Nursing homes and assisted care facilities advertise their services in glowing terms, but the reality is that the care at many of these places is extremely lacking. Problems include understaffing, poor training of employees, and poor supervision. All of these factors can lead to neglect and abuse of vulnerable adults. As we discussed in a…
An apparent road rage incident recently took the life of a Navy officer as he drove his motorcycle on a highway in San Diego, and video recorded by a witness moments before the fatal collision has emerged. The video shows a car traveling close behind a motorcycle, and according to the witness, the car came…
The NBC Los Angeles segment, “Former teacher charged with more sex crimes after second victim comes forward,” addresses the additional charges filed against Marlborough School’s former English teacher, Dr. Joseph Koetters. In February 2015, Mr. Koetters was criminally charged with having a sexual relationship with one of his students between 2000 and 2002 and impregnating…
Due to a variety of factors, cesarean section deliveries have become more common in the last few decades. Many women in the U.S. are waiting until later in life to give birth; in vitro fertilization has increased the incidence of multiple births; a C-section may be necessary because of obesity or diabetes; and there are…
Multi-vehicle auto accidents involving large commercial vehicles require detailed investigations to determine exactly what happened. Truck drivers and trucking companies are subject to regulations that do not apply to passenger vehicles, and unfortunately violations of trucking industry regulations are to blame for many crashes. Police are looking into the cause of a recent series of…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is the federal agency responsible for inspecting consumer products, including those imported from other countries. You might assume that this is a big agency, with lots of resources and legislation to back it up, but the truth is that the commission regulates very few of the thousands of products…
As published in KTLA, KABC, and Daily Breeze, on April 8, 2015, three men were convicted and sentenced to decades in prison in the 2013 Westchester Nordstrom Rack take-over robbery case. During the takeover, Raymond Sherman, Jr., Troy Hammock and Everett Allen demanded 14 Nordstrom employees to strip down to their underwear as they robbed…
BuzzFeed recently reported that a second young woman, “Marcy”, accused her former teacher at Marlborough School of sexually abusing her while a student at the elite private school. The article states that English teacher Dr. Joseph Koetters engaged in a “full-blown sexual relationship” with Marcy when she was a junior. Mr. Koetters began grooming and…
Accident reconstruction is often a crucial part of determining which driver’s mistake caused the crash. Sadly, when one of the drivers is killed in the accident, determining fault can be particularly challenging because that driver is no longer able to provide his or her account of how the collision occurred. Grieving families looking for answers…
Often there are warning signs that sexual abuse of a child has occurred or could occur. In many cases, perpetrators exhibit red flags that someone notices. If a person reports signs of sexual abuse or possible sexual abuse, then employers and other people in a position of authority have an obligation to follow up on…