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| Interactive: Asleep at the Wheel |
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The trucking industry has always had drivers who work reckless amounts of overtime. But the USA TODAY Network investigation shows for the first time that fatigued truckers are a near-constant threat on the roads around America's busiest ports.
Brett Murphy, USA Today 12/28/2017    |
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| Trump Administration Eases Nursing Home Fines in Victory for Industry |
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The Trump administration is scaling back the use of fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in grave risk of injury, part of a broader relaxation of regulations under the president. The new guidelines discourage regulators from levying fines in some situations, even when they have resulted in a resident's death. The guidelines will also probably result in lower fines for many facilities.
JORDAN RAU, The New York Times 12/24/2018 |
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| Care Suffers as More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs |
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In what has become an increasingly common business arrangement, owners of nursing homes outsource a wide variety of goods and services to companies in which they have a financial interest or that they control. Nearly three-quarters of nursing homes in the United States ' more than 11,000 ' have such business dealings, known as related party transactions, according to an analysis of nursing home financial records by Kaiser Health News. Some homes even contract out basic functions like management or rent their own building from a sister corporation. Such corporate webs bring owners a legal benefit, too: When a nursing home is sued, injured residents and their families have a much harder time collecting money from the related companies ' the ones with the full coffers.
JORDAN RAU, The New York Times 01/03/2018 |
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| Pentagon Should Have Reported Convictions, Say Three Cities |
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Three cities across the country have filed suit against the Pentagon, alleging that it failed to release criminal convictions of people in the military. According to the complaint, the Pentagon failed to report the convictions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its national gun background check database. Named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the cities of New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. The complaint is seeking a court order to force the Pentagon to submit to federal court monitoring of its reporting requirements.
Bill Mears and Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News 12/26/2017 |
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| Bill O'Reilly Facing Defamation Suit by Women Who Alleged Sexual Harassment |
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Two women who settled sexual harassment lawsuits against Fox News and Bill O'Reilly have joined a defamation lawsuit against the television host. On Wednesday, the two women joined a lawsuit against O'Reilly alleging that he and the network painted them as liars, political operatives and extortionists in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations made against him. Each of the women had recorded conversations with O'Reilly that were submitted as evidence in their lawsuits, which ended in settlement.
Emily Steel, The New York Times 12/20/2017 |
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| Former Surgeon Facing Lawsuit Arrested on Child Sex Charges |
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A former surgeon from Lubbock, Texas has been arrested on child sex charges, while he is currently facing a lawsuit alleging similar claims. The doctor was booked on Thursday into the Potter County jail on charges of sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact. The 68-year-old former doctor was released after paying $15,000 in bond. A $1 million lawsuit was filed earlier this month against the doctor by the mother of a boy who alleged he was sexually assaulted while in the defendant's care.
Staff Report, Lubbock Avalanche Journal 12/26/2017 |
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| Pennsylvania Hospital Staff Takes Nude Photos of Woman During Surgery |
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A Pennsylvania woman has filed suit alleging that doctors took naked photos of her as she was being prepped for surgery at Washington Hospital. The plaintiff had been an employee of the hospital for 15 years prior to the incident, the lawsuit states. The lawsuit alleges invasion of privacy, among 16 other claims and has been filed against the hospital, its CEO and the medical team. The state Health Department has reportedly cited the hospital for violating state policy on cell phone use.
Jon Delano, CBS - Pittsburgh 12/27/2017 |
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| Family Sues Teachers Who Mocked Disabled Student in Voicemail |
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A lawsuit has been filed in Pennsylvania alleging that school teachers mocked a disabled student in a voicemail left at the child's home. According to the lawsuit, filed by the girl's mother, a trio of teachers mistakenly left the voicemail on the mother's phone. The teachers were heard making fun of the child, who suffers from Turner's Syndrome, a chromosomal condition that targets women and causes developmental as well as learning disabilities. The plaintiff states that the teachers could be heard saying 'insulting, horrible things' about her daughter and other students in the class after one teacher forgot to hang up the phone after finishing her voicemail.
Benjamin Fearnow, International Business Times 01/01/2018 |
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| Regulators Open Probe of Goodyear Motor Home Tires Failures |
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U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether some older Goodyear motor home tires can fail and cause crashes and possibly deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it began the probe after a court ordered the release of Goodyear data from lawsuits, which had been sealed under court orders and confidential settlement agreements. According to the data, the G159 tires failed while in use, resulting in deaths and injuries. The agency says in documents posted Jan. 1 that the number of claims suggests the failures could be caused by a safety defect. Goodyear wasn't required to report many of the claims to NHTSA under federal law. The investigation covers about 40,000 tires from 1996 to 2003.
Associated Press, US News and World Report 01/03/2018 |
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| Lawsuit Filed After Fatal Escalator Incident at Portland Airport |
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Alaska Airlines is facing a lawsuit by the family of a woman who died after an escalator accident. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, alleges that the airline left the elderly disabled woman alone despite repeated and clear reminders that she needed assistance. According to the lawsuit, the woman failed to receive the "gate-to-gate escort" that she was promised when she landed in Oregon on June 7. Instead, the woman had to find her own way, the lawsuit alleges. The woman died three months after the incident at Portland International Airport in which she fell down 21 escalator steps with her wheelchair on top of her.
David Boroff, New York Daily News 12/29/2017 |
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