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• Minnesota woman killed by commuter train

  Barry Doyle | June 10, 2007 10:07 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Passengers boarding a Minneapolis Metro Transit train made a gruesome discovery last week: blood spatters on the side of the train. Apparently, a 79-year old woman who gotten off the train and was walking alongside it when she lost her balance, touched the side of the train to regain her balance, and was sucked underneath the train.One she was pulled underneath the train, she suffered fatal...

• Abuse alleged in Wisconsin nursing home

  Barry Doyle | June 09, 2007 11:46 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A West Allis, Wisconsin nursing home is under investigation after a family made complaints about several unexplained injuries that their grandmother suffered while a resident at the facility. The lack of explanation for the injuries has led the family to believe that she was abused by the staff, even though an internal investigation revealed no wrongdoing.The unexplained injuries include...

• Judge rules medication errors caused by workload

  Barry Doyle | June 02, 2007 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  At a recent administrative law hearing for unemployment benefits, a judge ruled that a nurse's discharge was not for cause -- even though she made many errors in the care of patients under her charge -- because the errors were the result of the multiple responsibilities that had been placed on the nurse. Therefore, the judge awrded unemployment benefits that the hospital had been contesting.The...

• Motoryclist hits telephone wire downed by drunken teen

  Barry Doyle | June 01, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An Indiana teen is under arrest after he struck a telephone pole and then fled the scene. The impact between his vehicle and pole knocked the pole down, leaving a wire hanging over the road.A motorcyclist came upon the scene shortly thereafter and struck the wire, causing a loss of control. The motorcyclist suffered multiple fractures, but his passenger was killed due to blunt force trauma.One...

• Florida eliminating no-fault auto insurance

  Barry Doyle | May 31, 2007 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Florida lawmakers recently allowed the state's no-fault auto insurance law to lapse. No-fault auto insurance, which was intended to keep a reign on auto insurance costs, had resulted in Florida consumers paying the sixth highest rates in the nation for coverage.At least one commentator besides myself thinks that this is a good thing.The virtue and vice of a no-fault auto insurance system is...

• CNA sentenced in rape of nursing home resident

  Barry Doyle | May 30, 2007 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A DuPage County judge today sentenced a former nursing home CNA to 25 years in prison. The sentence follows a guilty plea to sexual assault charges.The victim of the assault was a severely disabled woman who resided in the nursing home. The sexual assult was not discovered until after it was discovered that the woman was pregnant. The CNA was identified as the perpetrator through DNA...

• Bicyclist hit by car

  Barry Doyle | May 29, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A California dentist training for the AIDS Ride was hit by a car while out on a training ride. The motorist who hit him said that he did not notice the dentist on his bike.The dentist was severly injured in the accident, suffering several fractured ribs, a fractured shoulder, leg injuries, and road rash. He was in a medically-induced coma is on a ventilator.When a car crash happens, people...

• Wilmington nursing home cited by IDPH

  Barry Doyle | May 28, 2007 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  The Embassy Care Center in Wilmington recently received a citation from the Illinois Department of Public Health after a number of residents there were injured in falls.The care of five residents in all were the subject of the citation, including two who suffered a fractured hip as a result of falling.Falls and fall prevention are a major concern in the nursing home setting. Indeed, concerns...

• Two year old mauled by pit bull

  Barry Doyle | May 27, 2007 10:32 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  In Toledo, Ohio last week a two year old girl was attacked by a pit bull while she was sitting in her stroller. The pit bull was being brought out of the house by its owner. Before the owner could attach a line to the pit bull's collar, it broke free, jumped the fence, and attacked the girl.The little girl suffered numerous bite wounds to her face.Advocates of pit bull owners say that they are...

• DuPage prosecutor drunk, on phone at time of crash

  Barry Doyle | May 26, 2007 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Two weeks ago, a DuPage County prosecutor was killed in a car crash in which she crossed over the center line. The prosecutor had been drinking most of the afternoon, and had a .25 blood alcohol level at the time of the crash. Recent news accounts show that she was also driving a county-owned vehicle at the time of the crash and had been making a series of work-related phone calls on her cell...