Nursing Home Lawsuit In The News

CHARLEVOIX -- A man faces criminal charges for a Charlevoix County crash that left two children dead.

The stories flowed as friends of Democratic politician Jim Mattox mingled at a state capitol visitation last night. The East Dallas native died Wednesday of a heart attack at his Dripping Springs home.KERA's Shelley Kofler has more on how Texans are remembering the "people's lawyer."

Maryland's new deputy secretary of behavioral health and disabilities compiled a record of patient scandals and a whistle-blower lawsuit at a similar position in Delaware over the past nine years.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Association of Realtors reports sales of new and existing homes fell 9.4 percent last month in Ohio, compared to the level seen in September. The state's average sale price dropped 7.8 percent from a year ago to just over $130,000.

ATTLEBORO - For the past 12 years Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to speak, move her extremities or do most of the other things people her age take for granted.

A man who says he was wrongfully discharged from a now-closed nursing home and dropped off into an unfurnished apartment with only $30 and four days worth of medications is suing the parent company, Petersen Health Care of Illinois.

Mario Majorski, 48, who was shot by a security guard after wielding two swords Sunday, had not participated in church activities for more than a decade. A man who was shot and killed after wielding two samurai swords at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood was from out of state and had recently purchased the swords, coroner's investigators said today. .

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The chief medical officer at Salinas Valley State Prison and five other physicians are accused of defrauding state taxpayers of more than $150,000 by lying about their work hours and doctoring their timesheets, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.

A Honolulu landlord with deformed hands is accused of pressuring eviction-fearing tenants to let him administer mysterious, experimental injections.