Miscellaneous

• Gentlemen, Start Your Resolutions!

  Bob Carroll | December 28, 2005 5:46 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Only a few more days to work on last year's New Year's Resolutions and to create a new aspiration list for 2006. I didn't accomplish, or even make real progress on, several of my resolutions for 2005. Some are repeat failures which have appeared again and again on my list. But, some can be checked off as mission accomplished. So, I will try again to match my aspirations with my actions. One...

• Diocese Bankruptcy To Include Advertising Component

  Michael Myers | December 27, 2005 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  As part of its bankruptcy case the Catholic Diocese of Spokane will dedicate $160,000.00 to advertisements aimed at abuse victims who have not yet come forward to file a complaint. A Church spokesman stated that the advertisements will help to determine the total number of abuse victims in the Spokane area. The advertisments will appear in Washington State newspapers, the USA Today and the...

• Mormon Church Found Liable in Sex Abuse Case

  Michael Myers | December 27, 2005 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A King County Superior Court jury recently awarded $4.2 million to two sisters who were abused for years by a priest in the Mormon Church. The jury found the Church liable for intentional misconduct and negligence based on its failure to prevent or stop the abuse despite the sisters' repeated complaints to the church hierarchy. This verdict powerfully illustrates the damage of sexual abuse,...

• Wear Your Helmet!

  Michael Myers | December 27, 2005 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Head injuries constitute only 5-15% of all injuries from ski and snowboard accidents, yet are the primary cause of serious disabling injuries and death. There are approximately 10 fatalities per year in Colorado from accidents on the ski slopes, and among the fatally injured that we have studied head injury was the cause of death in 87.5%; none were wearing helmets. Wearing a helmet should be a...

• Employer Settles Wrongful Death Claim for $750,000...Doctors May Be Liable for Negligent Advice to Officers on Ship

  Michael Myers | December 27, 2005 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The Washington Court of Appeals established a new legal precedent in May 2005. It held that the state of Washington's medical malpractice standards are applicable to maritime cases brought in state court. While this ruling expands the claims that may be brought by an injured seaman, there is much more to the story. The legal ruling arose from a wrongful death case in which the family of a...

• Wayne Parsons Law Offices

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 6:02 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Did you realize that most of the improvements in safety in this country are the result of independant judges and citizen juries holding unscrupulous, reckless and often greedy people and corporations responsible for what they do? Ford Motor Company didn't recall the Ford Pinto even though the corporate executives knew that the gas tank would explode and kill people in low impact collisions....

• Wayne Parsons, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 5:57 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Wayne Parsons grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, one of the many downriver communities south of Detroit where southern whites and southern blacks clashed and the auto production lines were made famous in the 40s and 50s and 60s. In World War II, Henry J. Kaiser created the B-24 bomber factory 3 miles from his home. A product of public schools he was the captain of the high baseball team and...

• Yes, Virginia, It Is Time To Answer The Question Again

  Bob Carroll | December 25, 2005 3:36 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  With thanks to Live Journal here is the letter of the season:DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?VIRGINIA O'HANLON.115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age....

• Bullied Teenager Settles Claim Against School

  Bob Carroll | December 25, 2005 3:18 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  If our schools are going to have strict policies against bullying and other harassment of students they will need to enforce them. A Kansas teenager who was bullied by his classmates because they believed he was gay was awarded $440,000 in a settlement, ending his longstanding legal battle with his school district. The student claimed he was harassed with homophobic slurs from the seventh...

• Son's Brain Injury Doesn't Stop Christmas

  Staff Writer | December 24, 2005 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Jeremy Legrand is one of our nation's dedicated servicemen, having done tours in Cuba and Iraq. He suffered a traumatic brain injury in a June car accident while on leave in Texas. He spent six weeks in a coma and was transferred to the Minneapolis VA in September. The Beacon News Online offers a touching story of Jeremy's family (from Aurora, now residing in Shabbona) and their plans to...