Category: negligence

Parents of Obese Teenager who Died During Lockdown Jailed for Gross Negligence Manslaughter

The parents of a 16-year-old girl who weighed 22 stone 13 pound (321 pounds) and died as a result of medical complications from her obesity have been jailed for manslaughter owing to gross negligence. Kaylea Titford, who had spina bifida and hydrocephalus and had been in a wheelchair since she was a young child, died at…


Chlorine Gas Leak in Iraq’s South Injures at Least 300

BAGHDAD—A chlorine gas leak at a water purification plant in southern Iraq injured at least 300 people, officials said Monday. The incident happened Sunday night when the potentially fatal gas leaked from a container in the plant in the district of Qal’at Sukkar north of the southern city of Nasiriyah. Hundreds of people suffering severe…


Did Teen’s Big Size Factor in Florida Amusement Ride Death?

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—A rising middle school football player in Missouri, only 14 but already 6 feet, 5 inches tall and well over 300 pounds, Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a towering Florida amusement ride. Lawyers for his family want to know if negligence about his size, or other factors, played a role. “This…


Those Who Ignore Crime Are Just as Culpable

Commentary “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” — Albert Einstein Dr. Stanley Weber worked for the Indian Health Service as a pediatrician for more than two decades. He was assigned to reservation facilities in…