With an eye towards improving security for Veterans’ personal information, the VA is set to replace the ID cards of millions of veterans who receive healthcare from VA facilities.
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The East Hartford Housing Authority is facing a new lawsuit filed by former Executive Director Terrence Madigan.
EAST HARTFORD — Former Housing Authority Executive Director Terrence Madigan has filed a lawsuit against the housing authority and its lawyer seeking compensation for what he says were unfounded claims lodged against him during a 2012 jury trial. This is the second lawsuit Madigan has open against the housing authority. After he was fired as executive director in 2008, he sued for wrongful termination. A jury found in September 2012 that Madigan had been fired without cause and awarded him a total of $209,257 in damages. The housing authority appealed the verdict. The appellate court has yet to rule on the matter. Madigan’s attorney, Leon M. Rosenblatt of West Hartford, said Wednesday that because the jury award was higher than the amount that Madigan had been willing to settle the case for, statutory interest was automatically applied. With the added interest, which continues to accrue while the case is under appeal, Rosenblatt said the total verdict award now stands at approximately $300,000. The new lawsuit, which was filed Jan. 17, claims the housing authority and its lawyer Ralph J. Alexander of South Windsor, who testified during the trial to decide the initial lawsuit, “advanced false testimony” and “acted with malicious intent to benefit themselves and harm the plaintiff.” State law, “allows a person to bring a lawsuit… |
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Recall Summary Name of Product: Scuba high-pressure air hoses Hazard: The high pressure air hose may leak or rupture leading to a loss of breathing gas posing a drowning hazard. Remedy: Consumers should stop using these products immediately and bring the hose or pressure gauge and dive computer to the nearest authorized Suunto Dive dealer or Suunto Authorized Service Center for a free replacement hose. Consumers can also use the Suunto Online Service Request www.suunto.com/servicerequest to get their product picked up and delivered for the hose change. |
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RHINELANDER — The former Oneida County Medical Examiner who resigned amid allegations she took body parts from two autopsies is now being sued by family members of one of the people whose bones and tissue she allegedly took.
Traci England, 46, of Rhinelander was found guilty Friday in Oneida County Circuit Court on two counts of misconduct in public office; the two felony charges carry a combined maximum penalty of seven years in prison. Additional charges of misconduct, theft and obstruction were dismissed as part of the plea agreement. England, who is free on a $5,000 signature bond, will be sentenced Feb. 10. Charges were filed against England in January 2012 in Oneida and Forest counties after police said she kept a piece of cadaver spine and human tissue to train her dog in two separate autopsies. Forest County has a contract with Oneida County for medical examiner services. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Oneida County Circuit Court; four family members are seeking damages not specified in court records from England, whom they allege took the spine of a family member during an autopsy without the familys permission. No future court dates have been set in the lawsuit. |
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call the CPSC hotline at 1-800-638-2772, or visit http//:www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. Further recall information is available at http://www.cpsc.gov. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Recall Summary Name of Products: Stage Light Barndoors Hazard: The heat of the stage lights can make the barndoors detach from the light and fall, posing an impact injury hazard to individuals below it. Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled barndoors and contact Philips Selecon for a free safety cable and installation instructions. Consumer Contact: Consumers should contact Philips Selecon at (800) 478-7263, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, at email entertainment.service@philips.com, or online at www.seleconlight.comand click on Barn Door Update for more information. Photos are available at … |
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A woman who accused two Los Angeles police officers of threatening her with jail unless she had sex with them will be paid $575,000 to settle her lawsuit against the city. The City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the payout to the woman, who is one of four women to accuse officers James Nichols and Luis Valenzuela of coercing them into having sex with them, according to court documents. The Times generally does not name alleged sex crime victims. Nichols and Valenzuela, both 41, were working as narcotics detectives in Hollywood in 2010 when they arrested the woman, according to one of her attorneys, Dennis Chang, and a search warrant affidavit LAPD investigators filed as part of a criminal investigation into the officers’ conduct. The officers offered to help free the woman from custody as she awaited trial and win her a lenient sentence if she agreed in exchange to work for them as an informant on other investigations, according to Chang and the affidavit. “Their power over her was abundantly clear from the get go,” Chang said. Over the next year, Nichols and Valenzuela confronted the woman repeatedly, telling her they would no longer help her in her case unless she had sex with them, Chang and the affidavit said. She agreed, she told investigators, out of fear the officers would send her back to jail if she refused. In March 2010, Valenzuela showed up at the woman’s apartment while he was off duty and, several months later, had sex with her in… |
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