On May 29, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court set back advances made for workers’ rights by several decades when it held in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Inc. (Case No. 05-1074) that Lilly Ledbetter, an employee who had worked for Goodyear for almost 20 years, lost her valid wage discrimination claims because she did not file discrimination charges over and over again during her career in order to meet an asserted statutory 180-day time period for filing such a claim. The current court seems to require that wage discrimination claims lapse if a separate discrimination complaint and proceeding is not filed for each 180 days of discrimination. Once again it will take legislative action to reverse the decision of an appellate court and to protect the rights of the citizens of this great country against the huge mega-corporations who wish to exploit them.
Some accidents happen and the victims don't know who hit them. In such cases, a negligent driver can sometimes be found through law enforcement, video cameras, and investigation. See, Woman Settles for $3 Million After Being Run Over by School Bus. In addition, in other cases, the injured parties may be able to pursue insurance coverages that are designed to fill in such gaps - such as Uninsured Motorist Insurance and/or Underinsured Motorist Insurance.
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