Maurice Hayden, 42, died after being hit in the head by a golf ball while he was working at the Mayfair Country Club in Sanford, Florida. According to a news report, Hayden was pulling weeds on the second hole of the Mayfair Country Club course when he was hit by an errant tee shot, which…
A 23-year-old Chicago Bears fan fell to his death at Soldier Field during halftime of a game between the Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles. The death has been ruled an accident by the Cook County, Illinois medical examiner’s office. According to news reports, witnesses told police that Stuart Haverty of Woodstock, Illinois, jumped over a…
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has settled the case of two SCUBA diving business owners that ganged up on a competitor. Two Avalon SCUBA outfits attempted to drive competitor Ron Moore of Dive Catalina out of business by fixing prices for diving tours. According to the D.A.’s office the textbook collusion resulted in unfair…
California-based Hewlett Packard has settled two separate but related whistle-blower lawsuits. The suits alleged that HP violated competitive bidding rules for federal programs providing internet services to public schools. HP company contractors reportedly bribed Texas school officials with expensive gifts such as Super Bowl tickets and rides on fancy yachts. In exchange, the school officials…
Two Orange County women were crossing Adams Avenue about 40 feet from Pinecreek Drive when they were hit by a Ford F150 truck. The pickup truck was pulling out of the Adams Avenue parking area at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. The driver had waited for other pedestrians to cross in a nearby…
An Illinois teen died while scuba diving in a Kankakee County quarry with his Venturing Crew 188 troop, a co-ed division of the Boy Scouts. Kenneth G. Uhl, who was only 16, was certified for open water diving. The diving group realized Uhl was missing during a regular safety head count. Uhl failed to surface…
Two doctors and a medical assistant at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center say at least one patient has died because of sub-standard care brought on by the negative work environment at the center’s cardiology department. The employees claim they were ignored, embarrassed and in one case- terminated for complaining to administrators about the situation that…
47-year-old Lauren Perdriau Ward was killed by a big rig truck while riding her bicycle in Silicon Valley. The accident occurred on Alpine Road near the I-280 overpass. Investigators say it looks like the accident occurred on the left hand side of the truck. The bicycle and the truck were both traveling westbound, and police…
We won’t know what the Supreme Court has to say until some time next year, but most attorneys and consumer advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after recent arguments heard by the court. For now it doesn’t appear that the line of questioning by the justices will lead them to prohibit the state of…
After 4 months in the hospital, 13-year-old Teagan Marti is finally going home. She was severely injured when she fell 100 feet from the Terminal Velocity attraction at Extreme World in the Wisconsin Dells. Instead of landing safely in a safety net, the Florida teen hit the ground, injuring her back, neck and organs. The…
