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Denver to Settle Suit over Death of Deaf Inmate |
| The city of Denver has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the family of a deaf inmate who died while in prison in 2005. The man died a few days after attempting to hang himself in his cell; the suit claims the prison did not have properly trained staff to accommodate deaf inmates. The suit also claims prison officials failed to monitor the man for mental illness and did no "meaningful analysis of whether he posed a substantial danger to himself." Jeremy P. Meyer, Denver Post 09/17/2012 | Read Article: Denver Post |
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5,400 Ford Edge Crossovers Recalled |
| Ford Motors has issued a recall of 5,400 2012 Edge crossover vehicles due to an increased fire hazard risk. The company said the manufacturing defect can cause gasoline to leak from the fuel line, increasing the risk of fire. Jonathan Welsh, WSJ Blogs 09/16/2012 | Read Article: WSJ Blogs |
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Report: Scouts Hid Allegations of Sexual Abuse |
| Over a 20-year period, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and even helped many to cover their tracks, the LA Times reports. The newspaper says its extensive review of 1,600 confidential "perversion files" from 1970 to 1991 found that BSA officials frequently allowed suspected molesters to leave the organization for bogus reasons like business demands or "chronic brain dysfunction." Times reporters Kim Christensen and Jason Felch write that while the Boy Scouts has kept a blacklist of alleged molesters since 1919, it often didn't work, as men would slip back into the program and face new accusations. Wire Reports, USA Today 09/17/2012 | Read Article: USA Today |
Living Centers for People with Disabilities Continue to Struggle with Abuse & Neglect |
| It's been more than three years since Texas officials signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to, among many things, reduce abuse and neglect at the state's 13 living centers for people with intellectual disabilities, including the Austin facility. While state data over that time period don't clearly indicate a trend, records do show such incidents remain a serious problem at the facilities. Andrea Ball, Austin American Statesman 09/17/2012 | Read Article: Austin American Statesman |
As Workplace Deaths Fall Nationally, They Remain High in TX |
| Workplace deaths have declined across the country, but they remain stubbornly high in Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Texas led the nation with 461 total worker deaths in 2010, the most recent year for which complete data is available. Eighty-two of those were in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Texas total was about 10 percent of the national count of 4,547 and far ahead of No. 2 California, which reported 302 deaths, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Highway deaths are the No. 1 cause of workplace fatalities nationally, and Texas’ vast highway system could be a contributing factor. BILL BOWEN , The Dallas Morning News 09/17/2012 | Read Article: The Dallas Morning News |
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Former Faculty Member Files Suit Against USM |
| A former faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi has filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming she was mistreated and eventually fired after suffering terrible injuries in a car crash in 2009. The woman claims school officials "failed to accommodate her healing" and threatened to dock her pay. The treatment, the suit says, violated her faculty contract and she was denied due process promised in the contract. Jesse Bass, Hattiesburg American 09/16/2012 | Read Article: Hattiesburg American |
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Experts: Ohio Family Has Malpractice Case |
| Medical malpractice experts have said that a Toledo, Ohio, family has a case against the University of Toledo Medical Center over a botched kidney transplant. Center officials have admitted that "human error" led to the improper removal and ruining of a donor kidney. Experts say the family could file in a state Court of Claims, where there is no cap on compensatory damages. Erica Blake, Toledo Blade 09/24/2012 | Read Article: Toledo Blade |
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Suit Filed Over Death in Walmart During Tornado |
| The death of a Missouri man in a Joplin, Mo., Walmart during a 2011 tornado has prompted a lawsuit from the family against the retail giant and the local store manager. The suit claims the man was not allowed to leave the store after tornado sirens sounded and that patrons were taken to an "unsafe/improper location." The suit also claims store and company officials did not have a proper emergency plan in place and should have known the store was built in "an area that was at high risk for tornadoes and violent winds." Emily Younker, The Joplin Globe 09/17/2012 | Read Article: The Joplin Globe |
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