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Judge dismisses defamation suit against The Virginian-Pilot.
A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a former Virginia Beach School Board member against The Virginian-Pilot and its editorial page editor. Timmy Jackson sought more than $5 million in damages in the lawsuit, which named The Pilot's parent company, Landmark Communications, and Editorial Page Editor Dennis Hartig as defendants. Jackson's lawyer, Thomas Albro, said he would ask the judge to reconsider...
Series of emergency calls to cruise ship
THREE patients were taken to hospital after a series of calls to a cruise ship that had just docked in Harwich. And shortly after those, the ambulance service received yet another call to the harbour area after a workman suffered a fall. However, unlike a few weeks ago, none of the patients taken to hospital from the cruise ship were suffering from the winter vomiting bug. An Essex Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The first call came into the Emergency Operations Centre at about 9.20am this morning reporting a man with chest pains More : eadt.co.uk
Cruise Ship Wake, incident Ryndam
What is your basic thought when you see a cruise ship coming, do you think what a nice bonus it going to be for our community, what a picturesque site, the people on board are enjoying our forested islands, or do you have a more realistic thought when you are a property owner in Ward Cove with a floating facility. Your thought should be when you see one of the ships traveling eastbound, to quickly gather everything from your floating docks and make sure you do not have a skiff or airplane in the water tied to your facility.
French film star Adjani to sue over pix, alleged defamation
French film star Isabelle Adjani is to take legal action against several magazines and newspapers which have recently printed pictures of her and a close friend and "defamatory statements" about him, her lawyer said Friday. Olivier Baratelli told AFP the friend, neurosurgeon Stephane Delajoux, had already begun proceedings. "My client (Adjani), who intends to have her rights to her image and to her private life respected, has decided to take action against all magazines and newspapers which have published snatched or unauthorised pictures of her and her companion," Baratelli said. He also represents Delajoux and said he was suing
Forget Chicago. Set "ER” here.
Its bucolic surroundings belie the stressful life in this little hospital, as the author discovered one memorable day. I remember the warning from med school: At some point, a single day would test our abilities and make us question whether we really wanted to be doctors. For me, that "day from hell" was March 20, 1995. If I'd had time to keep a diary, it would have read like this: 7:30 a.m. The day begins routinely at our 35-bed hospital. I do rounds, induce labor, and prepare to perform a stress test. I plan to head to the clinic by
"A good marketplace … a good railroad.”
"We don't do big flashy things, either in the marketplace or on the operational side," says Jim Hagen, chairman and chief executive officer of Conrail. Instead, Conrail focuses on "doing things in a very professional way," which Hagen likens to consistently hitting singles and doubles rather than home runs. This is the approach that the railroad has taken in what is an extremely competitive marketplace. It's one that is paying off. In the concluding installation of "The Competitors" series, Jim Hagen explains to Railway Age Editor Luther S. Miller and Managing Editor William C. Vantuono Conrail's strategy for getting the
Injury total on tilted cruise ship up sharply
The number of people reported to have been injured in an accident aboard the Crown Princess more than doubled Wednesday, underscoring the severity of what could be described as the latest in a series of mishaps for the cruise-ship industry. Federal investigators said they intend to find out why the Crown Princess tilted so sharply Tuesday afternoon as it sailed in calm seas about 11 miles off the Florida coast near Port Canaveral. The Bermuda-registered ship was on automatic pilot when it leaned 15 degrees to its left side, then righted itself 30 seconds later, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Kentucky’s State Journal Sued For Defamation
University President Says Reports Of Faked Credits FalseCHICAGO - Claiming he had been defamed by The State Journal's reporting of charges he faked some of his academic credentials, the president of Kentucky State University filed a lawsuit against the 8,504-circulation Frankfort daily Dec. 4."We are suing because The State Journal defamed Dr. [Frank] Reid by publishing defamatory information from a report that was prepared by a disgruntled professor ... which has been proven to be false and def .
Developer’s defamation suit nears settlement.
Jun. 30--Developer Gary Posner is close to settling a defamation lawsuit he filed four years ago against a Dania Beach woman who said one of his townhouse developments infringed on her property. Posner and Karen Gottlieb say they have settled the dispute that began when she distributed...
Cuban plane crash survivors taken to Key West hospital
Eight survivors of the crash of a Cuban plane in the Gulf of Mexico were taken to a hospital in Key West early Thursday after U.S. Coast Guard officials decided some of them needed medical attention. The Coast Guard cutter Nantucket arrived at Key West with the survivors shortly before midnight. The survivors, five adults and three children, were taken to Lower Keys Medical Center. A crash survivor who had earlier been airlifted to the hospital, Rodolfo Fuentes, 36, is being treated for a concussion and other injuries. The body of a man killed in the crash was turned over
Car-Insurance Reform Bill Steers Claims Out of Court
A campaign to revise Connecticut's auto-insurance system is provoking debate across the state, especially in this city where insurance is king and its palaces line the roads to the statehouse. Automobile-insurance reform is difficult at best, as other states have found. In New Jersey, sweeping changes enacted in 1990 by
American Morning
Welcome back, everybody. It's exactly half past the hour on this AMERICAN MORNING. Over the last few years, we have seen a -- I think it's fair to say, a pretty steady stream of big name corporate execs go on trial for alleged crimes on the job. And for
Dog Bites
The San Francisco Beer Party It was no Boston Tea Party, but Americans for Gay Rights won a passel of press coverage for spilling beer in a Jan. 4 demonstration against the German government. International media clicked away as three protesters drained five bottles of St. Pauli Girl and Beck's into
Defamation Trial Meanders Toward Sharpton
Perhaps the most sluggish, meandering week yet in the Tawana Brawley defamation trial ended today with no resolution on a crucial evidentiary question but with a seemingly firm promise that the Rev. Al Sharpton would finally take the witness stand on Monday. The evidentiary question, which was debated outside the
Travel Advisory; Fire Delays Cruise Ship
A fire aboard the giant Sovereign of the Seas, while she was docked in San Juan on Feb. 20, forced the 2,300 cruise passengers aboard to get off. The fire was extinguished with no injury to passengers or crew and minimal damage to an aft service area, according to a
Would you really take this CEO job?
Businessweek says NCR boss Mark Hurd is "high on the short list" to become Carly Fiorina?s replacement as Hewlett-Packard CEO. On paper he sounds like a good candidate -- so do a lot of other gainfully employed chief execs inside and outside the technology business -- but the handicapping speculation
The Journey Back From Brain Injury
It happened in a fraction of a second. On Jan. 29, 2006, a roadside bomb detonated next to the vehicle carrying ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff in Iraq. The shock wave from the explosion propelled jagged shrapnel and rock, traveling at a deadly velocity, toward his head. In less time
2 Insurers Settle on Asbestos
Two large insurance companies said yesterday that they had agreed to pay up to $3 billion to the Fibreboard Corporation to pay off claims of individuals who say they were harmed by the company's asbestos products. If approved by a Federal judge, the agreement will settle a long-fought battle over
Court did not err in allowing jury instruction, MO Court of Appeals finds
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, did not reverse a jury verdict in favor of a railroad company in a case involving personal injuries sustained while a railroad employee was on the job. The railroad worker appealed the jury verdict claiming an improper jury instruction and that the court
Housing for brain injured inadequate: support group
Skull Brain Support Group, HOPES, revealed a lack of adequate housing options say, patients are often in the acute phase of hospital beds for more than necessary before it is aged care facilities or groups set aside. HOPES President, Sue Hodgson, said this type of housing is not for the