The Legal Examiner Lancaster Archives

• Sexual Harassment in the Armed Forces

  Greg Owen | May 30, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Sexual harassment is widespread in the United States and abroad. Unfortunately, that is also the case within the armed forces. That is why Colleen Mussolino has spoken to many on the subject. This Wednesday, she will speak at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on women in the military and care for those suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by sexual harassment, rape and...

• Preventing & Reporting Elder Abuse

  Rick Patterson | May 25, 2007 3:02 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  A study that was conducted in 2004 by the Adult Protective Services showed that there was a 19.7-percent increase in the combined total reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse. For example, in Fauquier County alone, there were 141 cases reported in between June 2006 and May 2007, according to Mittie Wallace who is a program manager for the elderly and disabled for the Fauquier County...

• Dog Bite Prevention

  Rick Patterson | May 25, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Dog bites are a concern. Every year, dogs bite about 4.7 million people, mostly children, the elderly and mail carriers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Knowing what to do if a strange dog approaches you in a menacing way is a very good idea not only for you but for your children. Who better to learn from than the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter carrier's line...

• Conflict Found- Product Safety & Products Recalls

  Rick Patterson | May 25, 2007 12:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  President Bush had named National Association of Manufacturers' lobbyist Michael Baroody to head the commission, which oversees product recalls. That commission also aids in enforcing federal consumer safety rules. Fortunately, there is strong opposition from many including Senators Bill Nelson, Dick Durbin and Barack Obama. Senator Nelson stated to Baroody that his nomination was similar to...

• Vehicle Accident Involves School Bus - 6 Killed

  Rick Patterson | May 18, 2007 4:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Six members of an Ohio college baseball team lost their lives when their bus plunged off the side of a highway overpass and landed on the pavement 30 feet below. The team, whose members were like family to each other, team member A. J. Ramthun recalls, were driving at around 4:00 a.m. on their way to Florida. After the tragic accident and to the horror of those observing the scene, the pavement...

• Summit Suggested Due to Contaminated Pet Food

  Rick Patterson | May 17, 2007 5:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  ChemNutra of Las Vegas, the company who imported the melamine laden pet food from China, has called for a pet food safety summit due to the current, widespread problem with contaminated pet food. The company is proposing a meeting, tentatively set for July 14 in Las Vegas. ChemNutra's CEO, Steve Miller, said in a written statement "I am hopeful that those who import and use imported pet food...

• Contaminated Pet Food & Government Regulations

  Rick Patterson | May 17, 2007 3:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  As I am sure you are painfully aware, since March 16, more than 100 brands of pet food have been recalled due to melamine contamination. Many animal companions have suffered and died cruelly and unnecessarily as a result of the chemical-laced pet food, which was sold to trusting consumers and fed to unsuspecting animals. The emotional pain that many pet owners are going through is horrific. How...

• Dorset Nursing Home Accused of Elder Neglect

  Rick Patterson | May 17, 2007 2:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Serious concerns have been raised by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) after inspecting Marlborough House, a 52-bed nursing home in Dorset, South West England. Concerns raised, which were much the same as concerns raised here in substandard U. S facilities, include standards of health, shortfalls in nutrition and poorly trained staff. The original report was made in January of...

• Auto Accidents & NASCAR

  Rick Patterson | May 12, 2007 5:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The school of thought is this: If you have more safety devices on a NASCAR vehicle, it will make the sport safer, which means less auto accidents. Not so, according to a detailed study conducted by a West Virginia University professor who examined 21 years worth of NASCAR accident reports. He concluded: The more safety regulations that were enforced the more accidents there were. I suppose the...

• Pet Food Recall Widens - Cross-Contamination Feared

  Rick Patterson | May 04, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Once again, the pet food recall has widened. As I am sure you are aware, Menu foods has expanded its recall several times to date. The recent widening of the recall is due to cross-contamination. The products in question were not even supposed to contain wheat gluten. As a result of customer reports regarding the condition of their pets who had ingested the food and subsequent testing,...

• The Recall of Pet Food Isn't the Only Concern

  Rick Patterson | May 04, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Did you know that as little as one pound of tainted wheat gluten is enough to contaminate as much as a thousand pounds of food? Given the tainted wheat gluten that the United States and others have been dealing with of late, that is a very disturbing thought. At this point we should definitely be taking a close look at what other products come to our shores from other countries, specifically...

• Automobile Crashes into Defenseless Woman

  Rick Patterson | May 04, 2007 12:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An unsuspecting 41-year-old woman, was killed when a Toyota Tundra pickup drove onto the grass shoulder of the road where she just happened to be at that moment. Susan M. Evans died at the scene. She really didn't have a chance, or any way of avoiding this automobile accident. This is a horrible example of being in the wrong place at precisely the wrong time.One witness estimated that the Truck...

• Motorcycle Accidents - Who's to Blame?

  Rick Patterson | May 04, 2007 11:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  If you have ever been on a motorcycle or have watched as they pass you by in traffic, it has probably crossed your mind just how vulnerable the motorcycle riders are.According to Ron Shepard, who is the director of Idaho Skills Training Advantage for Riders, "research shows that more then 70 percent of accidents involving motorcycles are caused by other drivers violating the motorcyclists' right...