Jury faults doctor for heart attack, and more
A Georgia police officer had a fatal heart attack while he and a male friend were having sex with a woman in a motel room.
Jury faults doctor for heart attack
Georgia police officer William Martinez, 31, had a fatal heart attack in 2009 while he and a male friend were having sex with a woman in a motel room. A jury has now awarded his widow $3 million because doctors should have warned Martinez, who had a heart condition, to avoid strenuous activity. “This man could have died running on the treadmill,” said her lawyer.
New Jersey woman sues Little Leaguer
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A New Jersey woman hit by a baseball at a Little League game is suing the 11-year-old player who threw it. Spectator Elizabeth Lloyd wants catcher Matthew Migliaccio to pay her $150,000, alleging that his errant warm-up throw was “reckless.’’ “The whole thing has almost been surreal,” said the boy’s father. “We keep thinking it’s just going to go away.”
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