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Nova Scotia to get rid of minor injury cap

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

The Lawyers Weekly reported:

The Nova Scotia government is poised to scrap a controversial $2,500 cap on damages for minor injuries suffered in highway crashes — a restriction personal-injury lawyers contend is unfair to accident victims but insurers insist is keeping premiums affordable.

Click here for the article.

For obvious reasons this would be excellent news for Plaintiff lawyers in Nova Scotia.

Most Indian plastic toys are ‘toxic’

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

From the BBC:

Many of the plastic toys sold in India may contain chemicals harmful to children, an environmental group says in a report. Click here for full story.

Misleading claims by Nestle

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Reuters reported:

Swiss food giant Nestle made misleading claims about the health benefits of some children’s beverages, U.S. regulators said in letters released on Tuesday.

The article can be found here.