Category: negligence

Parents of Obese Teenager who Died During Lockdown Jailed for Gross Negligence Manslaughter

March 1, 2023
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The parents of a 16-year-old girl who weighed 22 stone 13 pound (321 pounds) and died as a result of medical complications from her obesity have been jailed for manslaughter owing to gross negligence. Kaylea Titford, who had spina bifida and hydrocephalus and had been in a wheelchair since she was a young child, died at…

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Chlorine Gas Leak in Iraq’s South Injures at Least 300

July 6, 2022
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BAGHDAD—A chlorine gas leak at a water purification plant in southern Iraq injured at least 300 people, officials said Monday. The incident happened Sunday night when the potentially fatal gas leaked from a container in the plant in the district of Qal’at Sukkar north of the southern city of Nasiriyah. Hundreds of people suffering severe…

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Did Teen’s Big Size Factor in Florida Amusement Ride Death?

March 26, 2022
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—A rising middle school football player in Missouri, only 14 but already 6 feet, 5 inches tall and well over 300 pounds, Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a towering Florida amusement ride. Lawyers for his family want to know if negligence about his size, or other factors, played a role. “This…

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Those Who Ignore Crime Are Just as Culpable

October 18, 2021
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Commentary “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” — Albert Einstein Dr. Stanley Weber worked for the Indian Health Service as a pediatrician for more than two decades. He was assigned to reservation facilities in…

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