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California to Rescue Good Samaritans
CA lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation that would offer greater legal protections to Good Samaritans in light of a recent California Supreme Court decision.
Legislators have introduced three bills to address Van Horn v. Watson, 08 C.D.O.S. 15199, which held that a state statute only shields rescuers from liability if they provide medical care in an emergency situation. The ruling puts at risk aid-givers who inadvertently hurt victims while removing them from a burning building or other potentially dangerous scenarios.
State of Neglect: Texas Law Lets Hospitals Hide Problems
Hospital companies in Texas, many of which collect millions in state and federal funds, operate with minimal public disclosure of deficiencies. The state keeps information on complaints and inspections largely private because influential health care corporations want it that way, and Texas legislators have obliged.
As a result, it is next to impossible for the public to determine whether state enforcement works properly. Hospital lobbyists designed much of this system.
The Texas Department of State Health Services provides, on its Web site, a small amount of data on hospital fines. The department also furnishes limited and heavily redacted violation records to anyone who makes a formal open-records request, pays in advance and sometimes waits months for delivery.
Huntington Beach CA to pay $125,000 in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
According to city officials the parents of a teenager who was killed in a confrontation with Huntington Beach police in 2006 will receive $125,000 from the city in a settlement of their wrongful-death lawsuit.
The victim aged 18, was shot by two Huntington Beach police officers after they responded to 911 reports of a woman holding a 4-inch knife walking near a park.
The parents filed a lawsuit accusing the two officers of excessive and unreasonable force. The suit sought at least $40 million in compensatory and punitive damages for each parent.
Investigations by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney’s office cleared the officers of wrongdoing, saying they were forced into a split-second decision to kill a woman they believed to be dangerous.
Tarrant County Texas Train Accidents
Harris County is the most dangerous county in Texas for railway accidents, according to a recently released report.
There were 1,376 reported incidents including derailments, collisions, pedestrian trespassing and hazardous material releases from 1998 through 2007 in the county, according to the Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Association. The accidents killed nearly 100 people and left more than 1,100 injured, the group said.
Nationally, Texas — with more railroads than any other state and more miles of track — ranks No. 1 for train-vehicle collisions and deaths at rail crossings, the group said.
There were 12,271 rail accidents in Texas from 1998 to 2007 — the most recent figures available — leading to 853 deaths and 7,203 injuries, according to the association.
Dallas VA Hospital Opens Remodeled Psychiatric Unit
The Dallas VA medical center’s psychiatric wing, where two patients committed suicide last year, reopened fully after a nine-month closure.
The wing has been renovated, with new technologies to help safeguard patients and alert hospital personnel about potential problems.
Vets Sue US Over Military Experiments
Six veterans who allege they were exposed to dangerous chemicals, germs and mind-altering drugs during Cold War experiments sued the CIA, Department of Defense and other agencies, in San Francisco Federal Court.
The vets volunteered for military experiments they say were part of a wide-ranging program started in the 1950s to test nerve agents, biological weapons and mind-control techniques.
They allege in their lawsuit that they were never properly informed of the nature of the experiments and are in poor health because of their exposure. They are demanding health care and a court ruling that the program was illegal because it failed to obtain their consent.
The lawsuit seeks class action status on behalf of all participants allegedly exposed to harmful experiments without their knowledge.
The lawsuit said that at least 7,800 U.S. military personnel served as volunteers to test experimental drugs such as LSD at the Edgewood Arsenal near Baltimore, Md., during a program that lasted into the 1970s.
Baxter Contaminated Heparin Class Action Lawsuit Filed
A class action suit against the maker of a blood thinning Heparin drug claims the company is substituting safer ingredients – cooked, dried pig intestines – with more dangerous ones.
Joyce Ann Osteen of Illinois is suing Baxter over its anticoagulant drug Heparin in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
She claims the company began substituting a more dangerous ingredient to “reap greater profits as a result of utilizing cheap component parts.”
Baxter began making the drug from enzymes found in pork intestines, according to the complaint filed Jan. 5.
Tyler Texas Store Not Liable For Elderly Shopper’s Death
On Sept. 24, a jury rejected a family’s claim that its elderly patriarch died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell at a Family Dollar Store.
The family of Warren Tiner, 84, alleged he was shopping at the Tyler store when he tripped over a box left out in an aisle.
Complaining of back pain, he checked into a hospital eight days after the September 2006 incident. His condition worsened, and he developed other health issues, including pneumonia, heart problems and eventually paralysis from spinal cord compression.
Truck’s Lane Change Blamed For Car Rollover
On Sept. 30, a driver and his passenger netted a total of $1,456,874 for injuries they sustained in a collision with a tractor-trailer.
In 2006, Ronny Martinez, then 35, was traveling with Kenneth O’Neal, then 48, when an 18-wheeler owned by Celadon Trucking Services veered into their lane. Martinez swerved, but gravel off the roadway caused him to lose control and drive back onto the interstate.
He collided with the truck, causing his car to flip and roll several times. Martinez, a restaurant manager, sustained a fractured vertebra and was unable to work for two months.