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Teen Who Overdosed at Party Begged for Help, Was Ignored

October 10, 2008

By Peter Michael, News.com.au

TEENAGER Melanie Boyd begged her friends to call for help after taking a lethal cocktail of booze and drugs, an inquest was told.

But by the time an ambulance was called, three hours after she was found “blue” and “struggling to breathe”, the popular Townsville private schoolgirl, 16, was dead.

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Conn. court: Same-sex couples can marry

Associated Press

Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making that state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions.

The court ruled 4-3 that gay and lesbian couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry under the state constitution, and Connecticut’s civil unions law does not provide those couples with the same rights as heterosexual couples.

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Former child actor admits killing couple for yacht

Tom and Jackie Hawks were tied to anchor and thrown overboard to deaths

By Mike Celizic

For nearly four years, Ryan and Matt Hawks have felt certain that a former small-time child actor masterminded the vicious murder of their parents, who were tied to the anchor of their yacht and thrown to their deaths in the Pacific Ocean off Catalina Island.

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Insurance firm won’t cover deaths

A medical malpractice insurance company claims it does not have to pay any damages that may be awarded to the families of deceased former patients of a Murray doctor charged in their deaths. In court documents filed Tuesday, the Utah Medical Insurance Association argues its insurance policy issued to Dr. Warren R. Stack does not cover the deaths of patients Brandon Scott or Thaison Roark.

Stack, 61, is accused of illegally prescribing painkillers to as many as 80 people a day, leading to the deaths of at least five. He was indicted last year on 18 criminal counts, including conspiracy, dispensing drugs outside the bounds of medical practice resulting in death, unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and health care fraud.

One of Stack’s employees has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the case and agreed to testify against Stack in federal court, the association stated. Stack’s insurance policy excludes coverage for acts that violate the law, the association wrote. That means it does not cover the deaths of Scott or Roark, whose families have sued Stack.

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$4.25M awarded to family of girl with brain damage

Evergreen Hospital Medical Center must pay the family of a Maple Valley girl about $4.25 million after the hospital’s negligence during her delivery caused severe brain damage, a King County Superior Court jury ruled Thursday.
The Kirkland hospital says it will appeal the award.

About $2.5 million of the money is to cover future medical expenses for the girl, 5-year-old Miriam Tavares, who cannot walk or talk, must be fed through a gastric tube and suffers from cerebral palsy, said Ron Bemis, an attorney for the Tavares family.
“She’s a real fighter and is deeply loved by her parents, but this was a preventable injury,” Bemis said.

About $350,000 is meant to cover previous medical expenses, and the remaining $1.4 million covers general damages for the girl.
After three days of deliberation, the jury ruled in partial favor of the hospital, rejecting an additional $3.75 million for the girl and about $4 million for her parents, Bemis said.

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