Wrongful Death Suit Filed in South Dakota Circumcision Case

For most new parents of little boys, the circumcision process is a simple (if slightly nerve-wracking) experience. However, for the Keefe family of Pierre, South Dakota, this typically simple procedure turned tragic. After six-week-old Eric Keefe was circumcised at a hospital on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, where the family lives, everything seemed to be fine. However, after the infant was discharged, he suffered massive blood loss, ultimately dying the next day. The wrongful death lawsuit filed in the case claims that the Indian Health Service Hospital failed to provide the parents with proper discharge instructions and medication. The Keefe family is seeking $2 million in the case.

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Slip in Chicago Airport Yields Victim $800,000 Settlement

Diana Sarkar was en route to attend a medical conference when she slipped and fell in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. The incident caused Sarkar to sustain a fractured kneecap and torn cartilage, injuries that severely impeded her mobility and limited her ability to work at a normal pace. The suit brought against the city of Chicago, which oversees O’Hare Airport, claimed that the incident was caused by airport employees’ failure to properly clean spilled food in the area, resulting in a residual oily patch that prompted Sarkar’s fall.



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New York Nun’s Death Results in Pointed Fingers, Lawsuit

Sster Mary Murray, a 90-year-old resident of St. Zita’s Villa in Monsey, New York, was killed after being struck by a 200-pound freestanding closet that toppled to the ground in her living quarters. Murray’s nephew has filed a lawsuit against the company that supplied and installed the closets, claiming that their practices were negligent and unsafe. The company made a counter-claim stating that Murray’s own recklessness was responsible for the incident, according to court documents. Several other parties are also named in the wrongful death suit, which notes that previous incidents of injury and damage resulting from the closets falling down had been documented at the facility.



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Family of Idaho Trucker Sues Farm in Fatal Crushing Incident

Truck driver Chad Thompson was carrying out his daily rounds in the farmlands of Idaho when a routine stop turned tragic. The 30-year-old was buried under a 40-foot-tall pile of silage and killed instantly. Silage is fermented fodder that is fed to farm animals like sheep and cattle, and is frequently stored in the tall metal silos that dot farms and pastures. The lawsuit filed against silo owners 4-Bros Dairy claims that they were negligent in their construction of the pile and care of the material. A dollar amount for the damages claimed has not yet been released in the impending suit.


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Lawsuit Filed in Aftermath of Indiana Car Crash

42-year-old Carl Walker of Knox, Indiana caused a widespread damage and multiple injuries in a recent series of car crashes on Indiana’s U.S. 30. Driving a company vehicle from his business, Walker and Walker's Specialized Logistics, Walker collided with five vehicles in an incident that was said to have stemmed from a known health condition from which Walker has long suffered.




The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 46-year-old Darla Kirn, whose right arm and hand were severely injured in the crash, resulting in partial amputation. Several other members of the Kirn family sustained injuries in the incident, as well. The lawsuit asks for $10 million in combined damages.



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Arkansas Surgeon Hit with Multiple Malpractice Claims

A second medical malpractice lawsuit has been filed against John Weiss, a Fayetteville surgeon specializing in heart problems. The latest suit, brought on behalf of patient John Walters, claims that Weiss negligently failed to remove a surgical tool known as a blue surgical tunneler from Walters’ left leg after performing heart surgery on him in December 2004. The tool was discovered in July 2008, when another physician ordered an x-ray image of Weiss’ hip in the course of diagnosing another ailment. A subsequent diagnosis of leukemia has been attributed to the impeded blood flow caused by the foreign body. The malpractice suit filed against Walters seeks monetary damages for pain, suffering, and medical expenses.


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