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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.

On Dec. 19, 2016, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde was convicted of criminal negligence for failing, as French finance minister, to appeal an adverse arbitration award against a French government-owned company. See Landon Thomas Jr., Liz Alderman & Aurelien Breeden, 'I.M.F. Stands by Christine Lagarde, Convicted of Negligence,' N.Y. Times B1 (Dec. 20, 016)(available at ). She had faced similar charges for agreeing to refer the company's dispute to arbitration in the first place, but was acquitted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that certified public accountants (CPAs) in Hong Kong, China, Allan Ip Wing Lun, Chang Kin Man, and Pauline Wong Po Ling, have been reprimanded by a Disciplinary Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants for failing or neglect on making a deposit payment for a proposed acquisition. The Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. found that the CPAs violated their director's undertaking in complying with the listing rule.

Focuses on the charges against Steven and Ruth Shippy with criminal negligence in Alberta for allowing their son Calahan to die after the onset of childhood diabetes. Circumstances surrounding their child's death; Comments of the parents; Claims of the police.

Reports on the criminal case of Stoney Reserve Indian Christopher Shonder Goodstoney in Alberta. His conviction on charges of criminal negligence causing death; His blood alcohol level at the time of the automobile accident; His sentence for causing the deaths of Stephanie Smith, Craig Powell, Amber Keuben, and Brandy Keuben; The families of the victims' assertion that the case is being made into an aboriginal issue of race; Background on Goodstoney.

Reports on variations which emerge in medical malpractice, privacy, health maintenance organizations and human rights. Facts of a negligence suit filed against an obstetrician; Information on the emerging causes of action for negligence; Settlement.

Reports the conviction on four counts of criminal negligence of Christopher Goodstoney, Stoney Reserve, Alberta. Criticism of the role of Alberta Provincial Court Judge John Reilly; Reilly's views on Stoney Reserve residents and their social problems; Details about Goodstoney's drunk driving accident which killed four; Goodstoney's release from custody by Reilly; Revocation of release; Goodstoney to be sentenced March 25, 1998.

Narrates the legal difficulties that followed when a workman fell on the author's property. Vacation in Ireland; Having a brand-new roof installed; Report of a workman's accident on the roof; Word from the workman's lawyer; Arrival of letters; Arrival of a subpoena; Postponement of the trial date; Effect of trial's delay on the author's personal life.

The article focuses on a survey by cloud storage services provider HyTrust, on consumer's fears related to online data security breach. The topics discussed include consumers' concerns related to theft of their social security numbers, consumers belief that companies should be held criminally negligent for data security breach, and women's' concerns related to loss of family photos and mementos.

The article discusses a Canadian court case involving railroad firm Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Inc. and three of its employees for 24 counts of criminal negligence related to the July 6, 2013 crash that killed 47 people.

The article reports on criminal negligence and involuntary manslaughter charges filed by Israeli authorities against five people and a staging company associated with the April 18, 2012 collapse of a stage structure that resulted in the death of an Israeli Defense Force officer.