Miscellaneous

• Second Crane Accident in 10 Days Kills 2

  RLF Staff | March 25, 2008 3:05 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Less than two weeks after the 20-story crane collapse that killed seven in New York City, a collapse in Miami has killed two workers and injured four others. Used at a construction site for a 40-story high-rise conominium, officials were unsure how the crane fell. Continued instability hindered rescue efforts at the rubble site - a home the contractor had been using as an office (and according...

• Post-Traumatic Stress Risk Based on Genes

  RLF Staff | March 18, 2008 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Whether a victim of abuse, witness to a heinous crime, or involved in some other form of trauma, your risk for post-traumatic stress disorder may depend on your genetic makeup, new research said today. A study by researchers at Emory University found that of adults who had endured abuse as a child, those with a specific gene variant were more likely to have symptoms of post-traumatic stress...

• Ride Malfunction Prompts Six Flags Suit

  RLF Staff | March 14, 2008 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  When the Six Flags ride the Texas Tornado malfunctioned in March 2006, nine people were injured from bumping into each other as the operator utilized the emergency safety switch to lower the ride. Trista Price, who suffered minor back injuries, filed a lawsuit this week claiming that Six Flags Over Texas was negligent in its operation and maintenance of the popular ride and that the ride...

• Update: State Revoking Killeen Day Care License

  RLF Staff | March 10, 2008 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services today issued the Little Blessings Child Care Center in Killeen, Texas a letter stating that the center's child care license would be revoked, citing the alleged February 20 sexual assault of a 4-month old child while under the care of the center as well as previous violations by the daycare.This is an update on the police and state...

• Mass Notification Warns Vegas Patients of Possible Viruses

  RLF Staff | March 06, 2008 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A notification went out this week to about 40,000 patients of a Las Vegas health clinic, alerting them that the clinic had been reusing syringes and medication vials in an effort to cut costs. Patients who visited the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada from March 2004 through Januray 2008 are urged to get tested for HIV and Hepatitis B and C. The notification was sent as a result of an...

• State Investigating Possible Daycare Sexual Abuse

  RLF Staff | February 28, 2008 6:07 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has taken over an investigation surrounding a possible sexual assault of a 4-month-old girl at a Killeen Texas daycare. After being told her daughter had a diaper rash, a doctor examinied the 4-month-old and said the baby girl had bruising consistent with a sexual assault.Authorities suspect a Little Blessings Daycare employee. Daycare staff...

• Police Investigating Possible sexual assault at Killeen Texas Daycare

  RLF Staff | February 26, 2008 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Police in Killeen , Texas are looking into a possible daycare sexual abuse case involving a 4-month-old baby. When the 4-month-old was picked up from the Little Blessings Daycare last Wednesday, her mother was told that she had a diaper rash. After an examination, her doctor suspected sexual abuse based on bruising that typically indicates such. Killeen police and Child Protective Services are...

• Daycare Owner's Son Arrested for Assaulting a Child

  RLF Staff | February 22, 2008 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The son of a woman who operates a daycare near Birmingham, Alabama was arrested for daycare abuse after assaulting a child. The arrest came after months of suspicion. Pouya Goudarzi is accused of shoving a pull-up diaper into a 4-year-old child's mouth and causing injury to the child. Allegations and suspicion began in November of 2007, but police were unable to prove the daycare abuse. Last...

• 3-Month-Old Found Dead in Dallas Area Daycare

  RLF Staff | February 21, 2008 6:47 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A 3-month-old baby was found dead at a Dallas area home-based daycare Wednesday afternoon. The baby was discovered around 4 p.m. at a home-based daycare in Farmers Branch, Texas. The daycare worker who found the infant called 911. Paramedics rushed the infant from the daycare to RHD Medical Center, where the baby was pronounced dead. The cause of death has not been determined yet, but police say...

• "E. Coli Loophole" Allows Tainted Meat to Reach Consumers

  RLF Staff | November 15, 2007 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  After dozens of E.coli outbreaks from unsanitary food processing over the last few months, many are looking at the "E. coli Loophole" that allows meat companies to cook and sell meat on which E. coli is found during processing. This loophole is documented in the USDA regulations, but publicized. It is estimated that millions of pounds of beef each year that test positive for the presence of E....