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The clinic where comedian Joan Rivers stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest is currently under investigation. Rivers went to Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan on August 28th for a routine throat endoscopy procedure and was later rushed to Mt. Sinai Hospital and placed on life support when she stopped breathing during the procedure. She died on September 4th at the…
Since 2013, Michigan doctor Farid Fata has been facing a multitude of criminal charges stemming from an insurance fraud scheme in which he deliberately misdiagnosed patients with cancer and ordered unnecessary chemotherapy treatments. Fata had been the owner of Michigan Hematology Oncology Centers with locations in Bloomfield Hills, Clarkston, Sterling Heights, Lapeer, Troy, and Oak Park. The government reports Fata’s…
42-year-old Tim Dougherty, a foreman for the Kent County Road Commission, has died in a tragic construction accident. At about 8:00 AM on the morning of September 8th, Dougherty was struck by a motor grader being driven by a fellow road worker. The accident happened along the 61000 block of Alaska Avenue in Caledonia Township, MI, which is in the…
Dog owners Valbona Lucaj and Sebastiano Quagliata are facing second-degree murder charges after their dogs, two Cane Corsos, mauled and killed 46-year-old Craig Sytsma as he was jogging in Metamora Township in Lapeer County on the evening of July 23rd. The fatal attack came after the dogs in question had been involved in multiple other attacks in the area. In…
Image from mLive Two children were injured when they fell from a ferris wheel at the Chelsea Community Fair on the night of August 21, 2014. At approximately 8:20 PM, witnesses described seeing the children, an 8-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, falling 15-20 feet to the ground after their cab on the Ferris wheel tipped forward. Paramedics rushed the…
Just days before his 39th birthday, Richard Colletti of Clinton Township, MI was killed while shopping at the Menards in Chesterfield Township. Colletti and his wife were in the store the morning of August 30, 2014 when a 400-500 pound pallet of ceramic tiles and other flooring supplies fell from a shelf 12-15 feet high. Colletti’s wife was uninjured, but…
When you go to see a doctor or have surgery, you go in trusting your doctor will do what’s best for you. However, doctors are human beings and are fully capable of making mistakes just like anybody else. But when the average person makes a mistake, it typically doesn’t have the life-or-death consequences that can come with a doctor’s error.…
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning of fall. Students return to school, final summer vacations are taken, and the long weekend provides a great opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends. Regardless of where you spend your Labor Day, Goodwin & Scieszka asks you to be safe and remember what Labor Day commemorates. What is Labor Day?…
Yesterday’s severe thunderstorm knocked down trees, power lines, and caused streetlights to malfunction. Goodwin & Scieszka would like to remind all drivers to use the utmost care during their daily commutes. Give yourself ample time to get to work and be on the lookout for fallen tree branches and other debris in the road. DTE is reporting that more than…
Have you been injured because of a dog bite or attack? Did you know that you’re entitled to compensation for your injuries? Michigan’s strict liability dog bite law protects those injured who were lawfully in the place where they were bitten, and did not provoke the animal prior to the attack. Take a look at the Michigan dog bite law:…