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Share with your FB friends: The Pain of Wrong Site Surgery |
| The Pain of Wrong Site Surgery by Sandra Boodman, Washington Post 6-20-11. When the president of the Joint Commission, the Chicago-based group that accredits the nations hospitals, unveiled mandatory rules to prevent operations on the wrong patient or body part, he did not mince words. This is not quite Dick and Jane, but its pretty close, surgeon Dennis OLeary declared in a 2004 interview about the universal protocol to prevent wrong-site surgery. Click on the headline to read more. |
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Top Transocean Rig Worker Wont Testify |
| The highest-ranking Transocean worker on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig will not testify in civil lawsuits related to the accident, according to court documents. Jimmy Wayne Harrell, the rigs offshore installation manager, was scheduled to give a deposition in the case on July 11. But in an update filed Monday on the dozens of lawsuits brought against BP, Transocean and other companies and individuals involved in the accident, Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan noted Harrell would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Tom Fowler, Blog Post, Houston Chronicle 06/21/2011 | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
Supreme Court Blocks Huge Class-Action Suit Against Wal-Mart |
| Women and minorities who think they are underpaid will find it nearly impossible to band together to sue employers for discrimination under a Supreme Court ruling against 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees in the most important job-bias case in a decade. Only if there is proof a company has a policy of paying less to women or minorities can the employees get together in a class-action suit, the court said in an opinion Monday by Justice Antonin Scalia. Statistics showing that a company's female workers earn far less and get fewer promotions than men will not suffice, the court said. The suit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been seen as a key test of whether civil rights lawyers, armed with computer-generated data on wages, could force the nation's largest employer to stand trial and face billions of dollars in potential liability. Had they won against Wal-Mart, other similar suits against nationwide retailers were in the offing. David G. Savage,, LA Times 06/21/2011 | Read Article: LA Times |
Judge Declines to Dismiss EPA Order Against Range Resources |
| A federal judge has declined to dismiss an emergency order that the EPA issued against Range Resources on Dec. 7, claiming that two of the company's natural gas wells "caused or contributed" to the contamination of two residential water wells in far south Parker County. Senior U.S. District Judge Royal Furgeson also declined to impose financial penalties against Range that the EPA is seeking in contending that the Fort Worth-based natural gas producer failed to comply with the emergency order. The EPA issued the order after methane, the primary component of natural gas, was found in the wells. In an order handed down Monday, Furgeson also issued a stay delaying any further action in the Dallas federal court case in which the EPA is requesting that the court enforce the emergency order against Range. Jack Z. Smith, Fort Worth Star-Telegram 06/21/2011 | Read Article: Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
NFL Player Awarded $5.4 Million for Tainted Drug |
| A St. Louis Rams player has been awarded $5.4 million in a lawsuit he filed against a nutritional supplement company he claimed sold him tainted supplements that resulted in his suspension from the NFL. The plaintiff was suspended from four games in 2009 after testing positive for a banned substance that was found in the supplements he was taking. "So many of the athletes are claiming that they havent cheated and the supplements have been tainted. And its true," said the player's lawyer. Curtis Eichelberger and Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg 06/20/2011 | Read Article: Bloomberg |
Penske Employee Shot at Work Files Lawsuit |
| A Penske Truck rental employee has filed a $20 million lawsuit against various Penske entities after he was injured when a former employee "allegedly shot up" a Penske facility in Georgia last year. The bullet that hit the plaintiff lodged in his brain stem, rendering him a bed-ridden invalid. The suit claimed the company was aware of threats the shooter made before the incident, but did nothing to protect the employees or investigate the validity of the threats. Andria Simmons , Atlanta Journal-Constitution 06/20/2011 | Read Article: Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
Woman Burned by Explosion of Bug Killer Files Suit |
| A Jacksonville woman has filed a lawsuit against Napa Home and Garden Inc. after a Napa FireLite pot bug repellent device exploded on her patio, causing her severe burns. The lawsuit accuses the company of marketing and selling a product that "can blow up like napalm even when precautions are taken." Her lawyer said he is aware of about half-a-dozen people nationally that have suffered similar injuries. The suit is seeking unspecified damages. David Hunt, Florida Times Union 06/21/2011 | Read Article: Florida Times Union |
Restaurant Responsible for Salmonella Outbreak, Death |
| An Ohio man has filed a lawsuit against a local Mexican restaurant over the death of his wife, whom he claims died of salmonella poisoning brought on by a meal at the restaurant. In May 2010, a salmonella outbreak occurred in Athens, Ohio, where the restaurant is located, and health officials traced the bacteria back to the business. The lawsuit is the third suit to be filed against the Ohio restaurant. Jim Phillips, Columbus Dispatch 06/21/2011 | Read Article: Columbus Dispatch |
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