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| | Local Surgeon Accused in Several Malpractice Cases by Steven Romo KRIS TV. A local brain surgeon went on trial Tuesday for allegedly botching a brain procedure that left a brain severely impaired. Doctor Stefan Konasiewicz reportedly ran into several legal problems in Minnesota before making his way to Corpus Christi. Konasiewicz was sanctioned by Minnesota's medical board for unethical and unprofessional conduct before he came to Texas in 2007, according to the Duluth News Tribune. Click on the headline to read more. | | Products | |
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| | CA Death, 76 Illnesses Linked to Ground Turkey | |
| | The government is scrambling to find the source of a salmonella outbreak likely linked to ground turkey that has killed one and sickened dozens more. The illnesses date back to March, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that cultures of ground turkey from four retail locations between March 7 and June 27 showed contamination with the same strain of salmonella, though those samples were not specifically linked to the illnesses. The agency said preliminary information showed that three of those samples have been linked to the same production establishment but it did not name the retailers or the manufacturers. Associated Press, The Washington Post 08/03/2011 | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | Laws/Cases | |
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| | New York State’s Fracking Lawsuit Barred by Law, U.S. Says | |
| | The U.S. government said it will ask a judge to dismiss a New York lawsuit that seeks to force a fuller environmental review of how natural-gas extraction could affect 9 million water drinkers in the state. The U.S. plans to ask U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn, New York, to dismiss the case on the grounds that the state can’t prove injury and doesn’t have the right to sue federal agencies, according to a letter filed with the court yesterday. Tiffany Kary , Bloomberg 08/03/2011 | | Read Article: Bloomberg | | Judge Further Limits TVA Coal Ash Spill Lawsuits | |
| | A federal judge has further limited damage lawsuits against the Tennessee Valley Authority for the huge coal ash spill at TVA's Kingston Plant west of Knoxville. U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan granted TVA's motion for summary judgments on claims seeking damages for personal injury, emotional distress and inverse condemnation. The judge's order is allowing the claims for property-related damages such as trespass and nuisance to go forward. More than 50 suits are seeking damages from the 2008 dam breach that spilled 5.4 million cubic yards of toxin-laden sludge in the Emory River and on land beside the coal-powered plant. Associated Press, Tennessean 08/03/2011 | | Read Article: Tennessean | | 2 Women File Suit Against Chicago Archdiocese | |
| | Two women filed separate lawsuits against the Chicago Archdiocese, alleging they were sexually abused in the 1950s by a priest at St. Peter Damian Catholic Church in Bartlett. In the suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court, Patricia Vestey and Kathryn Joan Ebeling, both in their 60s, say they repressed memories of abuse at the hands of the Rev. Thomas Barry Horne for several decades. It wasn't until they learned that others had accused Horne of abuse that their recollections began to surface, the suit said. Horne retired in 1973 and has since died. Manya A. Brachear,, Chicago Tribune 08/03/2011 | | Read Article: Chicago Tribune | | Iraq, Afghanistan War Vets Win PTSD Settlement | |
| | A class action settlement between the federal government and a group of disabled veterans will award lifetime health-care benefits to more than 1,000 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who were discharged from the service because of post-traumatic stress disorder. In a motion filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the National Veterans Legal Service Program and the government jointly asked the court to approve lifetime disability retirement benefits to 1,029 veterans with PTSD who were denied those benefits upon discharge from the military after their wartime service. Steve Vogel,, The Washington Post 08/03/2011 | | Read Article: The Washington Post | | NBA Owners File Suit Against Players Association | |
| | The National Basketball Association has filed a lawsuit against the National Basketball Players Association, claiming unlawful labor practices. After the Player's association threatened to decertify their union, the NBA filed the suit "in an effort to eliminate the use of impermissible pressure tactics by the union which are impeding the parties' ability to negotiate." The suit is also seeking a ruling that the owners lockout of the players does not violate antitrust laws. Staff Report, LA Times 08/02/2011 | | Read Article: LA Times | | Defamation Lawsuit Settled by Riverside County | |
| | Riverside County in California has officially taken back defamatory comments made against the Vagos Motorcycle club to settle a lawsuit filed against the county. In 2010, the former district attorney called the group "cockroaches" and "terrorists" who "practice an extreme brand of violence," in response to police attacks that were supposedly executed by the Vagos. Monday, however, the county released a statement saying the Vagos were not responsible for the attacks. Robert J. Lopez, LA Times 08/01/2011 | | Read Article: LA Times | | Wrongful Death Suit in Washington Tossed Out | |
| | A Washington judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state and the city of Tacoma filed by the family of a girl who was murdered by a sex offender four years ago. The suit claimed that city and state officials were negligent in their supervision of the sex offender and that they had a legal duty to protect the girl. The judge's ruling, however, stated that the government did not "owe a duty to [the girl]," as a form of sovereign immunity. Adam Lynn, The News Tribune 08/03/2011 | | Read Article: The News Tribune | |
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