, cat dung carries a dangerous parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. Although traditionally known to cause problems in pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems, the researchers believe the parasite could be a more significant public health problem. Specifically, after reviewing years of studies, they suggest it could actually infect healthy individuals.
Find out everything you need to know about Toxoplasma gondii.
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Boeing Safety Features May Have Saved Lives
On Saturday, Asiana Flight 214 crash landed at the San Francisco airport. Of the more than three hundred people on board, two people tragically died, and nearly two hundred were injured.
According to aviation experts, it could have been much worse. However, the Boeing 777 was developed with safety advancements that may have saved many of the passengers.
With features like fire-retardant seats and advanced emergency exits, some safety experts are praising the design of Boeing 777 for saving lives in this weekend's crash.
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For the Lawyers
High cost no bar to waiver of class action.
The U.S. Supreme Court held that plaintiffs cannot avoid a contractual waiver of class arbitration on the ground that the cost of individually arbitrating their claims exceeds their potential recovery.
The justices ruled against a group of merchants seeking to bring a class action against a credit card company alleging antitrust violations. In response to American Express’ motion to compel individual arbitration in accordance with a class action waiver between the parties, the plaintiffs submitted evidence that the cost of individually arbitrating each claim could exceed $1 million, while the maximum statutory recovery for each claimant was less than $13,000. The Court noted that “[T]he fact that it is not worth the expense involved in proving a statutory remedy does not constitute the elimination of the right to pursue that remedy,” adding that the court’s ruling in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion that the Federal Arbitration Act trumps a state law requiring classwide arbitration proceedings “all but resolves this case.”
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