A resident is suing Pinellas Park nursing home operators, alleging breach of duty and negligence. The woman filed a complaint Feb. 1 in Pinellas County Circuit Court against Pinellas Park Facility Inc., doing business as The Care Center at Pinellas Park, alleging they failed to exercise reasonable care in operating…
An Epcot patron is suing Walt Disney, alleging negligence caused a ride to malfunction and cause injuries. The complaint was filed Feb. 1 in Orange County Circuit Court against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. Inc., alleging failure to design, construct and operate Epcot’s Fast Track ride in a safe…
Seven former employees, including a nurse practitioner, have been indicted after prosecutors say conditions at an Ohio nursing home got so bad that one patient “rotted to death.” The contracted nurse practitioner and two workers are being charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly neglecting two patients, according to reports, which…
A west Pasco County parent has sued the school district, alleging its negligence allowed her child to be sexually abused several times by a Ridgewood High teacher at the school campus. The teacher was arrested in March 2018 and faces two charges of sexual assault of a minor child by…
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he was the target of an extortion and blackmail effort by the National Enquirer, which he accused of threatening to publish intimate pictures of him unless he backed off an investigation of the tabloid. Bezos said the Enquirer and its parent company,…
A caregiver at a Florida facility for people with disabilities has been accused of impregnating a resident who gave birth in 2015. Authorities say the 58-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a disabled person. An arrest affidavit says the man helped care for…
Officials say a worker doing construction on central Florida’s massive highway expansion project was killed after being struck by a drainage pipe. According to the Orange County Fire Rescue, the worker was struck by a 20-foot iron pipe on Monday. Workers were moving the pipe when it fell and hit…
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against the neighbor who tackled him and broke several of his ribs in a dispute over lawn maintenance. A jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky, deliberated less than two hours before delivering…
A patient’s representative is suing an assisted living facility operator for alleged negligence and reckless conduct. The woman, who holds power of attorney for the resident, filed a complaint in Cabell Circuit Court against The Village of Riverview alleging that it violated the residents’ rights to be free from abuse,…
A Florida jury has awarded nearly $500 million to the family of a woman fatally shot during an argument in a car in 2011. The family of the 20-year-old Jacksonville woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man who shot her and two other men who helped dump her…