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Offers a look at a fire at a Rhode Island night club that killed one hundred and injured two hundred more in 2003. Imposition of a new fire code in Rhode Island by Governor Donald Carcieri; Indictments that have been issued; Blame placed on night club owners Jeffrey and Michael Derderian; Reaction of the victims' families; Role of attorney general Patrick Lynch; Proposal of legislation that would make it a crime to cause injury through negligence; Lawsuits that have been filed; Investigation of what is left of the night club; Research being conducted to improve safety.

The article discusses the lawsuit filed against Michael Bryant, former Ontario attorney general and chief executive officer (CEO) of Invest Toronto, an agency owned and operated by the City of Toronto. It mentions that Bryant was charged with criminal negligence causing death, and dangerous driving causing death of a young man on a bicycle, Darcy "Allan" Sheppard. It outlines the reasons of dropping of charges against Bryant, and the public statement of Special Prosecutor Richard Peck.

The article discusses a court case wherein the Texas state supreme court did not dismiss the case on the allegation of plaintiff Debra Kirwan of gross negligence against the City of Waco with regards to the recreational use statutes (RUS). It states that Kirwan has produced the evidence of the City's awareness in the conscious indifference to the risks related to the death of college student Brad McGehee. It adds the granted petition of the City to review the decision of the appeal court.

The article discusses a court case of Gonzalez v. Thomas Built Buses Inc. based on negligence, fraudulent concealment and misrepresentation of school bus by the defendant bus manufacturer. It mentions the improper method of service and the claim for extension of time of the plaintiff. It also informs about granting of extension of time for effective service of plaintiff, granting of defendant's motion to vacate and the denial of defendant's motion to dismiss by the U.S. district court.

The article discusses the growing number of lawsuits arising from the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. BP was accused of gross negligence concerning its operational decisions and supervision of the drilling rig and the subcontractors. Also noted is the complaint against Transocean Ltd., owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, for equipping the rig with only one blowout preventer. Wrongful death actions were filed by some of the families of Transocean workers who were killed in the well blowout.

The article discusses the effort of breast surgeon John Harman to achieve a normal life after he was found guilty of negligence to the health of his patient in New Zealand. It states that Harman is struggling and fighting back after the case was settled in the High Court of New Zealand. Harman admits that the case changed his life perspective as well as his career in surgery.

The article focuses on the criminalization of negligence under the Clean Water Act (CWA) in the U.S. It cites a case involving container ship M/V Cosco Busan which leaked heavy fuel oil into the San Francisco/Oakland Bay in California following an allision accident. It examines several provisions under CWA that allow the prosecution of negligence on the part of the San Francisco Bar pilot and the ship operator. It stresses that the criminalization of environmental negligence brings tension to the civil and criminal liability constructs.

This article discusses the Triangle Shirtwaist Garment Factory Fire, which occurred near Washington Square in New York City's Greenwich Village on March 25, 1911. The collection of records of attorney Max D. Steuer at the New York County Lawyers Association has proven invaluable to researchers and authors of the fire. The manuscripts give trial details of factory owners Isaac Harris and Max Blanck who were accused of manslaughter and negligence. Books mentioned in the article include "The Triangle Fire," by Leon Stein and "Triangle: The Fire that Changed America," by David Von Drehle.

The author reports on a campaign by two women from Bhopal, India, to force Union Carbide to take responsibility for the ongoing health problems of people living near the site of the company's chemical plant, which exploded in 1984. Every December for the past nineteen years, marchers in Bhopal, India, have paraded an effigy of Warren Anderson through town and burned it. Anderson is despised because he was the CEO of Union Carbide on December 3, 1984, when an explosion at the company's Bhopal factory leaked deadly methyl isocyanate gas over the city's shantytowns in the worst industrial disaster in history. As the disaster's twentieth anniversary approaches, Bhopal is back in the news. On April 19 two advocates for the survivors won the most prestigious environmental award given in the United States. In her acceptance speech at the annual Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony in San Francisco, Rashida Bee confessed that she and colleague Champa Devi Shukla initially assumed they had been selected by mistake." One a Muslim and the other a Hindu, Bee and Shukla are leading the fight to hold Union Carbide and its new owner, Dow Chemical, accountable for the Bhopal disaster, which the two women assert is still killing and injuring thousands of people a year through poisoned groundwater. Neither Union Carbide nor Dow has ever faced trial for Bhopal--inconceivable, activists charge, had the disaster occurred in the United States or Europe. Upon review of the settlement, an Indian court reinstated criminal charges against Union Carbide and Warren Anderson in 1991. When neither the corporation nor Anderson showed up for trial, they were declared fugitives from justice. The Indian government is now seeking their extradition, but Washington has not honored the request.

The article discusses the clean-up exercise in Pakistan's cellular industry in the form of SIMS re-verification with the help of Biometric Verification System (BVS) under the National Action Plan (NAP) designed by the government and stake holders following the terrorist attack on Army Public School, Peshawar. Topics discussed include an order imposed on the cellular mobile operators (CMOs) to stop the sale of SIMS through retailers until April 2015 and the criminal negligence of the industry.

