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NEWS ABOUT: negligence

negligence stories: 14 news summaries

 Radio Station Fined $16M  For Fatal Contest 

Mom died of water intoxication in effort to win Wii for her kids

Oct 30, 09 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Sacramento radio station has been ordered to pay $16 million to the family of a woman who died during its "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest. The woman, who was trying to win the game console for her three children, died of water intoxication after taking part... More »

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California • water • Sacramento • contest • lawsuit • radio stations • negligence

Mexico Busts 7 Officials
in Daycare Fire

Officials accused of negligence in blaze that killed 47 children

Jun 23, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico has charged seven officials with negligent homicide in a fire that killed 47 babies and toddlers in a daycare center earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The officials in Sonora state were responsible for the storage of tires, cars, and paperwork in a warehouse in the same... More »

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Mexico • children • daycare • negligence • fire

US Doc Faces Charges in 13 Aussie Deaths

Manslaughter hearings set against former surgery boss

Feb 8, 09 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An American doctor faces charges of negligence and manslaughter in 13 patient deaths in an Australian hospital, AP reports. Dr. Jayant Patel, former head of surgery in a state-run Queensland hospital, failed to disclose disciplinary measures taken against him by medical boards in both New York and Oregon. Patel faces... More »

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Australia • surgery • extradition • manslaughter • negligence • Jayant Patel

Suit Claims In-Flight Booze Led to Domestic Violence

Courts must decide if United jet constituted a bar

Dec 17, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A couple has sued United Airlines for deliberately serving the husband too much wine on a 2006 international flight, triggering a physical fight with his wife upon landing. The case rides on whether US courts find United beholden to the same liabilities as bars, and if they can preside over... More »

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San Francisco • United Airlines • domestic violence • civil lawsuits • negligence • Customs and Border Protection • Osaka, Japan

Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

Camera caught fallen patient left ignored on NYC hospital floor

Jul 12, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of a woman on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital was caused by blood clots from extended inactivity, CNN reports. Chronic deep vein thrombosis formed clots in her legs that eventually reached her lungs. The case has drawn international attention after security-camera footage showed the woman falling to... More »

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health care • New York City • Brooklyn • autopsy • blood clots • hospital • deep vein thrombosis • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green

Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death

Woman left to die on floor 'killed twice' by staff at NY facility

Jul 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of the woman who died on the waiting-room floor in a Brooklyn hospital plans to sue for $25 million, CNN reports. Esmin Green’s relatives are also pushing for criminal charges against the hospital staff, who they say ignored her and falsified records to say she was up... More »

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New York City • Brooklyn • patient • lawsuit • hospital • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green

 Woman Dies, Ignored,
 on Waiting Room Floor 

Brooklyn hospital staff overlooks ER patient for over an hour

Jul 2, 08 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Recently uncovered surveillance footage shows a woman collapsing in a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital, then lying on the floor for more than an hour while hospital staff ignored her. Esmin Green, 49, had been waiting for treatment for almost 24 hours when she collapsed at 5:32am and lay convulsing on... More »

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New York City • Brooklyn • patient • hospital • negligence • psychiatric treatment center

Opinion

 World Toes Junta's Line
 as Burmese Die 

Dictators don't want you to think about the victims, and media is helping

May 21, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders of the Burmese junta don’t want you to think about the victims of Cyclone Nargis, writes Tom Jenkins for the Guardian, and the world and the media are only too happy to oblige. The Chinese government’s heroics in Asia's other natural disaster focuses attention on victims... More »

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China • dictatorship • Myanmar • Burma • junta • ASEAN • negligence • Cyclone Nargis • China earthquake

 133K Dead, Missing: Junta 

Military admits full impact of storm

May 16, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 78,000 are confirmed dead and another 56,000 missing in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, Reuters reports. Torrential rains continued to pound Burma today, complicating rescue efforts. The EU’s chief aid official met with military leaders to press for increasing foreign rescue workers' involvement, but he met... More »

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United Nations • European Union • dictatorship • relief • natural disaster • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • negligence • Cyclone Nargis

Military Families Fight for Right
to Sue

High court ruling
forbids suits against military hospitals

Apr 20, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many grieving families are outraged that they cannot sue over medical malpractice in military hospitals, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some have seen sons and husbands—all active duty service members—die in hospitals where resources are stretched thin. But a 1950 Supreme Court ruling created the Feres doctrine, which... More »

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medical malpractice • US military • US troops • military hospitals • negligence • US Supreme Court • malpractice • Feres vs. United States

Brits Will Pay $4M to Iraqi
Boy Paralyzed by Bullet

Record compensation for teen shot by dropped rifle

Apr 15, 08 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's Ministry of Defense has agreed to pay $4 million in compensation to an Iraqi boy accidentally shot by a British soldier, the Guardian reports. The boy, now 17, is paralyzed from severe spinal injuries inflicted when the soldier dropped his rifle at a Basra base in 2003. He is... More »

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Iraq • Basra • British Army • British military • Ministry of Defence • negligence • compensation

Tiger Victims File Claims Against San Francisco

Pair requests compensation in wake of Christmas attack at zoo

Mar 28, 08 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal, the brothers attacked by a tiger Christmas Day at the San Francisco Zoo, filed claims yesterday against the city for damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. They are requesting an unspecified amount, claiming they suffered physical and emotional trauma in the attack, which took the life... More »

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lawsuit • defamation • negligence • San Francisco Zoo • tiger mauling • Paul Dhaliwal • Kulbir Dhaliwal • tiger attack

HIV Scandal Spreads in Kyrgyzstan

Health workers charged with
infecting children

Mar 21, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fourteen medical professionals in Kyrgyzstan face malpractice and negligence charges after allegedly infecting 42 children with HIV. The group of doctors, nurses, and a top administrator could receive prison terms of up to 10 years for administering contaminated injections and blood transfusions. Such incidents may be common, one aide worker... More »

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health • AIDS • medical malpractice • hospitals • HIV • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • negligence • malpractice • health workers

MIT Sues
Gehry for Negligence

Architect's $15M design for campus building called 'deficient'

Nov 6, 07 5:35 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the most famous buildings on the MIT campus is plagued by design flaws, the school says, and it has sued Frank Gehry, alleging the world-famous architect provided "deficient design services" for the $300 million project. The university paid Gehry $15 million to design the Stata Center, which... More »

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architecture • MIT • lawsuit • Frank Gehry • Stata Center • negligence

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