Archive for March, 2010


Fatal Traffic Crash in Colorado Springs

At 7:51 pm Thursday, 3/25/2010, Police Dispatch was notified of a one vehicle roll-over crash on Stetson Hills Blvd. east of Tutt Blvd. Upon arrival officers found a white passenger vehicle facing southbound in the eastbound lanes of Stetson Hills Blvd. The male driver and the female front passenger were still seated belted in however the rear seat passenger had been ejected out of the vehicle as it rolled.

The driver and front seat passenger were transported to local hospitals with serious injuries. The passenger who was ejected died at the scene. It appears speed and alcohol were contributing factors in this crash.

Judge Awards Damages in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

An Ohio judge has awarded $2.8 million in a wrongful death lawsuit to the family of a high school student who was murdered in July 2007. Jacob Feichtner and two others were shot and killed by former Cleveland firefighter Terrance Hough Jr. during an argument about fireworks in their neighborhood. Hough was convicted of three counts of aggravated murder and is serving life in prison with no chance for parole.

Disney Seeks Trial in Monorail Crash Lawsuit

The Walt Disney World theme park has requested a trial by jury in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal monorail crash last summer, according to recently filed court documents. The Orlando-area theme park maintains that it was not a fault in the death of Disney monorail pilot Austin Wuennenberg. The lawsuit, filed by the mother of the decedent, claims that reckless conduct on the part of the theme park led to the crash.

Power Lines to Blame for Fatal Copter Crash, Suit Claims

A fatal helicopter crash earlier this year in the Sierra foothills in California has prompted a lawsuit from the family of one of the victims. The lawsuit claims that the grounding wire that caused the crash was negligently hung more than 100 feet above the power lines. Industry standards require the static grounding lines to be no more than a few feet above power lines. The lines are also required to be marked, but the utility company had failed to do so. The lawsuit names utility company Southern California Edison as a defendant.

Fatal Cave-In Prompts Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of one of the three men who died in a cave-in at Hattiesburg-Forrest County Industrial Park in 2008 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The three men died when a trench collapsed in on them while they were installing a sewer pipe at the park. The lawsuit contends that the company the men worked for was negligent in exposing them to “ultra hazardous activities at the project site” without providing proper protection. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages.

D.C. Woman Files Suit Against In-Home Nurse

Washington, D.C., socialite Karen Feld has filed a lawsuit against her former private nurse and home-care companion, claiming the woman lied about her qualifications as a registered nurse. Feld hired Inger Sheinbaum in 2008 to care for her after she had brain surgery. In her lawsuit, Feld claims that Sheinbaum failed to care for her at “many critical junctures” and allowed “unathorized men” to come in and out of her hospital room. She is seeking $1.5 million in damages.

Regulators Urge Temporary Moratorium on Diarrhea Vaccine

The discovery of a harmless yet unexplained pig virus in a pediatric diarrhea vaccine has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to urge doctors to stop giving the product to children, The New York Times reports. Officials said the vaccine, Rotarix, is not harmful to children and that parents need not worry if their child has already received the vaccine. The company that makes the vaccine said they would continue to make the drug with the pig virus until they can figure out a way fix the process. A similar vaccine, RotaTeq, is currently available for children.

Slings Recalled After Three Infant Deaths

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of around 1 million baby slings made by Infantino LLC after it was reported that the slings caused three infant deaths in 2009. The recalled slings are the Infantino “SlingRider” and “Wendy Bellissimo.” The slings present suffocation risks for children 4 months and younger.

Judge Orders Dialysis Firm to Repay Medicare

A U.S. District Court Judge in St. Louis has ordered Renal Care Group, a kidney dialysis company, to pay $19.4 million back to Medicare in a whistle-blower lawsuit. The suit claimed that the firm created a shell company to earn an extra 30 percent on dialysis supplies â?? money that is supposed to go only to independent companies. The judge wrote in his ruling that the relationship between the two companies “showed a reckless disregard for Medicare statutes and regulations.”

Lawsuit Filed in Death of Junior Lifeguard

A lawsuit has been filed against the Huntington Beach Marine Safety Department after the death of an 11-year-old girl during one of the department’s junior lifeguard training exercises. Junior lifeguard Allyssa Squirrell was killed last July when she was struck by the propellers of a boat that was picking up the group during a water exercise. The lawsuit accuses the the department and the boat’s driver, Lt. Greg Crow, of negligence.

 

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