Family Sues in Chemist's Death ; Faults Hazards, Policies at Water Plant
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By DOUGLASS CROUSE, STAFF WRITER  Chemist Geetha Angara died in a dangerous work environment that her employers knew about but failed to correct, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
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Patients of a physician who is charged with running a "pill mill" linked to 56 overdose deaths plan to sue the government, claiming it has put patients in mortal danger and created a public health disaster by prosecuting the doctor.
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Residents of a northern California  town have sued ChevronTexaco Corp CVX.N over a refinery  shutdown that they claim spewed dangerous gases into the air  and caused health problems.
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By Dave Gustafson, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 22--When a child gets into the chemicals stored beneath the sink or a hazardous materials tank leaks in a neighborhood, there is always someone like V.
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MCKINNEY, Texas, Feb. 6  /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys for the family of a Collin County school teacher have filed a lawsuit over the October 2006 automobile crash that claimed the woman's life.
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Relatives of a man who died when his car collided with an ambulance win damages after a legal battle.
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By Bob Shaw, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Jun. 20--In a victory for the 3M Co., a judge ruled Tuesday that 67,700 residents of Washington County may not sue the company as a single group for damages allegedly suffered because of chemicals in their water.
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DuPont has settled a lawsuit in which West Virginia residents accused the company of contaminating water supplies with a chemical used to make Teflon products.
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_ A father and son died when they were electrocuted while cleaning the pool at New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera&#39;s home in Panama, relatives said Sunday.
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By SAMANTHA YOUNG  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two state divers who died while inspecting an aqueduct that supplies water to millions of people relied on recreational equipment that is considered unsafe for the conditions they faced, industry and diving experts said Thursday.
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The family of a Japanese boy who died after taking the antiviral drug Tamiflu are to launch an unprecedented lawsuit against a health ministry body after it said the controversial drug was not responsible for his death.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A mourning family has sued a funeral home, saying it allowed the body of a 71-year-old husband and father to decompose for five days, until the stench of rotting flesh was so strong it sickened the minister at his funeral and dripped fluid from the casket...
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By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 19--LOWELL -- Members of the Lowell Fire Department and its Hazardous Materials Team worked early Monday afternoon to contain a substance that had been spotted on the water of the city's Northern Canal.
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By Rodney Foo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 22--The family of a Santa Clara County firefighter who was electrocuted last year while battling a blaze at a Los Gatos home has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the property owners and PG&E.   Capt.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. The family of a Memphis woman who died while taking an experimental AIDS drug has filed suit against a range of defendants, seeking ten (m) million dollars in damages.
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By Erik Lacayo, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--ARMONA -- In an attempt to save their Armona farm from becoming a water treatment plant, members of a Texas family pleaded their case before the local water district Wednesday night.
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FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. blames human error for the explosion that killed five workers and seriously injured three others at its Illiopolis plant on April 23, 2004. In the narrowest possible analysis of the accident, the company is correct.