Physicians Ask Patients to Explain Reason for Visit, Then Interrupt
Physicians Ask Patients to Explain Reason for Visit, Then Interrupt
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3D-Printed Guns at the Center of Lawsuit Filed by Washington Attorney General
Shortly after Defense Distributed and the company’s owner, Cody Wilson, got the green light to continue publishing “designs and other technical files” for 3D printed guns, lawsuits are already pouring in to stop it. Earlier this week, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit “against the Trump Administration to stop the publication of plans for 3D-printer guns on the Internet.”
$100 Million Lawsuit Filed In Wake of Fatal Duck Boat Incident
In the aftermath of the fatal ‘duck boat’ accident that left 17 people dead, the families of four of the victims decided to file a lawsuit against the tour operator, claiming “Ride the Ducks endangered passengers by letting the boat out on the water after the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area, and that passengers were not told to put on life jackets.” The vessel operated that fateful day was a “World War Two-style tourist ‘duck boat’ that sank on a Missouri lake during a storm earlier this month.”
War on Terror Still Affects Civil Rights
Nearly a generation after 9/11, the War on Terror still affects civil rights for American citizens here and around the world.
Glover Family Reaches Settlement with Transit Company, Judge Dismisses Case
Glover Family Reaches Settlement with Metro, Judge Dismisses Case
Old Steam Pipe Explosion Displaces Residents, Exposes Them to Asbestos
Old Steam Pipe Explosion Displaces Residents, Exposes Them to Asbestos
Hungry Man Frozen Dinner Joins Growing List of Recalled Products Over Salmonella Concerns
Another product was just recalled over salmonella fears. This time, the product in question is a Hungry Man frozen meal produced by Pinnacle Foods, Inc. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued the public health alert earlier this week amid concerns the product “may have been contaminated with Salmonella from whey powder that has also been recalled.” The potentially tainted whey powder “is an FDA-regulated product that is being voluntarily recalled by the producer,” according to the notice.
Nurse Accuses Management and Training Corp. of Negligence
In a new lawsuit filed yesterday, nurse Meshea Rodgers is accusing the “operators of the privately run Wilkinson County Correctional Center in Woodville of negligence for not properly protecting her” when an inmate allegedly “threw boiling urine on her.” The incident resulted in “first-, second- and third-degree burns” for Rodgers, who was a licensed practical nurse at the facility back on July 26, 2016.
Maddin Hauser Appoints New Executive Committee Members
Earlier this month (July 9), Southfield, Michigan law firm, Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller, P.C., announced that Michelle C. Harrell and James M. Reid, IV were appointed to the firm’s Executive Committee.
Former Professor Slaps Medical College of Wisconsin with a Religious Discrimination Suit
A lawsuit was recently filed by a former Medical College of Wisconsin professor after she was allegedly disciplined for “arriving late to work after attending a religious service on an Islamic holiday and was ultimately terminated as retaliation when she filed a religious discrimination complaint.” The former professor, Zainab Basir, was employed by the medical college for almost “20 years when her contract ended in February.”