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Former Cross Country Runner Files Lawsuit Against St. Xavier High School

- July 24, 2018

One member of the Saint Xavier cross country team, he found out just how scary a health emergency can be while running. During a July 22, 2017 cross country practice, former runner Cooper Marchal suffered a heat stroke that caused him to lose consciousness. As a result, he was hospitalized and “put in a medically-induced coma.” Now, he’s decided to file a lawsuit against his former high school, alleging it was negligent in the practice that resulted in his heat stroke and hospitalization.

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Hampton Roads Regional Jail Lawsuit Settles for $625K

- July 24, 2018

Earlier today a wrongful death lawsuit settled for $625,000. The lawsuit in question was filed in June 2017 in federal court against the “Hampton Roads Regional Jail, its medical provider and a number of staff members.” It was filed by the family of Henry Clay Stewart, “an inmate who died Aug. 6, 2016, because of internal bleeding from a perforated stomach ulcer.” But how did the incident occur? Why was the lawsuit filed?

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