14 year old's toxic shock syndrome sparks lawsuit
A $5 million suit filed in Circuit Court by Kelley Slane’s parents accuses Procter & Gamble of negligence in marketing Rely tampons. Kelley, 14, spent 12 days hospitalized with toxic shock syndrome at St Francis Hospital, after using Rely for seven or eight months.
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Procter & Gamble
Central Illinois
Gerald Slane
Kelley Slane
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St. Francis Hospital
J. Michael Mathis
Murder trial nears end in bruised body photos case
In Quincy, Pamela Berg fights acquittal as prosecutors obtain approval to show jurors photographs of her dead 5 year old son. Berg testifies she woke to her boyfriend's words and found no bruises on the child. Pathologist Dr. Zakiah Ali described 120 bruises and internal injuries indicating non accidental trauma. Crain, Berg’s boyfriend, is also charged with murder and awaiting trial.
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Chicago
Quincy
Pamela Sue Berg
Crain
Pontiac defense closes in prison riot trial
Defense attorney Isaiah Gant labeled prosecution witnesses as thieving and drug-addicted criminals amid closing arguments in the Pontiac Correctional Center riot case. He argued money paid to witnesses funded drugs and warned that coercion and threats tainted the prosecution. The trial involves 10 inmates with nine charged with murder related to the 1978 riot that left three guards dead.
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Pontiac
Isaiah Gant
ADC
Gant
Pontiac Correctional Center
Jeffrey Haas
Haas
Livingston County
Seph Smith
Smith
David McConnell
Angela Robinson
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