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By Edward ("Ted") Bills

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Center Settles After Boy Dies During Violent Restraint

Posted on February 14, 2010
A Tennessee juvenile detention center has agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of 17-year-old boy who died at the facility in 2007 after allegedly being put in a choke hold by guards. The lawsuit describes the restraint as a ?brutal attack? and claims the guards involved should ?never [...

Bar Should Have Prevented Shooting, Lawsuit Says

Posted on February 14, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed against a West Virginia bar where a man was shot in the stomach in 2008, the Charleston Gazette reports. The lawsuit claims that Sneekers bar was negligent in allowing a man to bring a gun into the bar and then failed to act when he pulled it out, which resulted [...

Car Accident in Springs kills Two Fort Carson Soldiers

Posted on February 14, 2010
An accident early Saturday morning on Highway 115 at Hitch Rack Ranch Road killed two Fort Carson soldiers and left another fighting for his life. Others involved in the crash were injured too. The soldiers were driving in an Audi when the driver crossed the center line and collided head-on with a large utility truck owned [...

Fatal Car Accident in Springs, Circle and Fountain

Posted on February 14, 2010
Colorado Springs Police are investigating a fatal head on accident at the intersection of S. Circle and East Fountain Blvd. which sent several people to local hospitals with life threatening injuries, and left at least one person dead on the scene early this morning...

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FBI Detains Kid With Arabic Flash Cards, Lawsuit Filed

Posted on February 12, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed against Philadelphia airport officials, the FBI and the Philadelphia Police Department after they allegedly detained a college student for having English-Arabic flash cards. According to the lawsuit, Pomona College student Nicholas George was handcuffed and interrogated for five hours at Philadelphia International Airport by FBI agents who claimed he was [...

Police Fatally Shot Unarmed Man, Lawsuit Says

Posted on February 12, 2010
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed yesterday by the family of a man who was shot and killed by Louisiana police officers after they charged into his home. According to the lawsuit, Bernard Monroe Sr. was shot multiple times in the chest by police who had entered his home looking for his son...

Lawsuit Filed After Boy Shocked By Power Line

Posted on February 12, 2010
A California boy who was shocked by a fallen power line, receiving life-threatening injuries, has filed a lawsuit against the power company and Santa Cruz County. According to the lawsuit, Jacob Kirkendall was at a birthday party on Rio del Mar State Beach when a tree branch broke and dislodged a power line, sparking a [...

Psychiatry Manual Could See Changes

Posted on February 10, 2010
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders could see some significant changes in several areas of its 2013 edition, including bipolar disorder, that could have large implications on diagnosis, treatment and medical research, the New York Times reported...

Former VP Files Suit Over Defamatory References

Posted on February 10, 2010
Former Dunkin? vice president of global research and development Michael O?Donovan filed a $5 million lawsuit against the company, claiming they violated an agreement with him to not reveal the reason for his departure or make any disparaging statements...

Former Medical Examiner to File Whistleblower Suit

Posted on February 09, 2010
The former Oklahoma chief medical examiner says he plans to file a whistleblower lawsuit over claims he was fired from his job for reporting gross errors in the state grand jury investigation that brought criminal charges against the man he replaced nine months ago...

Suit Against Ford Motors Gains Class-Action Status

Posted on February 09, 2010
Class-action status has been granted to a lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. after they canceled a work shift they had previously agreed to add at one of their assembly plants in Canada. According to the lawsuit, many of the plaintiffs had quit other jobs after reaching an agreement with Ford to work the new shift, [...

Lawsuit Filed Over Crash That Killed Infant

Posted on February 09, 2010
The parents of a 13-month-old child who was killed in a car wreck last week have filed a lawsuit against the driver that hit their car. According to the lawsuit, the driver was traveling at speeds up to 100 mph without headlights and had, moments before, fled the scene of another accident he was involved [...

Nurse Reports Doctor?s Bad Practices, Faces Charges

Posted on February 09, 2010
A Texas nurse who thought she was doing the right thing in reporting a doctor that was practicing bad medicine is now standing trial for ?misuse of official information? and could face serious jail time. The prosecution claims that Anne Mitchell has a history of making ?inflammatory comments? about Dr...

Illinois Malpractice Caps Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted on February 08, 2010
The Illinois law that placed caps on the amount awarded in a medical malpractice lawsuit was ruled unconstitutional by the state?s Supreme Court last week, the Chicago Tribune reported. The ruling is a huge blow to doctors and hospital officials who claim that malpractice limits are a way to keep health care costs from rising [...

British and American Troops File Suit Against KBR

Posted on February 08, 2010
A former British Air Force sergeant has joined a lawsuit in West Virginia that claims that British and American troops were knowingly exposed to a toxic chemical by a government contractor in Iraq in 2003. According to the lawsuit, KBR Inc. knew of the high levels of sodium dichromate, a potent carcinogen, at the Qarmat [...

