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CBS News
3 hours ago
- Sport
- CBS News
Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf to be deposed for lawsuit over ballpark shooting
Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf will have to answer questions as part of a lawsuit stemming from a mysterious shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field in 2023. Two women suffered gunshot wounds during a White Sox game in August 2023. A 42-year-old woman was shot in the leg and a 26-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the abdomen and refused medical attention. Police said a gun went off in the ballpark during the game, striking the women. The 42-year-old woman has since filed a lawsuit against the team in 2024, accusing them of "negligence and recklessness" and not enforcing the ballpark's no firearms policy. Now attorneys for the 42-year-old woman want to ask Reinsdorf about comments he made after the game, as well as the decision to continue to play despite the shooting. A postgame concert was canceled. The woman's lawyers denied rumors she smuggled a gun into the stadium and accidentally shot herself, but that was never confirmed by the Chicago Police Department. It remains unknown how someone got a gun past security and fired inside, or if somehow the bullet came from outside the ballpark. The law firm did not say when Reinsdorf will be deposed.
Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Yahoo
Sofina Foods Inc. to pay $330K penalty toward safety program after Edmonton worker's death
An Ontario-based multinational food company was "significantly negligent" in safety failures that led to the death of an Edmonton worker, a judge says. Justice Michèle Collinson sentenced Sofina Foods Inc. on Thursday in Edmonton Court of Justice after the company pleaded guilty to one Occupational Health and Safety Act charge in the March 2023 death of Samir Subedi. Subedi, 32, died after a coworker found him unresponsive during his shift as a superintendent at Sofina's south Edmonton food processing plant. Collinson said Subedi's death was easily preventable, with workplace risks created by the company's "incompetence, inattention, or a combination of both." After going into a smokehouse to monitor some meat products drying inside, Subedi got trapped as temperatures rose to 92 C. An emergency handle to open the smokehouse doors from the inside had broken off, and despite maintenance requests that went back to May 2022, it hadn't been replaced — in violation of both provincial worker safety standards and Sofina's own policies. Instead, a makeshift door stopper was installed that could only be activated from the outside. There's no evidence that Subedi, who'd been at Sofina for about 11 months, had been trained on how to use either the emergency handle or the doorstopper. "It was not difficult to see that there was a risk of an accident in the smokehouse … given the lack of safeguards and training," Collinson said. "The fact there had been no incident prior is more an operation of luck than anything else." The judge accepted a proposal for a creative sentencing order that sees the company pay a $330,000 penalty, which will go toward funding a food worker safety training program run by the Alberta Food Processors Association. The training will be tailored to address the increased dangers of confined spaces such as smokehouses to help prevent similar deaths in the future. Collinson noted that before the company was charged last year, they had already made voluntary "direct reparations" to ensure Subedi's wife and children could cover the cost of their mortgage. She said Sofina has expressed genuine remorse. Since Subedi's death, the company has added new warning labels to smokehouses telling employees not to enter while they're running, and to check for the presence of the inner emergency handle — if it's missing or broken, they're instructed not to go inside at all. Collinson called the level of workplace deaths in Alberta "unacceptably high." She addressed part of her decision directly to Subedi's family. "Your loss and the grief causes pain and suffering, and the reality is that the process in court does very little to alleviate that. Some things just cannot be fixed; they can only be carried," she said. "We don't send our loved ones off to work thinking that this is the last time that we're going to see them." The remaining 25 OHS charges laid against Sofina Foods Inc. were withdrawn.