The article reports that singer-actress Claudine Longet has been released from Pitkin County, Colorado courthouse on a 5,000 dollars bond in the shooting death of her partner ski champion Vladimir Sabich at his home in Aspen, Colorado. It states that District Attorney Frank Tucker prepares to arraign her with possible charges that range from criminally negligent homicide to second-degree murder, which has a maximum of 50 years imprisonment. It says that Longet has called the Aspen Valley Hospital, reporting that there had been a shooting after she returned to Sabich's home from drinking in a couple of hours at a watering hole. Meanwhile, it mentions that Longet was a former wife of singer Andy Williams, who remains as her friend and stood beside her in time of crisis.

Reports that the U.S. Army took command of lighting regulations along the East Coast to halt the criminal negligence of many coast areas which have persistently made it possible for Axis submarines to detect silhouettes of vessels at night. Ineffectiveness of measures taken by the Army and the U.S. War Department due to lack of cooperation from waterfront communities from Maine to Florida; Permission of neon advertising, given by the municipal administrations; Need for an awakening of the battle spirit in every heart among the people.

The article reports on a train accident that occurred in Woodbridge, New Jersey in early February 1951. The Pennsylvania train, called the Broker, was driven by engineer Joseph Fitzsimmons. As of February 19, 1951, there were already 84 dead and 400 injured people from the accident. According to assistant county prosecutor Alex Eber, the railroad is liable of criminal negligence.

The article discusses two U.S. court cases which involve charges of security negligence against establishments. The implication of the cases, DePrins v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Simmons v. Kingston Heights Apts., is that property owners cannot be held liable for crimes out of personal grudge because these are not foreseeable. It is also held that it is their duty to maintain security measures to protect tenants against foreseeable third party crimes. A summary of the court rulings is provided.

The article discusses practices to defend against false claims with criminal incident report. It discusses the significance of adequate and reasonable security precautions to ward off a potential damage award. It highlights the essential elements of a crime incident report including description of lighting conditions, victim's identity, and weather conditions.

Offers news briefs on science as of March 20, 1999. The acquittal of Laurent Fabius, former prime minister of France, and Georgina Dufoix, his social affairs minister, for negligence in their handling of contaminated blood in the 1980s; Request by health and consumer groups to the United States Food and Drug Administration to ban the routine use of antibiotics in animal feed; Action of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in response to dioxin levels in vegetables.

The article reflects on concerns regarding accountability to be assumed by custodians for negligence causing child injuries and deaths. It presents the views of Shi Fengchu on parents considered as victims when their children are severely hurt or killed due to their negligence. It also mentions that the Western countries pay more attention to parental responsibility in child custody.

The article reports on the incident happened in Suburban General Hospital in Norristown, Pennsylvania wherein the oxygen which they used for their patient were replaced with nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. The incident has revealed after physician Leonard Becker discovered that the tube labeled oxygen was actually pumping nitrous oxide to their patient. Hospital authorities identified that the incident was caused by mislabeled pipe connections that caused as many as five deaths. It also cites a 7 million dollars in damages granted to Carolyn Ann Lord, who died from being given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen at the Southmore Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas .

The article reports on an accident in which security guard Robert Bell's three-year-old son has shot his playmate, six-year-old Jeffery Krauch, using his father's .357-magnum pistol. It states that Bell placed the gun in the dining room cabinet in his mother's house when he came to visit her in South Baltimore along with his girlfriend and two children. It also mentions that neither Bell nor anyone else will be charged with negligence because the former had a permit for the pistol and the accident was beyond concerns regarding legality and illegality.

The article focuses on the judgment of Chief Judge Yuzo Kawachi to the criminal case involving Army Specialist Third Class William S. Girard. It mentions that Girard, who was charged of killing Naka Sakai, was determined guilty by Kawachi. It also states that Kawachi's decision connoted the nearly criminal negligence of the U.S. military authorities. It adds that Kawachi sentenced payment for the expenses of the witnesses and hard labor suspension.

The article focuses on the issues regarding end of criminal negligence trial of the three railway workers involved in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. It mentions government has fulfill a number of long-overdue commitments to improving rail safety and Transportation Safety Board about political interference. It also mentions Transport Canada remains captive to industry and Bakken shale are explosive products.

The author reflects on the Navy's decision to take homicide charges against two commanding officers whose negligence led to the death of several sailors in the destroyer Fitzgerald collision. He further states that till date there was no such prosecutions and criminal charges taken on previous mishaps which puts the navy is a dicey situation and the responsibilities of the Senior navel officers to make proper decisions during risk.

An editorial is presented on the importance of child care and protection, focusing on the healthcare system in India and its ability to protect newborn babies and children. Topics include the death of 30 children in Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Hospital in Gorakhpur, India, the response of the entire hospital administration to the incidence in which they tried to hide the reasons than owning responsibility, and the issue of criminal negligence of duty.

