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• Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Settled for $1.6 Million

  Randy Walton | September 27, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  An Illinois hospital and one of its doctors have settled a malpractice lawsuit for $1.6 million. The suit was filed after an infant died of severe constipation.Will County Circuit Judge Gerald Kinney approved the settlement Wednesday, more than three years after Shequetta Wilson filed the suit.Her son, Noah Wilson, was 5 months old when he died Sept. 26, 2002, of septic shock from untreated...

• Witnesses Sought For Escondido Auto Accident

  Randy Walton | September 26, 2007 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Auto accident in Escondido causes serious personal injury to 16-year-old boy. Police are looking for witnesses.A 16-year-old motorist suffered serious injuries in an auto accident Tuesday when the car he was driving collided with another vehicle at the intersection of South Centre City Parkway and South Centre City Frontage Road.According to the North County Times, the accident happened about...

• Cooling the Body May Minimize Long-Term Effects of Brain Injuries

  Randy Walton | September 25, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  Every 15 seconds, someone in the U.S. suffers a traumatic brain injury, said Brent Ibata, research coordinator for the division of neurosurgery at SLU. Brain injuries are responsible for 50,000 deaths and 80,000 disabilities each year. Doctors at St. Louis University are performing a study to determine if cooling down the body is the best way to minimize the long-term effects of serious brain...

• Motorcyclist Killed in San Marcos Accident, Passenger Injured

  Randy Walton | September 17, 2007 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A 20-year-old motorcyclist died early Saturday morning in San Marcos at the intersection of East Mission Road and Mulberry Drive. Motorcycle rider fatalities have been on the rise since 1997. A report card issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 2004 states that 4008 motorcyclists died in 2004 and 76,000 were injured.A 20-year-old motorcyclist died early Saturday...

• $5.64 Million Verdict for a 15-Year-Old Girl Hit by Commercial Truck

  Randy Walton | September 13, 2007 7:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  An Imperial County jury awarded a $5.64 million verdict to a young woman who was seriously injured when the family van she was riding in was hit by a commercial truck. She was 15 years old at the time of the accident.The commercial truck ran a stop sign and hit the family's mini-van, causing it to roll repeatedly. The commercial truck collided with the mini van, piercing it, and stricking the...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Madison Nightclub

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A man was killed in a nightclub in Madison County in 2006. He was shot by another patron and his estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nightclub Club Xcursion. The lawsuit alleges the nightclub did nothing to stop dangerous people from entering the nightclub. Maple's estate claims the club is negligent for failing to prohibit John Doe from entering the building, failing to provide...

• Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Midwest Renewable Energy

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A man suffered severe second and third-degree burns while working at a Midwest Renewable Energy plant and has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the company. The man is an employee of U.S. Water Services Utility Chemicals and was doing some maintenance work on a boiler. Steindorf was monitoring the pH levels and temperatures and watching for stabilization when he was then asked to remove...

• Berea Nursing Home Resident Assaulted

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A man entered a nursing home in Berea, Kentucky and sexually assaulted a 90-year-old resident there. It is unknown how he was able to enter the building or what kind of security measures were in place. The nursing home assault happened early in the morning on Monday. "Basically what happened is that the employees of the nursing home heard a patient scream," Clark said. "When they went to...

• Iowa Woman Awarded $13.5 Million in Cerebral Palsy Case

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A woman that gave birth in 2003 has sued the hospital where she gave birth for medical malpractice because she believes they did not properly monitor her son during labor. The boy ended up having cerebral palsy. The jury in the case agreed and awarded the woman $13.5 Million. The boy was born at Broadlawns Medical Center. As doctors prepared to perform a c-section on Deb Gardner, she says...

• Pregnant Woman Injured in San Diego Crash

  Shannon Weidemann | September 08, 2007 7:03 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego County, CA

  A car accident at the intersection of Tooma and Woodman Streets has caused a woman to deliver baby by emergency c-section and left her badly injured. The woman was riding in a car when it was hit by an SUV. The baby is in good condition at a local hospital. The Aveo was going south on Woodman when a Jeep Liberty driven by a girl, 17, pulled from a stop sign into the Aveo's path, police said....