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| Lawsuit: Special Needs Girl Assaulted on School Bus |  | The family of a special needs girl from Yakima, Washington who was physically and sexually assaulted on a school bus has filed a lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the girl, who suffers from Down Syndrome, was 8 years old when she was assaulted on at least 25 separate instances of abuse that were recorded by school bus surveillance. The lawsuit accuses the school district and the bus driver of negligence, failing to supervise, and failing to enforce policies to protect students on the bus.
Staff Report, KIRO TV 05/18/2015    | | Read Article: KIRO TV |
| Amtrak Faces More Lawsuits Over Deadly Derailment | | Amtrak is facing more lawsuits over the recent train derailment that killed eight and injured over 200. Four passengers involved in the accident filed suit in federal court in Philadelphia. The complaints allege that Amtrak failed to install an automatic-braking system on a dangerous curve where the train derailed. Two other lawsuits were filed on Monday over the accident - one in federal court in Manhattan and another in state court in Newark.
Chris Mondics, Philly.Com 05/18/2015 | | Read Article: Philly.Com |
| Judge Questions Hospital Company's Motive in Ebola Nurse's Lawsuit | | A judge says documents that weren't turned over to nurse Nina Pham's attorneys could be damaging to the company Pham is suing after she contracted Ebola. In a hearing Monday, state District Judge Martin Hoffman said that if the documents had been improperly withheld by Texas Health Resources or its insurance company, he could impose sanctions. During the hearing, the judge extended a restraining order to prevent the companies from pursuing a workers' compensation claim with the state.
CLAIRE Z. CARDONA, The Dallas Morning News 05/19/2015 | | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
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