- Rick Patterson | January 29, 2007 11:37 AM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseOn March 22, 2007, Yolette Joseph, 49, will be sentenced for violating Public Health Law by committing elder abuse. She faces up to one year in jail. Joseph, a former certified nurse's aid, admitted to hitting a patient who is 69-years-old, wheelchair-bound and suffers from dementia. The incident took place on July 20, 2006. It seems that Joseph was arguing with the patient. As the argument...
- Rick Patterson | January 29, 2007 10:44 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)No doubt, when you own a dog you become very attached to your pet. The dog is a member of the family and the thought of any harm coming to your dog is difficult to even think about. This may be the case for dog owner Pamela E. Thomas. Although unprovoked, her dog Duke bit two people, he was then classified as vicious and was ordered to be put down or turned into a safe house for the safety of...
- Rick Patterson | January 24, 2007 5:27 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)With Bulgaria's admission into the EU on January 1, 2007, there is cause to apply rigorous safety measures against the new member state. These safety measures will leave Bulgaria outside the single European aviation market, which means that Bulgaria will be treated as any other third country. The EU transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, was said to be disturbed that there had been little done...
- Rick Patterson | January 23, 2007 5:08 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)On Monday, in Luce County Circuit Court, Corey Wass pleaded guilty to second-degree child abuse.Iris Wass, who is only 3-years-old, was attacked by a 120 pound Rottweiler. She had cuts and abrasions over 95 percent of her body. At least two of the 11 dog bites went through to the bone. When she arrived at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor she was admitted in critical condition and...
- Rick Patterson | January 19, 2007 3:23 PM |
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MiscellaneousIt has long been advised that parents pay serious attention to what their children are doing and who they are interacting with while on a computer. MySpace, the popular Internet social network, has become very popular, particularly with teens. Of late, the families of five teenaged girls who were sexually assaulted by predators they met while on MySpace, have sued the owner 'News Corp.' for...
- Rick Patterson | January 18, 2007 3:30 PM |
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MiscellaneousLittle did the city of Savannah know about Michael Berkow. It seems that Berkow left Los Angeles to become the police chief in Savannah Georgia. What was not known in Savannah is that their new Chief had been involved in a lawsuit, which accused him of sexual impropriety. The story is that Berkow admitted to having an affair with a subordinate officer. At the time of the affair he was separated...
- Rick Patterson | January 12, 2007 4:43 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)In the UK on January 7, 2007, a Norfolk man was walking his dog near Pleasure Beach. While he was walking, another man came towards him walking two bull terriers that were not on leashes. A viscious dog attack took place when one of the terriers attacked the Norfolk man's dog. The scene became increasingly worse when the owner of the dog being attacked tried to save his dog, causing him to be...
- Rick Patterson | January 12, 2007 4:21 PM |
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MiscellaneousA California based company, Bosch Home Appliances, announced today that many of their appliances have received the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. Since 1909 the magazine's policy had been to refund or replace defective products, which have their seal of approval, within two years of the purchase date. The seal, which is very highly regarded, was given to products such as Bosch Benvenuto...
- Greg Owen | January 12, 2007 2:58 PM |
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MiscellaneousAfter conducting a criminal investigation involving Orange County Sheriff Michael Corona, California attorney general's office has determined that no sexual harassment charges will be filed. Michael Corona denied all charges and asked the attorney general's office to investigate the allegations. It seems that in 2004 Michael Corona fired ex-Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo. The current...
- Rick Patterson | January 12, 2007 12:22 PM |
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MiscellaneousCelebrities seem to have a love hate relationship with the media. Although they need publicity in the line of business that they are in, they often complain about being hounded relentlessly by photographers, the very people they seem to need. There is little that can be done about the problem here in the United States, given the fact that quite often the press photograph public figures while...
- Rick Patterson | January 11, 2007 2:59 PM |
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MiscellaneousSenate President Mike Miller told a state conference of county officials meeting in Cambridge that legislation to reduce air pollution from cars "is going to pass. In an interview, several days earlier, House Speaker Mike Busch voiced a similar belief.According to The World Health Organization, currently air pollution leads to 4.6 million deaths a year, which is a larger number than the one...
- Rick Patterson | January 10, 2007 2:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousIn the case of Norfolk Southern v. Sorrell, 05-746, Timothy Sorrell was awarded $1.5 million by a jury in Missouri state court. Mr. Sorrell claimed the railroad failed to provide him with a reasonably safe place to work. He suffered neck and back injuries when the dump truck he was driving fell on its side on a gravel road. However, Norfolk Southern claimed that it was Sorrell's own negligence...
- Rick Patterson | January 10, 2007 1:38 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Most aviation accidents occur in close proximity to an airport. Runway safety is one of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) top safety priorities. In the late 1990's, the FAA decided to address non-compliant safety areas on a national level. Dane County Regional Airport was a high priority safety improvement project. The project was very involved, and the solution required moving...
- Rick Patterson | January 05, 2007 2:21 PM |
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Workplace DiscriminationIn Northern California, a jury award of more than $19 million has been slashed to $3.405 million. Charlene J. Roby was fired by McKesson Corporation after working for them for 25 years. Charlene had presented substantial evidence to the court that the company fired her based on a psychiatric condition. Additionally, she showed that the company failed to reasonably accommodate her disability....
- Rick Patterson | January 05, 2007 1:56 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeMedical malpractice is an act or omission by a health care provider which deviates from accepted standards of practice in the medical community and which causes injury to the patient. The American Academy of Family Physicians looks to a study entitled "Learning from Malpractice Claims about Negligent, Adverse Events in Primary Care in the United States", in suggesting that the medical community...
- Rick Patterson | January 03, 2007 3:31 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsATV sales amassed $3 billion last year, fueled by families and young children. ATV accidents and deaths have also been on the rise for over ten years. Many young children are getting behind the wheel of these adult toys. "Just as you would never put a 12-year-old behind a steering wheel, never put a child under 16 on an ATV," says Rachel Weintraub, assistant general counsel for the Consumer...
- Rick Patterson | January 02, 2007 2:59 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year more than 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs. Given that over 50 percent of all dog bites occur on the dog owner's property, the issue is a major source of concern for insurers.In 2005 dog bites cost insurers $317.2 million. In 2003 the cost was $321.6 million. The cost of an average dog bite went from $16,600 in...
- Rick Patterson | January 02, 2007 2:36 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services imposed fines on a Lewis County Nursing Facility as a result of resident-on-resident sexual abuse and deficiencies in the quality of care, nutrition and errors in medication. Initially the fine was $4,050 per day starting on November 17, 2006. However, since November 20, 2006 the fine has been $150 daily. A 38-page report was obtained by NewsWatch50. ...