A family faced devastating tragedy on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on the morning of Tuesday, June 4, when a teenager driving his parent’s SUV without a license struck and killed a four-year-old and injured her grandmother. According to authorities, the accident occurred at West 97th Street and Amsterdam Avenue around…
A seven-year-old boy was pronounced dead one week after being attacked by a neighbor’s bulldogs while riding his bicycle. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office informed local media that Tyler Jett was pronounced dead at a Pensacola hospital Sunday afternoon. The cause of death was a punctured carotid artery. Last Tuesday,…
A four-year-old boy is in an Orlando hospital after nearly drowning on a cruise ship while it was docked at Port Canaveral. The child was aboard the Disney Fantasy cruise ship Saturday afternoon before it embarked on a journey through the Caribbean. Rena Langley, Disney Cruise Line spokeswoman, stated that…
Ethan V. Estrada, the seven-year-old son of a Charlotte County, Florida deputy, was killed Tuesday after he was run over by a car in a driveway. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that Estrada was in the driveway of a Port Charlotte home when Terrence Hunter of Ontario, Canada slowly backed…
Two Miami Gardens middle school girls are in stable condition and recovering after being thrown from a van on their way home from school Wednesday. The girls, Genesis Miller and Tonja Carter, and two other children boarded the van they ride home every day from Norland Middle School. The van…
Golden Glades Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a Miami Gardens nursing home, will close its 60-bed children’s unit after years of harsh criticism. The facility stands at the center of a bitter dispute over Florida’s system of care for extremely sick and disabled children. In recent years, it has been linked…
A young Kentucky boy had his nose reattached this week after he was mauled in a pit bull attack. Ten-year-old Matthew Weaver was visiting a friend’s home and playing in the yard with two others and the dog, before he was attacked. The play made the dog rowdy, so the…
State officials were on site today, visiting a Miami Gardens nursing home that is currently under investigation over its treatment of “medically fragile children” in its care. These fragile children, who are in the care of the State of Florida, have been living at Golden Glades Nursing & Rehabilitation Center,…
Florida has been on the radar of many child-welfare agencies after it was discovered that the state has been funneling sick and disabled children into nursing homes designed for elderly patients. The Department of Children & Families has created new policies essentially raising the bar for children to be admitted…
New reports state that New Mexico may have to pay as much as $120 million for a potential class action lawsuit. The suit has already paid out $45 million in settlements to 118 families since 1998, but an estimated 101 new medical malpractice claims have arisen. The University of New…