Hospital and Pharmacy Chain Sued The family of the legendary musician, producer, and artist, Prince, have filed a wrongful death suit in connection with his fatal overdose in 2016. Attorneys filed the suit against an Illinois hospital and against Walgreens Co. The Allegations On Minnesota Public Radio, reporter Matt Sepic said that the family’s attorneys […]
Supreme Court Protects Oil Field Workers Oil-field workers can now sue well operators for injuries suffered on a drilling rig. That is, now that the Oklahoma Supreme Court said that a portion of the state workers’ compensation law was unconstitutional. That clause stated that oil and natural gas well operators couldn’t be sued for such […]
Window blinds are involved in two child injuries every day and nearly one child death every month, according to a new study. The study, published in the medical journal Pediatrics, found that nearly 17,000 children under 6 were treated in emergency rooms for window-blind related injuries from 1990 to 2015. In addition, during the 26-year period, 271 […]
“The time is always right to do what is right,” one of the most memorable and repeated statements by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is taken from one of three speeches in as many years given at Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio at the height of the civil rights movement. November 1963 November of 1963, Rev. […]
The union that represents Tulsa Public Schools bus drivers held a news conference Tuesday, August 22, to promote safe driving around the big yellow buses that take students back and forth to school every day. AFT Local 6049 launched the “Stop for the Bus – Our Kids Are Worth the Wait” campaign to remind other […]
The Trump administration is making a controversial decision to scrap Obama-era plans that require all truck, train, and bus operators to be screened for sleep apnea. Sleep Apnea: a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. Sleep apnea usually is a chronic condition […]
In the past few years, Oklahoma lawmakers have passed more than a dozen bills that later were found to be unconstitutional. Sen. Kay Floyd wants to determine how much that has cost the state. Her idea is among 44 interim studies approved last week and assigned to legislative committees. Committee chairs will have the final […]
The summer season is coming to a close, and that means that school is just around the corner. However, students aren’t the only ones uneasy about the first day of school. With the start of a new school year comes new safety hazards that have many parents worried, from their children walking to school to […]
Staying up to date with what’s going on in your community and nation is important; but keeping up with the many events that happen each week, much less each day, is nearly impossible. Educating yourself on the current events going on around you can save time and keep you safe. However, staying on top of […]
Staying up to date with what’s going on in your community and nation is important; but keeping up with the many events that happen each week, much less each day, is nearly impossible. Educating yourself on the current events going on around you can save time and keep you safe. However, staying on top of […]