To some, the prospect of winning a contest brings out their competitive nature. While at the end of most contests, clear winners and losers, are established, in most cases death is not a part of the equation for individuals in…
When residents of Miami head out for an evening of music and fun there is an expectation that they will be afforded a certain level of safety. The locations where these events occur employ security officers to ensure that no…
This past July we provided an update to the lawsuit the family of the deceased drum major filed against multiple defendants in his hazing death. At that point Florida A&M University had been added to the lawsuit previously filed against…
There is news on the legal front in the untimely death of Florida A&M University’s drum major. The 26-year-old college student died last November after he was the victim of an attack, aboard one of the band’s buses, reportedly due…
Most people assume when they visit a public place that they will be kept safe from harm. Some establishments, such as night clubs, employ security to in part keep its patrons safe. Other types of clubs, such as strip clubs,…
By now most people throughout the country have heard about the tragic death of a member of the Florida A&M marching band this past November. The cause of the young man’s death was reportedly hazing. An autopsy ruled his death…
Surgeons operating on the wrong side of a patient’s brain or reconstructive knee surgery performed on the right patient, but on the wrong leg are just two examples of wrong-site surgical errors that occur throughout the nation an estimated 40…
A woman who was sexually assaulted when she was only 15 years old has since become an advocate for implementing anti-bullying policies in the Miami-Dade Public School District. Last week, the woman found a new reason to be happy when…
After the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs conducted its own investigation at three VA hospitals in 2009, the Administrative Investigation Board discovered that more than 11,000 veterans had been given colonoscopies with unclean equipment. One of those hospitals included the…