Parents Sue After Child Dies During Wisdom Tooth Surgery
The parents of Jenny Olenick, 17, who died during wisdom tooth removal surgery last April have sued the oral surgeon and anesthesiologist who performed the procedure for medical malpractice, according to Yahoo News. Olenick, then a high school junior in Maryland, died from complications that arose during the routine outpatient procedure. The parents filed suit a [...]
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Four Years of Jail for Doctor Conrad Murray
Doctor Conrad Murray was given the maximum sentence of four years in prison today. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter earlier this month in the overdose death of Michael Jackson. While Murray has stated that he “didn’t consider himself guilty of any crime” and has portrayed himself as a victim of Jackson’s drug addiction, the [...]
20 year Statute of Limitation Eliminates Chance at Collecting Stale Child Support Arrears Parents of the world take note, the dreaded legal doctrine of Statute of Limitations (SOL) applies even to child support. A Virginia woman sued to enforce the collection of a child support order entered upon her 1966 divorce. The support order was to [...]
In Role Playing Games, Cheat and Be Sued
Jagex, a company that created an online fantasy role-playing game (Runescape), was granted the ability to subpoena the personal information of cheating players, even though the same information is under seal in a related case in Massachusetts. The suit is based on the fact that the players (being sued) use “bot” software that, “enables its users to [...]
Yulia Tymoshenko Faces $18.3+ Million Lawsuit The former Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, who was recently imprisoned on corruption charges, is facing a suit seeking enforcement of a $18.3 mllion dollar U.S. verdict, in addition to treble damages, on a variety of charges, including conversion, unjust enrichment, RICO conspiracy, and fraudulent conveyance, all relating to her involvement with a [...]