Calif. Jury Awards $16.5 Million in Malpractice Suit

Posted on February 08, 2010
A California jury awarded a man $16.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which a California neurosurgeon was accused of delaying an operation on the man?s spinal injuries, leaving him a paraplegic. According to the lawsuit, Trent Hughes was rushed to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs in November 2003 with a spine [...

Family Files Suit Over Fatal Crash

Posted on February 05, 2010
A 24-year-old man accused of drunken driving was negligent in the death of an Illinois man, a lawsuit filed by the decedent?s family claims. Kevin Benes was killed late last year when vehicle driven by Michael Bourdage crashed into Benes’ car. Bourdage faces two counts of aggravated drunken driving in the crash...

Suit Filed Against Principal Who Hit Student With Car

Posted on February 05, 2010
The family of a Pennsylvania high school student filed a lawsuit this week after their child was struck by a vehicle driven by his principal earlier this year. The lawsuit claims that witnesses saw Margaret Kantes driving well over the speed limit through a red light in front of the high school where she worked...

Utah Woman Hit By Bobsled Files Lawsuit

Posted on February 05, 2010
A Utah woman who claims she was hit by a bobsled has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. and Utah bobsledding associations. According to the lawsuit, Holly Ball was volunteering at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, in November 2007 when she was hit...

Suit: Gene Patents Detrimental to Patients

Posted on February 05, 2010
It is up to a federal judge to decide the fate of a patent lawsuit against Myriad Genetics Inc., which has patented genes that are linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancers. According to the lawsuit, Myriad Genetic refuses to allow anyone else to broadly research the genes, which forces anyone who [...

Insurer Ordered to Pay Damages for Canceling Coverage

Posted on February 04, 2010
A Boulder County jury awarded a Colorado woman $37 million in a lawsuit after her health insurance company canceled her coverage following a serious car wreck. Time Insurance Co. had refused to pay Jennifer Latham?s $185,000 in medical bills after the accident because they claim she failed to report a previous visit to an emergency [...

University President Settles Lawsuit With School

Posted on February 04, 2010
The former president of South Carolina State University reached an undisclosed settlement with the school after he filed a lawsuit claiming the board of regents ?defamed him by falsely accusing him of negligent and or intentional misconduct? during an evaluation that lead to his firing...

Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Murder of Philadelphia Man

Posted on February 04, 2010
The family of a Philadelphia man who was murdered by an illegal immigrant in 2008 filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his killer and the bar at which the victim worked at. Jose Esteban Maldonado-Luzuriaga hit William Sullo III with his car outside of the Salute Restaurant and Bar after the bar, where Sullo worked, [...

Lawsuit: Bank Charges Improper Overdraft Fees

Posted on February 04, 2010
A class action lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of Georgia residents who believe they were being charged improper overdraft fees by Fifth Third Bank even though they had proper funds in their accounts. The lawsuit demands the bank pay back hundreds of millions of dollars in fees it charged to customers and claims [...

N.J. Supreme Court Issues Major Ruling for Consumers

Posted on February 04, 2010
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down a major victory for consumers injured by products made by foreign manufacturers. Ruling on an appeal briefed on behalf of the New Jersey Association for Justice by Jonathan Miller and Michael Galpern, of the Locks Law Firm, the court held that J...

Hospital Negligent in Death of Ex-Football Player, Suit Claims

Posted on February 03, 2010
The June 2008 death of a former Pittsburgh Steelers player has prompted a lawsuit by his family against a local hospital and its doctors, claiming that negligence and miscommunication lead to his death at the age of 58. The lawsuit states that Dwight White was rushed to the emergency room at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital a [...

Fire Risk Prompts Honda Recall

Posted on January 29, 2010
Another major car company has made a large-scale recall due to a defective part that could cause serious injuries to drivers. Honda Motors Co. announced today that they would be recalling more than 600,000 vehicles worldwide from their Fit/Jazz and City models due to a defective master switch that could cause a fire in the [...

Lawsuit: Northern Calif. Police Fail To Protect Kids

Posted on January 28, 2010
African-American students in Union City, Calif., are being killed, shot at and racially harassed and local school officials and police officers are doing nothing about it, a lawsuit filed this week claims. The lawsuit accuses Union City police officers of acting slowly following the fatal shooting of a middle school student in December 2007 and [...

Report: Radiation Safety Lagging

Posted on January 28, 2010
Technology advances in radiation treatment of cancer patients have moved so swiftly that doctors and hospitals are struggling to implement the necessary safeguards. Patients in New Jersey, Louisiana and Texas have suffered severe radiation injuries resulting from overexposure or improper dosages...

Alcohol Involved In Fatal Police Crash, Suit Says

Posted on January 28, 2010
A Tennessee county has reached a $200,000 settlement with the family of girl who was hit and killed by a police car in July 2008. According to the lawsuit, former deputy Ron Killings had been speeding and had disposed of two bottles of alcohol at the crash scene before attending to the victim...

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