International Law

Nursing Home Owner Charged with Neglect
Prosperity, SC: A Newberry County nursing home neglect case has resulted in the arrest of the nursing home's owner, 64-year-old Roy Lee Bowers, and he has been charged with neglect, a felony, because the patient was an adult who was vulnerable...

Boy Dies from Neglect by Mother and Nurses
On May 15 a 13-year-old Illinois boy died at University of Chicago Hospital after being brought there with very severe signs of neglect including ulcers, one of which was seeping pus, a black crusted patch on his tongue, and hair, skin, and nails that were flaking and dirty...

Nursing Home Abuse Knows No Age: 20 Year Old Girl Dies in Nursing Home
A 20 year old girl with terminal kidney disease has died in a nursing home after crying for help for six hours. According to news reports, the nursing home staff ignored her cries for help for six hours before finding her dead...

Tennessee Supreme Court Will Hear Case of Cult Leader Charged With Child Neglect
According to today's Knoxville News, the Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in the criminal case of State v. Sherman, (TN Ct. Crim. App., July 12, 2007). At issue is whether a religious cult leader can be convicted of child neglect for the death of a teenage girl after the girl's mother followed the advice of leader, Ariel Ben Sherman, to rely on spiritual treatment for the girl's cancer...

Grain Valley girl, age 8, dies in accidental shooting, police say
From Kevin Hoffmann: Ambrose said the initial investigation showed that the girl?s mother and older brother were downstairs and the girl was in the parents? bedroom upstairs at the time of the shooting...

Boy Dies From Neglect, Nurses made an Error in Judgment
Recently, a 13-year-old Illinois boy died at a Chicago hospital after being brought there with very severe signs of neglect including ulcers, one of which was seeping pus. The boy was being taken care of by his mother and three nurses for various conditions including cerebral palsy...

$3.78 Million Dilantin Settlement Following Death of 9-Year-Old Girl
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Hospital Malpractice
Corning Hospital agrees to $2.4 million medical negligence settlement after a baby was born with brain damage.

Hospital Staph
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital pays British actress Leslie Ash $10 million settlement after contracting the dangerous infection.

Children and Youth Services
$125,000 settlement reached in infant neglect lawsuit.

US Army Helicopter Crashes On Campus
1 Crew Member dies

Couple Reaches Settlement
Survived Helicopter Crash but Permanently Injured