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Man Sues Hospital After Wrong Testicle Removed During Cancer Surgery

LONDON (CBSDC) — A British man is suing a hospital after surgeons removed the wrong testicle during cancer surgery.

The U.K. Metro reports doctors realized the mistake about 40 minutes after the initial surgery and tried to correct the mistake in an emergency procedure to no avail.

“The matter is in the hands of my solicitor,” the unnamed man said. “She is about to issue proceedings now.”

Read more:

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/02/26/man-sues-hospital-after-wrong-testicle-removed-during-cancer-surgery/

Women busts 5 caps in black burglars skull saving her family – guns save the day

The Loganville mother of two assumed the knocks on her front door Friday afternoon were from a solicitor.

“Don’t answer,” she yelled to her 9-year-old twins playing downstairs.

When the visitor began repeatedly ringing the doorbell, she called her husband at work.

“Get the kids and hide,” he told his wife.

As he dialed 911, his 37-year-old spouse, who works from home, collected the children and hid with them in a crawlspace adjoining her [...]

Ireland Farmer setup barricade for bank eviction!

The War has started people. We setup this Facebook page just over a week ago.

http://www.facebook.com/antieviction.dundalk

anyone that has a page please add yourself as friends. I will travel to Limerick over the coming days and will report back with videos of the situation.

Seamus Sherlock is getting victimised because he stood up before. And is now going to be an example to Ireland that this is what we do. If you do [...]

Lithuanian Olympic basketball fan who made Nazi salutes and monkey chants at black players says ‘it’s no problem in my country’ as he is fined $4,000

Petras Lescinskas, 36, made offensive gestures during London 2012 match between Lithuania and Nigeria
He said such behaviour was acceptable in Lithuania and he’d done it before
‘Your behaviour was despicable,’ district judge tells him

A Lithuanian accountant who made Nazi salutes and aimed monkey chants at black players during an Olympic basketball match has insisted such behaviour is acceptable in his home country.

Petras Lescinskas, 36, has been fined £2,500 after he was [...]

School union wins ‘right’ to eat expired food

SHARPSVILLE —

Union workers in the Sharpsville Area School District cafeteria were the victors in a dispute with the school over what they could, and could not eat.

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees filed the grievance in 2011, according to the settlement which was approved by a unanimous vote of the school board May 21.

The board’s solicitor Bob Tesone approved the release of a copy of [...]

NEWS: ‘Massacre’ families seek inquiry: Malaysians seeking an inquiry into the 1948 killing of villagers by UK troops

Malaysians seeking an inquiry into the 1948 killing of 24 villagers by UK troops say their relatives’ deaths were “cold-blooded mass murder”.

The alleged massacre at Batang Kali happened when Malaya was part of the British Empire.

The government’s refusal to formally investigate is to be challenged in a judicial review hearing.

The British authorities at the time said the men were insurgents killed as they tried to escape.

Relatives of the dead [...]

City May Create ‘No Knock List’ To Keep Away Door-To-Door Solicitors

ROYAL OAK (WWJ) – After the murder of an 80-year-old woman in her home last fall, the City of Royal Oak is looking into possibly adopting a so-called community “no knock” list in an attempt to tighten the limits on door-to-door solicitors.

WWJ Newsradio 950 spoke with Royal Oak City Attorney Dave Gillam.

“A homeowner would have the ability to have their name and address put on that list. And, essentially, that would make it illegal or [...]

Government to consider tightening up referral fee ban and regulating third-party funding

McNally: clarified situation on solicitor-to-solicitor referrals

The government is to consider tightening up the ban on referral fees in personal injury and also introducing statutory regulation of third-party litigation funding, it confirmed yesterday.

While rejecting calls to exempt charities and trade unions from the ban, justice minister Lord McNally told the House of Lords that the government would scrutinise amendments laid by solicitor Lord Hunt of Wirral, who told peers that “there [...]