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Assault
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Nursing Home Law Blog
Willowglenn Employee Accused of Assaulting a Vulnerable Resident
Sadly, this is not the first occasion that we've seen accusations of staff members assaulting residents in facilities who's primary purpose is to protect these vulnerable developmentally compromised patients.
Employer Labor Relations
Employer on the Hook for Manager’s Assault of Union Representative
By Sarah K. Hamilton, Esq. In Norquay Construction, Inc., 359 NLRB No. 93 (2013), the Board recently held that an employer violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act…
Legal Profession Blog
Parking Lot Encounter Draws Suspension
An encounter in a Pompano Beach Walmart parking lot led to a year and a day suspension of an attorney by the Louisiana Supreme Court.The attorney exited his vehicle in…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Generally allegations of assault and battery will not raise a duty to defend
Insurer was not under a duty to defend an insured in an action where the insured, a teacher, was alleged to have committed assault and battery in respect to a…
Cruise Law News
Assault With Knife Lands Royal Caribbean Crew Member in Jail
By Jim Walker
A Royal Caribbean galley worker who attacked a supervisor in May of this year on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was sentenced to one year and one day in federal…
Legal Profession Blog
Strike Shove Kick
The Colorado Presiding Disciplinary Judge imposed a stayed 60 day suspension with probation for three-years, subject to conditions, in a matter involving an attorney's involvement in a series of criminal…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
A person physically assaulted in his car may not be entitled to insurance benefits under an automobile policy
An appeal by an insurer from the dismissal of its application to dismiss an insured’s claim for accident benefits. The appeal was allowed in part. Downer v. Personal Insurance Co., [2012]…
Supplemental Conditions
Philly Union Members Arrested
Philly.com is reporting that the Philadelphia Police Department has arrested two union members for assault arising out of shenanigans at the Goldtex site. Here is the video of the incident…
Legal Profession Blog
“A Dose Of The Middle Age Crazies”
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded and placed on probation an attorney as a result of criminal assaults on two women.The court described the incidents, which took place in…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Rockaway man arrested in Morristown for firing gun in the air during street fight
According to an article on NJ.com, a Rockaway man was arrested Friday for allegedly firing a handgun in the air in Morristown during an altercation with several other individuals. According…