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• Crane probe puts blame on steel base, source says

  Staff Writer | February 13, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  An unusual steel base probably caused a 210-foot tower crane to collapse in Bellevue last fall, killing a man, according to a source familiar with the state investigation. Investigators have determined that operator error was not a factor.The Seatle Times reported today that the state Department of Labor and Industries examined several other possible factors in the Nov. 16 accident including...

• Court says legal father, not biological dad, should sue on behalf of dead son's estate

  Staff Writer | February 05, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A recent article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the biological father of a boy who was shot and killed by a Delray Beach police officer has no right to sue on behalf of the 16-year-old's estate, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday.In affirming an earlier ruling that Kenneth Miller should be considered Jerrod Miller's legal father, the court also took a swipe at...