The article focuses on an accident that happened on March 24, 2011 in Windsor, Ontario, in the U.S. that killed one man. It mentions that a contractor was hired to repair Windsor sewer system that struck a gas pipeline in the front of a house which was clearly marked with warning of gas pipe line. It informs that police arrested supervisor of contractor on February 1, 2012 with count of criminal negligence causing death.

The article discusses several court cases on landlord's negligence in New York. It states that a visitor of a tenant's house has sued tenant and landlord after a tenant's dog has bitten the visitor's child. It says that a tenant has sued a landlord due to inoperable smoke detector, leading for a fire incident that caused injuries to the tenant's child. It adds that a tenant's brother has sued landlord at the New York City (NYC) Housing Authority (NYCHA) due to an attack in building stairwell.

The article reports on a freak accident between a corporate jet and the Gol Linhas Aereas Boeing 737 in Brazil, which killed 154 passengers aboard the Boeing. The Brazilian authorities have charged the two Americans who were piloting the corporate jet with criminally negligent homicide that was caused due to taking off without turning on radar equipment.

The article discusses the court case Ali A. v. Los Angeles Unified School District in California, wherein the plaintiff alleged that he was sexually assaulted by a teacher's aide and that the school district is liable to the incident. It provides an overview of the incident and the negligence claim of the plaintiff, who is a student with severe Down's Syndrome. The Court of Appeals of California upheld the decision of the trial court to grant motion for summary judgment to the school board.

The article debates on the issue of criminal negligence facing Italian seismologists for their failure to issue a warning ahead of the L'Aquila earthquake in April 2009. It narrates the circumstances leading to the charge of gross negligent manslaughter, which drew over 5,100 scientists to sign an open letter supporting the seismologists. Seismologist Susan Hough of the U.S. Geological Survey in California stresses that science can not predict earthquakes. The L'Aquila case is said to highlight the difficulty of communicating seismic risk to the public.

The article discusses the prosecution of Igor Volkov, former director of the Raspadskaya mine, which experienced two explosions on May 8 and 9, 2010, leading to a number of deaths. Under the Russian Criminal Code of Article 216, Part 3, Volkov was found guilty of criminal negligence. It claims, however, that the investigation into the causes of the accident has yet to be ascertained, and Volkov's involvement has yet to be determined. Due to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's condemnation of him on May 17, however, his sentence of guilt was sealed.

The article discusses the negligence case between the West Baton Rouge School District in Louisiana and automotive mechanics teacher James Howard. The article describes how Howard's concealed a gun in the glove compartment of his car, which was subsequently stolen after he parked the car near the classroom of the school. The school board ruled that Howard acted in negligence while the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the decision and ordered Howard's reinstatement. The subjectivity of the legal and judicial process is discussed, along with the effect of the Supreme Court's decision on educational policy.

The article reports on the decision of Judge Barry Morgan on the case of Christopher Pauchay despite the recommendation of the Sentencing Circle in Rose Valley, Saskatchewan. Morgan asserts that Pauchay's behavior, which resulted to the deaths of his two daughters, is directly relevant to his responsibility and culpability. Francis Nippi, one of the elders at Yellow Quill First Nation, believes that Pauchay is not guilty of the charge.

The article reports on the opposition by federal prosecutors to a bid by lawyers for John Cota, the pilot of the MV Cosco Busan, to drop the criminal charges of negligence filed against him in regard to a mishap that spilled bunker fuel into San Francisco Bay, California in November 2007. The prosecutors raised their arguments in response to the petition filed by Cota's lawyers. In the new documents filed by the lawyers, they disagreed with the false statement charges against their client.

The article discusses the conflict between Chechnya authorities and the military after the latter miscalculated their aim at firing insurgent camps and hit the village of Gekhi instead. Chechnyan President Ramzan Kadyrov called the mistake as a criminal negligence urging the military prosecutors to charge case. However, military prosecutors said that there is no need to charge the soldiers because they are voluntarily paying for the damages incurred by the village.

The article focuses on the move made by Laura Berg, a psychiatric nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that caused her to be investigated by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for sedition. Information on a letter written by Berg, indicating the criminal negligence of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush with regard to the occurrence of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is presented. The article also mentions the move made by New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman to help Berg.

The article shares the case of a helicopter crash due to crew negligence. The author states that a HAC with known marital stress was paired with the weakest H2P of the detachment, and a warfare systems operator (WSO) with a history of unstrapping from an aircraft without notice. They were scheduled for a functional check flight, which was complicated by a hydraulic leak and without a FOD check. A disaster came a few minutes after they have lifted off, killing the pilots and the WSO disappeared.

Reports the trial of police officers on criminal negligence in Chechnia, Russia. Role of the officers on the death of policemen in Grozny; Failure of officers in organizing safety measures; Concealment of the Internal affairs Ministry of the tragedy.

Reports that government officials in the United States and Venezuela are considering charging Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone with criminal negligence for deaths caused by defective tires on Ford automobiles. Difficulties in enforcing criminal charges against companies in products cases; Introduction of a U.S. bill that would provide criminal penalties for certain tire and automobile manufacturers.