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• Sprint Sued in Class Action Lawsuit(2)

  Christina Cole | April 27, 2007 11:09 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  Former Sprint Call Center employees - one in Oklahoma City and the other in Texas are suing Sprint Nextel Corporation. The suit is a collective action, similar to a class action lawsuit, but the potential plaintiffs need to take steps to become members of the class action and join the lawsuit.One of the women states the company didn't pay their call center employees overtime. The lawsuit was...

• FDA Warns Consumers about Olive Recall

  Christina Cole | April 13, 2007 11:28 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about olives that were recalled due to possible contamination of a deadly bacterium.The recalled olives are manufactured by an Italian company and sold nationwide under private brand names such as Roland, Borrelli and Vantai. The olives may have been contaminated with a botulism causing bacterium. The affected olives have product...

• Rat Poison cause of Pet Food Recall

  Christina Cole | March 26, 2007 12:57 AM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  State Officials announced rat poison was found in the recalled pet food from last week and linked to the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs.At this time it is unclear just how many deaths could end up linked to the "cuts and gravy" style foods produced by Menu Foods that is sold under 95 brand names. Scientists are expected more deaths to be announced in the coming weeks.Aminopterin, a cancer...

• Driver Doing Well after Crash on Turnpike

  Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 2:46 AM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  Wearing a seatbelt can save your life and a 49-year-old Lawrence woman is living proof. The woman was involved in a single-car accident, at 1pm on Friday, on the Kansas Turnpike. Listed in fair condition Friday evening, she is expected to recover. She was traveling east on Interstate 70 when her car started to drift off to the side of the road. When she tried to steer back on to the road she...

• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Walgreens

  Christina Cole | March 08, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  On Wednesday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a class action lawsuit against Walgreens Co. for allegedly discriminating against African-American management workers.The suit was prompted in part from a Kansas City store manager that alleges the drugstore chain assigned black managers to low-performing stores and to stores only in African-American communities and has denied black...

• KWCH Reporter Injured In Car Accident

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  Alana Rocha, KWCH 12, was critically injured in a car accident last Saturday. Wichita Police believe the driver that crashed into her car was driving while drunk.Police say they first spotted the driver because he almost crashed into another car. They thought he was stopping when he pulled into a parking spot but the man kept on driving through an alleyway and back onto the road.He was traveling...

• Fisher Price "Laugh & Learn" Recalled

  Christina Cole | February 18, 2007 9:37 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  Fisher Price toy recall involves 500,000 "Laugh and Learn" bunny toys that have been sold in the Unite States due to a potential choking hazard.The pink pompom nose can detach from the bunny, posing a choking hazard to children. The toy recall involves the Laugh and Learn Learning Bunny. Product numbers involved in the recall are: K0468, K2960, K2961, K2962, K2963, K2964, K2965, K3440, K6898,...

• Woman Hit by SUV

  Christina Cole | February 11, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A woman was hit by an SUV last night, just before 7pm when she stepped in the way of an oncoming car, Wichita Falls Police report.The accident took place at the intersection of Harrison and Elizabeth. The 35-year-old woman failed to yield the car and that is when she was hit by a Hyundai.She was transported to the hospital where she was treated and then released.

• Class Action Lawsuit against Wal-Mart Largest in History

  Christina Cole | February 05, 2007 2:54 AM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  A Federal appeals court decision to allow a complaint alleged against Wal-Mart by six women to go ahead with a class action case, is the largest sex discrimination class action lawsuit in American history to date.To sum it up, this decision means, over one million present and past female Wal-Mart employees might seek compensation. This action could end up costing Wal-Mart billions of dollars!The...

• Super Bowl Party Hosts: Liable for Guests Drinking and Driving

  Christina Cole | February 01, 2007 2:03 AM | 0 CommentsWichita, KS

  The insurance industry financed a survey that says many Americans that are planning a Super Bowl Party are underinsured and open to potential lawsuits and financial ruin.The data shows that of an estimated 28.5 million people hosting a party between the holidays and the Super Bowl, 21.3 million do not have a personal umbrella insurance policy, liable for potential lawsuits should the worst...