| | Suit over Botched 911 Call Revived | |  | | The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit against Skagit County over a delayed response to a 911 call can proceed. A local man called 911 in October 2005 after his drunken neighbor began shooting at him; the 911 dispatcher told the man to hide and wait because an officer was on his way. However, the suit says, the dispatcher failed to log the call as an emergency, and it took an officer almost 20 minutes to arrive on the scene. By then the man had been shot and killed. The man's family is seeking unspecified damages in the suit.
Gene Johnson, The Seattle Times 11/01/2012    | | Read Article: The Seattle Times | | Former Ohio Teacher Accused of Sexual Abuse | | | | A former school teacher in the Toledo and Rossford, Ohio, public school systems has been named in a lawsuit filed by two local men who say they were sexually abused by the teacher as teenagers. The suit says the male teacher "sexually abused, molested and exploited" both plaintiffs in the 1970s. The teacher was also convicted of abuse in 1976 and “sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence.”
Erica Blake, Toledo Blade 11/02/2012 | | Read Article: Toledo Blade | | Suit: 10-Year-Old Tased by Officer at Career Day | | | | A 10-year-old boy in Albuquerque, NM, has filed a lawsuit against local police after he was tased by an officer during career day at the boy's school. The suit claims the officer pointed the stun gun at the boy during his presentation and said "let me show you what happens to people who do not listen to the police," shooting the boy in the chest. The suit claims the boy has since suffered mental anguish because of the incident and has trouble sleeping.
Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle 11/02/2012 | | Read Article: San Francisco Chronicle | | Merck to pay $220 Million in Vioxx Class Action Suit | | | | Merck & Co. Inc. has agreed to pay upwards of $220 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with Missouri residents over the prescription pain medication Vioxx. The lawsuit accused the company of violating the state Merchandising Practices Act by promoting and selling the drug; Merck pulled the drug from the market in 2004 after studies "showed it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke."
Wire Report, San Francisco Chronicle 11/02/2012 | | Read Article: San Francisco Chronicle | | Hotel Blamed in Man's Death from Legionnaires | | | | A downtown Chicago Marriott Hotel has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming a guest dining at the hotel in July inhaled "dangerous aerosolized water vapor contaminated with Legionella bacteria" and died a month later. The bacteria was found in a fountain in the main lobby, the Chicago Tribune reports. The suit accuses the hotel of negligence and failing to maintain "appropriate control measures."
Jennifer Delgado, Chicago Tribune 11/02/2012 | | Read Article: Chicago Tribune | | |
