Residents of Georgetown, South Carolina (SC), have filed suit against International Paper, claiming that high levels of toxins from the paper mill IP operates in the town have caused serious health problems. The Post and Courier is reporting that the people who filed the suit are claiming IP “knew, or should have known, that the…
I noticed over the weekend that an Oklahoma (OK) man has filed a lawsuit against the surgeon who mistakenly operated on and severely damaged his healthy knee. Earlier this year, William Paul Boykin went to Bailey Medical Center to have arthroscopic surgery to repair damage in one knee. According to court filings summarized in a…
North Carolina State Troopers reported that two Maryland women died in a head-on accident last Sunday night in Craven County. The crash occurred on Highway 17, just north of Vanceboro, North Carolina (N.C.). The victims killed in this tragic accident were Lorriane Boboteck, the driver of the southbound vehicle and Christina Sonn, the driver of…
Recently, a Beaufort County worker had to be rescued after he fell out of his cherry-picker. The worker, not identified, had dropped about 8 feet last Wednesday afternoon. Fortunately his safety harness kicked in stopping his fall. According to authorities the worker was quickly rescued and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The workplace…
Sumter, South Carolina police say a 14-year-old girl was driving a car packed with children when it crashed, killing one child. Authorities report that the girl’s mother was in the passenger seat of the 1989 Buick when it hit a tree in this North Carolina border town. The negligent mother, Nicole Ford (32) was in…