Team Economics

05/08/2024

Medical malpractice in the USA over the past 10 years.

There were more than half a million medical malpractice complaints made against healthcare providers between 2013 and 2023, with the most filed in Louisiana, Wyoming and Colorado.

11/11/2020

Today we honor our veterans...

05/07/2020

A Covid-19 wrongful death case at a beef processing plant questions the company's "unsafe working environment" https://www.thereporteronline.com/news/wrongful-death-suit-filed-against-franconia-beef-plant-after-worker-dies-of-covid-19/article_28d89aa1-2e34-5f4a-a2e0-18a56206c84c.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share via

PHILADELPHIA — The estate of a Philadelphia man who allegedly contracted COVID-19 while working at the JBS beef processing plant in Franconia filed a wrongful death suit against the company,

04/15/2020

Will the Estate of Wando Evans be able to prove Walmart was liable for his wrongful death resulting from Covid-19? This is certainly a sad case and my thoughts are with his family. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/wrongful-death-suit-alleges-walmart-failed-to-protect-employee-who-died-from-covid-19?utm_source=salesforce_193726&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=salesforce_193726&sc_sid=03233912&utm_campaign=&promo=&utm_content=&additional4=&additional5=&sfmc_j=193726&sfmc_s=45026040&sfmc_l=1527&sfmc_jb=18&sfmc_mid=100027443&sfmc_u=6453079

The family of a suburban Chicago Walmart employee who died from COVID-19 filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday alleging that the store failed to take steps to protect its workers.

03/27/2020

The Eiffel Tower is illuminated with the word "Merci" via

01/21/2020

Reason to hire a Forensic Economist: When the judge slashes the punitive award to a multiple of the compensatory damages (10 in this case), make sure you have an accurate calculation of the economic damages.

A Philadelphia judge slashes J&J's (JNJ) punitive damages in a lawsuit, which claims that the company did not warm men that they could grow breasts by using its antipsychotic drug, Risperdal.

01/10/2020

Seems Wawa might have short(i)’ed their associates.

Former Wawa workers say they were illegally forced to sell shares in an ESOP at a discount, so members of the founding Wood family could regain majority control of the fast-growing convenience-store chain.

12/09/2019

A great story of Esfandiar Baharmast, a FIFA referee, who was vilified for making a tough decision in the 1998 World Cup.

At the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Norway famously beat Brazil because of a penalty that turned into one of the most talked about moments of the event. Referee Esfa...

11/11/2019

Harmonica Pete will give you the goosebumps playing the national anthem on this Veteran's Day

96-year-old World War II veteran Pete DuPre plays the national anthem on his harmonica in front of the Madison Square Garden crowd.

09/12/2019

My guy, Swiss Army Knife Ellis McKennie III via

Ellis McKennie, who grew up rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles, will get to play at Lincoln Financial Field when No. 21 Maryland plays Temple there Saturday.

09/11/2019

Today, we remember...