CBC
6 hours ago
- CBC
Sofina Foods Inc. to pay $330K penalty toward safety program after Edmonton worker's death
Social Sharing An Ontario-based multinational food company was "significantly negligent" in safety failures that led to the death of an Edmonton worker, a judge says. Justice Michèle Collinson sentenced Sofina Foods Inc. on Thursday in Edmonton Court of Justice after the company pleaded guilty to one Occupational Health and Safety Act charge in the March 2023 death of Samir Subedi. Subedi, 32, died after a coworker found him unresponsive during his shift as a superintendent at Sofina's south Edmonton food processing plant. Collinson said Subedi's death was easily preventable, with workplace risks created by the company's "incompetence, inattention, or a combination of both." After going into a smokehouse to monitor some meat products drying inside, Subedi got trapped as temperatures rose to 92 C. An emergency handle to open the smokehouse doors from the inside had broken off, and despite maintenance requests that went back to May 2022, it hadn't been replaced — in violation of both provincial worker safety standards and Sofina's own policies. Instead, a makeshift door stopper was installed that could only be activated from the outside. There's no evidence that Subedi, who'd been at Sofina for about 11 months, had been trained on how to use either the emergency handle or the doorstopper. "It was not difficult to see that there was a risk of an accident in the smokehouse … given the lack of safeguards and training," Collinson said. "The fact there had been no incident prior is more an operation of luck than anything else." The judge accepted a proposal for a creative sentencing order that sees the company pay a $330,000 penalty, which will go toward funding a food worker safety training program run by the Alberta Food Processors Association. The training will be tailored to address the increased dangers of confined spaces such as smokehouses to help prevent similar deaths in the future. Collinson noted that before the company was charged last year, they had already made voluntary "direct reparations" to ensure Subedi's wife and children could cover the cost of their mortgage. She said Sofina has expressed genuine remorse. Since Subedi's death, the company has added new warning labels to smokehouses telling employees not to enter while they're running, and to check for the presence of the inner emergency handle — if it's missing or broken, they're instructed not to go inside at all. Collinson called the level of workplace deaths in Alberta "unacceptably high." She addressed part of her decision directly to Subedi's family. "Your loss and the grief causes pain and suffering, and the reality is that the process in court does very little to alleviate that. Some things just cannot be fixed; they can only be carried," she said. "We don't send our loved ones off to work thinking that this is the last time that we're going to see them." The remaining 25 OHS charges laid against Sofina Foods Inc. were withdrawn.
South China Morning Post
10 hours ago
- Health
- South China Morning Post
US woman sues Singapore Airlines over alleged allergy oversight that led to emergency landing
Singapore Airlines is facing a lawsuit in the United States after a New York paediatrician claimed she suffered a severe allergic reaction mid-flight when she was served shrimp despite having warned cabin crew of her shellfish allergy. The incident forced the aircraft to divert to Paris for emergency medical care. In a complaint filed on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Dr Doreen Benary alleged that her explicit allergy disclosure was overlooked during meal service on Singapore Airlines flight SQ026 from Frankfurt to New York on October 8. Benary, 41, was flying business class and had informed the crew of her allergy to shrimp after boarding, according to the court filing. Nonetheless, she was allegedly served a dish containing the allergen and became ill shortly after eating it. 'Nearly immediately after ingesting a portion of said meal, Plaintiff detected the presence of shrimp and began to feel ill,' the complaint states. When she questioned the crew, a flight attendant 'admitted that she had made an error and apologised'. The flight was subsequently diverted to Paris, where Benary was taken by ambulance and treated at two different medical facilities. Filed under the Montreal Convention – the international treaty that governs liability in international air travel – the lawsuit accuses Singapore Airlines of negligence, arguing the incident meets the legal threshold of an 'accident', defined as an 'unexpected or unusual event or occurrence external to the passenger'.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Fears as 'no medical record exists of examination' that led to fatal discharge of little girl
A coroner has written to Wes Streeting over the tragedy of little Lila Marsland, who was found dead from meningitis, hours after being sent home from hospital being told she had tonsillitis. The coroner told Mr Streeting that he is 'concerned' about how 'vital clinical information' could risk 'being lost' in a complicated 'mixture of various analogue and digital systems' in use at Tameside General Hospital. Alarm around missing medical information include that 'no medical record appears to exist of the examination of Lila which was undertaken by the locum registrar in paediatrics which resulted was discharged from hospital'. READ MORE: Hay fever or Covid? How to tell the difference as new Nimbus variant hits UK READ MORE: How to tell if you have new 'Nimbus' Covid variant or summer cold The coroner also aired fears for the rest of the country's hospitals which 'continue to operate with information being stored and shared in a fragmented and disjointed way'. Lila Marsland was found unresponsive in bed by her mum, dying from meningitis. But around eight hours earlier, the five-year-old was discharged from a long stint in Tameside Hospital as her mum was told she had tonsillitis. Following an inquest at the start of June, which examined Lila's care and treatment at Tameside General Hospital, a jury concluded her death was preventable and 'contributed to by neglect'. Coroner Chris Morris told the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: 'The court heard evidence that, over the course of almost 10 hours in hospital, Lila's history and details of examinations and assessments undertaken were recorded on a mixture of various analogue and digital systems in operation in different parts of the Trust, leading to a risk of vital clinical information being lost in the system. 