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| Missouri River Basin Residents File Suit Over Flooding | | 
| | Over 200 farmers and landowners in the Missouri River basin have filed a lawsuit alleging that the federal government's mismanagement of the area led to severe flooding. According to the lawsuit, "the corps de-emphasized flood control over the past decade in favor of protecting fish and wildlife along the waterway." The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from the federal government which could exceed $250 million.
Dave Helling, Kansas City Star 03/05/2014    | | Read Article: Kansas City Star |
| Lawsuit Alleges Doctors Performed Unnecessary Heart Surgeries | |
| | A lawsuit alleging "medically unnecessary and harmful" heart procedures was filed against King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky. Two lawsuits were filed on Tuesday over allegedly unnecessary heart surgeries on nearly 500 people. The lawsuit alleges that doctors at the medical center "misrepresented the severity of patients' heart conditions to justify surgeries such as installing stents to get payments from federal healthcare programs." The lawsuits name the hospital, several medical practices and the physician the medical center is named after.
Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader 03/04/2014 | | Read Article: Lexington Herald-Leader |
| Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Incident at Fla. Hospital | |
| | The family of a 90-year-old Florida woman who died when she caught fire at a hospital has filed a lawsuit against Holy Cross Hospital and its physicians. Excessive oxygen mixed with electrical currents and caused an explosion. This "surgical flash fire" caused the woman to spontaneously burst into flames while at the hospital for a routine procedure. The woman died 140 days later from her injuries in January.
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald 03/05/2014 | | Read Article: Miami Herald |
| PepsiCo Facing Lawsuit Over Cancer-Causing Chemical in Drink | |
| | A California woman has filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo Inc. alleging that they failed to warn consumers that their Pepsi One beverage contains high levels of a cancer-causing chemical. The lawsuit contends that the company was aware that a chemical used called 4-methylimidazole had caused cancer in lab mice, but failed to warn the public of the risks. The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages and an injunction requiring PepsiCo to either lower the levels of the chemical in the drink or place a warning label on the packaging.
Stuart Pfeifer, LA Times 03/05/2014 | | Read Article: LA Times |
| Chevron's RICO Victory Provides a Model for Other Companies | |
| | For several years, corporate defense lawyers and lobbyists have watched Chevron’s experiment with using the federal anti-racketeering statute as an aggressive response to mass-liability lawsuits. In is major victory for the oil company in federal court in New York and business advocates predict other corporations will follow suit. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled on Tuesday that a multibillion pollution judgment against Chevron in 2011 by a rainforest court in Ecuador was obtained by means of fabricated evidence, bribery, and other acts violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Paul M. Barrett , Business Week 03/06/2014 | | Read Article: Business Week |
| Study Ties Decline in Powder River Water Quality to Methane Production | |
| | Water quality deteriorated at some sites along the Powder River after the boom in coal-bed methane production, according to a new government study. The U.S. Geological Survey found elevated levels of sodium at three testing sites downstream from the town of Arvada. Those sites also registered higher alkalinity, which could indicate elevated bicarbonate levels, and increased sodium absorption rates between 1980 and 2010. The aim of the study was to compare water quality levels before and after the boom in coal-bed methane production, which reached its height in the last decade.
BENJAMIN STORROW, Star-Tribune Wyoming News 03/06/2014 | | Read Article: Star-Tribune Wyoming News |
| A Third Of Nursing Home Patients Harmed By Their Treatment | |
| | A report was released this week by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In a large sampling of Medicare patients discharged from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities in one year, roughly a third of the patients were harmed by their treatment in the nursing homes, the study found. Most of that harm could have been prevented.
Ina Jaffe, National Public Radio 03/06/2014 | | Read Article: National Public Radio |
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