Oklahoma Caretaker Charged with Elder Abuse.

Posted on July 3, 2012 by gil hoy

A Yukon, Oklahoma caretaker is facing criminal charges of alleged abuse from an elderly nursing home resident in Oklahoma.

The former certified nurse aide at the Ranchwood Nursing Center in Yukon, Joe Allen Gordon, 58, is charged in the local county district court with one count of criminal abuse by a caretaker.

Gordon allegedly used a bed sheet to tie an 89 year-old nursing home resident to her chair. Such restraints are prohibited by Oklahoma state law and nursing home policy. Physical restraints may only be implemented under a doctor’s orders and generally only with written consent from the patient.

If convicted, Gordon could face up to 10 years in jail and/or a fine of up to $10,000. Under Oklahoma’s Elderly and Incapacitated Victim’s Protection Program, passed by the Oklahoma State legislature in 1999, someone convicted of caretaker abuse faces a mandatory sentence of 30 days in jail.

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Cleveland, OH Woman Loses Limbs to Flesh-Eating Virus—Suing Doctor for Medical Malpractice.

Posted on June 30, 2012 by gil hoy

Forty six year-old Lisa-Marie Carter is suing her doctor in a medical malpractice lawsuit after he perforated her bowel during an outpatient ovarian cyst removal surgery. The wound resulted in necrotizing fasciitis, a potentially deadly flesh-eating bacterium, which is a rare and serious disease that can destroy body tissue, skin and fat. After what should have been a four-hour surgery, Carter left the hospital a full six months later- without her hands or her feet.

Carter claims that her doctor accidentally sliced through her bowel during her November 2010 procedure, but failed to notice the mistake. Her complaint filed in court alleges that when she used the restroom the next day, her incision opened up, releasing “copious” amounts of fluid. Three days later, her doctor inspected the wound, found that the bowel had been sliced, and discovered the flesh-eating bacteria. He cut that part of her stomach away, and Carter underwent another eight operations over the course of the next 12 days to remove more of her stomach, intestines and muscle.

Carter’s forearms and lower legs had to be amputated when doctors realized they weren’t getting sufficient blood flow. She now endures rehabilitation sessions in which she must learn how to live with prosthetic limbs.

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Illinois Prosecutors Refusing to Defend Gay Marriage Ban.

Posted on June 26, 2012 by gil hoy

Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, and Cook County State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, are refusing to defend the Illinois ban on gay marriage in the courts. The Illinois ban defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, and Illinois prosecutors are saying that it violates the Illinois constitution’s equal protection clause. The twenty-five Illinois couples who had joined lawsuits challenging the gay marriage ban were thrilled to hear that they would not be beginning a long legal battle.

Currently, six states and the District of Columbia have officially legalized gay marriage. Several other states are in the process of attempting to legalize gay marriage.

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