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Hospital Settles Suit with Filipino Nurses |
| A Central California hospital will pay $975,000 to a group of Filipino nurses who claimed they were discriminated against and forced to speak English by their bosses. In the suit, the nurses said they were followed by hospital guards, who were to report them if they were not speaking English, and were threatened with "suspensions or terminations." The plaintiffs claimed management only targeted Filipino-speaking employees for their "English only" workforce police and not any employees speaking Spanish, Hindi and Bengali. Anh Do, LA Times 09/18/2012 | Read Article: LA Times |
School Assoc. Allows Disabled Students to Compete |
| With a lawsuit pending against it, the Illinois High School Association has agreed to allow disabled students to compete in state athletic meets this fall. Earlier this year, a local high school student filed suit against the association after being denied permission to compete in the state swim meet because she lost the use of her legs to a rare disease. It is unclear how the association's recent announcement will affect the lawsuit, the Chicago Tribune reports. Erin Meyer, Chicago Tribune 09/11/2012 | Read Article: Chicago Tribune |
Carnival Targeted in Sunken Cruise Ship Suits |
| Hundreds of passengers aboard the Costa Concordia cruise ship that sank earlier this year, as well as nearly 1,000 businesses on the island where the ship was marooned, are moving forward with suits in the U.S. against Carnival Corp. The suits say that because Carnival is the corporate parent of the Costa brand, it is "ultimately responsible for any safety violations, negligence or recklessness." Businesses on Giglio Island claim the accident has polluted local waters and deterred businesses. Wire Report, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 09/18/2012 | Read Article: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
U.S. Swim Coach Ignored Sexual Abuse, Suit Says |
| A former assistant coach at Golden West Swim Club in California has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Olympic swimming coach Mark Schubert, claiming he "repeatedly ignored and dismissed complaints of inappropriate behavior toward young female swimmers by a longtime Orange County swim coach." The plaintiff said she was fired by Schubert in July after he found out she reported alleged misconduct by another coach to USA Swimming, and told them Schubert was ignoring the situation. Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register 09/17/2012 | Read Article: Orange County Register |
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Often Overlooked In Nursing Home Admission Paperwork Is An Arbitration Agreement |
| A mandatory arbitration agreement is an often overlooked document tucked inside the package of admissions documents at many nursing homes these days. It can have an outsize impact if something goes wrong. But anxious seniors or their caregivers often sign every document that's put in front of them, perhaps only glancing at the content. Signing an arbitration agreement means that in the event of a problem that is not amicably resolved -- Mom slips on a wet floor and breaks her hip, say, or Dad wanders off the premises and gets hit by a car -- you agree to bring the dispute before a professional arbitrator rather than file a lawsuit for negligence or wrongful death, for example. Michelle Andrews, The Washington Post 09/18/2012 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
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Hospitals 'Unaccountable,' Says Surgeon in New Book |
| Most of us know how to comparison shop for a car, a home or the week's groceries. But when it comes to picking hospitals and doctors, we're pretty much in the dark, says Marty Makary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Makary, who studies patient safety, has written a new book: Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care. He says it's time for patients to stop picking hospitals based on slick marketing, proximity and parking â?? and to start getting some facts about which hospitals and doctors do the best jobs of making sick people better. Makary spoke with USA TODAY contributor Kim Painter. Kim Painter, USA Today 09/18/2012 | Read Article: USA Today |
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