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On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.
Unless they are familiar with jails, people likely give little thought to the responsibility of caring for a large group of imprisoned people. While paying for their crimes, prisoners must depend on others to provide basic needs like food, clothing and shelter. Our justice system prohibits cruel and unusual treatment, but one man suffered such […]
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If asked, most Americans would likely agree that the men and women who fought for us during global conflicts should receive any medical attention they might require in a speedy and competent manner. A different, much more shameful truth is slowly emerging across our country, a truth that paints a grotesque picture of injury, neglect […]
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PBC Attorney Avi Berk was a speaker at a November 5, 2010 full-day seminar, “21st Annual Institute of Trial Practice.” The seminar was co-sponsored by the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the State Bar of Wisconsin. Avi presented a segment on the direct examination of the plaintiff. Other presenters, including a judge and well-regarded litigation […]
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A young man received a sentence of two years on probation for a 2011 car accident that injured four people, including the defendant. According to the news story, the driver of the car pleaded no contest in March to two Class I felony counts of reckless driving causing great bodily harm, both of which are […]
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All across the country, oil and gas companies are busy engaged in a practice known as fracking, which is the process of injecting mixtures of water, chemicals, sand or gravel into the earth under high-pressure to extract oil and gas. While the industry is lucrative and even necessary to supply the world’s energy needs, the […]
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A potential client approached us in early 2009 on referral from another trial firm. Our client had worked on the site of a plant that had manufactured gas from coal from the mid eighteenth century until approximately 1960. A known byproduct of manufacturing gas from coal is benzene contamination. The utility which owned the plant […]
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The family members of a Transportation Security Administration officer slain last year at the Los Angeles International Airport have filed a wrongful death claim for $25 million against the city of Los Angeles. The claim was filed on April 16 and alleges Los Angeles World Airports and the city of Los Angeles failed to provide […]
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PBC Attorney Michael Brown, along with co-counsel Attorney Vonda Vandaveer, represent a subcontractor that recently filed a lawsuit against Parsons Global Services Inc. and other Parsons entities (collectively referred to here as “Parsons”) in the Central District of California Federal Court. Parsons was a primary contractor to the United States Government (USG) for construction work […]
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According to a press release on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found Maryland’s Prince George’s County Public Schools system in willful violation of the laws that govern the H-1B temporary foreign worker visa program. Investigators found that PGCPS illegally reduced the wages […]
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