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Woman Forced To Give Birth On Jail Cell Floor While Staff 'Laughed' At Her Files Lawsuit Woman Forced To Give Birth On Jail Cell Floor While Staff 'Laughed' At Her Files Lawsuit
Woman Forced To Give Birth On Jail Cell Floor While Staff 'Laughed' At Her Files Lawsuit A pregnant woman who was arrested on a probation violation the day before she went into labor filed a federal lawsuit after nurses in a Maryland jail allegedly ignored her screams for help as she gave birth alone on a dirty jail cell floor, according to multiple reports. Jazmin Valentine was over eight months pregnant when she was taken into custody and placed in the Washington County jail. When she went into labor on July 4, 2021 she was accused of going through drug withdrawals by Pennsylvania-based PrimeCare Medical Inc., the reports continue. Valentine alleges that jail and nursing staf…

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$2.5M Settlement Reached In Choking Death Of Maryland Student: Report $2.5M Settlement Reached In Choking Death Of Maryland Student: Report
$2.5M Settlement Reached In Choking Death Of Maryland Student: Report Anne Arundel Public Schools has reached a $2.5 million settlement in the case of the negligent death of 17-year-old Bowen Levy, who choked on a rubber glove in school and died days later at a hospital, WMAR reports.  The settlement will go to Bowen's family, whose teen boy with autism ingested the rubber glove at Central Special School in 2019.  The district released a statement on Wednesday, May 5 expressing remorse in the "preventable death," which reads in part: "Bowen’s death has had an enormous impact on many, but nowhere has that impact been more massive than on h…

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by David Cifarelli
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Officers Will Not Be Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Ryan LeRoux: Report Officers Will Not Be Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Ryan LeRoux: Report
Officers Will Not Be Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Ryan LeRoux: Report Four Montgomery County Police officers who fatally shot a 21-year-old man outside a Gaithersburg McDonald’s last year will not be charged, the Montgomery County State Attorney's office said on Monday, April 4. Howard County prosecutors called the shooting "legally justified" based on the victim's actions, Bethesda Magazine reports. Later that week, the family of Ryan LeRoux filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the county and the four officers who shot their son, the outlet reports.   The lawsuit claims the responding officers neglected to acknowledge LeRoux's battle with m…

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by David Cifarelli
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PA Parents Sue Over Child Scarred From Dog Attack While Trick-Or-Treating: Complaint PA Parents Sue Over Child Scarred From Dog Attack While Trick-Or-Treating: Complaint
PA Parents Sue Over Child Scarred From Dog Attack While Trick-Or-Treating: Complaint A central Pennsylvania child was allegedly attacked by a neighbor's dog while trick-or-treating, according to a lawsuit filed by the child's parents. Ashley and Jesus Zarate say their child suffered injuries while trick-or-treating at their neighbor Beth Bachman' home, according to a lawsuit filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County on Jan. 18. Zarates took their daughter A.Z. trick-or-treating at Bachman's home in the 100 block of East Pine Street in Ephrata but they claim no one answered the door instead-- as they walked away, she let her dog outside on Oct. 31, 2021, accordi…

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by Jillian Pikora