'I am concerned that this, and other hospitals elsewhere in the country, continue to operate with information being stored and shared between professionals in a fragmented and disjointed way.' On December 27, 2023, Lila started getting sick. By the evening, Lila's mum - a district nurse who worked for Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - knew it was serious enough to take her daughter to the trust's A&E at Tameside Hospital. Lila was suffering headaches, a sore throat, a high heart rate, neck pain and limited neck movement, vomiting, lethargy and was unable to pass urine. Lila was sent from adult A&E to paediatric A&E. Mum Rachel Micherton asked hospital staff if it was meningitis. A number of nurses were concerned meningitis was a possible cause for Lila's illness but, following tests and a review by an experienced paediatric registrar doctor, decided she was more likely suffering from tonsillitis. The five-year-old was discharged from Tameside Hospital with antibiotics and a throat spray at around 2am on December 28. Around eight hours later, she was found unresponsive in bed by her mum. She called 999 and attempted CPR. Paramedics arrived, but Lila was pronounced dead at 9.19am. Following the inquest last month at Stockport Coroners Court, the Greater Manchester South Area Coroner produced two 'prevention of future deaths' reports. The reports are sent to relevant authorities to attempt to stop further deaths from causes uncovered during an inquest. Along with his letter to Mr Streeting, the coroner also wrote to the bosses of Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust raising fears about its lacking implementation of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance around meningitis, and notes missing from Lila's case. The absent notes include a record of the final review of Lila by a senior paediatric registrar before she was fatefully discharged. The coroner's prevention report aimed at trust bosses reads: 'I am concerned that no medical record appears to exist of the examination of Lila which was undertaken by the locum registrar in paediatrics which resulted was discharged from hospital. 'The absence of this key piece of evidence serves to limit the ability of the trust to derive all possible learning from Lila's death.' The coroner also shared fears that crucial childhood sepsis screening tools are 'not yet fully embedded in the minds of those who assess and treat children and young people at the trust'. Mr Morris, too, aired concerns that an emergency medicine consultant who approved Lila's transfer from adult to paediatric A&E 'provided a statement to this court that they had seen' Lila 'and 'visually assessed [her] at least'. When called to give evidence in court during the inquest, the consultant admitted this had not happened. Earlier in the inquest, the hearing was told that in a supplementary written statement to the inquest, Dr Muhammad Farooq said: "In this case, on the request of the staff nurse, I performed a preliminary visual assessment and reviewed the patient's vital signs." However, speaking in the witness box, he said he now accepted that was 'wrong' and he had not 'eyeballed the patient'. "Do you accept, in this case, those words are misleading?," Mr Morris said. "It implies you had been to see Lila, or seen her from a distance." "I accept a mistake," Dr Farooq said. "I very openly and honestly accept the mistake." "Should you have gone to see Lila?" Mr Morris asked. "If I would have gone to see Lila, in my final assessment I would have transferred the patient in the same manner, to the paediatric emergency department, to get her seen quickly," he said. Asked how he knew that, Dr Farooq said: "The department was very busy and there was no space downstairs to see the patient. That was the quickest way to see the patient." Ms Mincherton has not returned to work since Lila's death and was 'uncertain' about doing so, as she would 'need to promote the trust' that dealt with her child. More than a year on, an inquest determined Lila died from pneumococcal meningitis streptococcal pneumonia. The Hyde girl's death from meningitis was 'contributed to by neglect', the jury concluded after an eight-day inquest. 'Had Lila been admitted to hospital and given broad spectrum antibiotics within the first hour of being triaged, this would have prevented Lila's death,' the jury concluded. The trust has apologised and accepted there were failings. Ms Mincherton, outside court, said: "I would like to thank the jury for coming to this conclusion, based on the evidence provided - a conclusion I have known for 17 months. "Hearing the word 'neglect' is something a parent should never have to hear and we are now left with the devastating loss of our daughter for the rest of our lives." Rachael and scaffolder Darren, 42, said their lives - and that of Lila's 15 year-old sister Ava - had been 'devastated'. They have been left feeling 'empty'. A spokesperson for Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust said: "We want to express our sincere condolences to Lila's family for their heartbreaking loss. "It is clear from the independent investigation that there were missed opportunities in Lila's care. We accept the coroner's findings and apologise unreservedly for this. As a Trust, we have made and will continue to make improvements to ensure we learn from this case."
