All posts tagged 'child coma'

Man denies hitting brain-injured stepdaughter

Posted on November 21st, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/21/2008 Associated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ A man accused of beating his stepdaughter so severely that she suffered a permanent brain injury — triggering a right-to-die case — testified Friday that he never hit her and believed his wife’s claims that the girl injured herself. Jason Strickland..
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Prosecution rests in case of brain-injured girl

Posted on November 20th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/20/2008 By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) _ Prosecutors wrapped up their case Wednesday against a man accused of beating his stepdaughter into a coma, triggering a right-to-die case that was resolved when the girl began to recover. Jason Strickland, a 34-year-old auto mechanic, is charged with..
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Italy: Father can end daughter’s life support

Posted on November 13th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 11/13/2008 By ARIEL DAVIDAssociated Press Writer ROME (AP) _ Italy’s highest court ruled Thursday in favor of a man’s request to disconnect his daughter’s feeding tube and allow her to die after 16 years in a vegetative state. Courts, politicians and the Vatican have weighed in on the fate..
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Egyptian boy, kicked by teacher, dies in hospital

Posted on October 28th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/28/2008 By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ An Egyptian security official says police detained a teacher in the northern coastal city of Alexandria after one of his pupils — a schoolboy — died in hospital, after allegedly being hit by the teacher. The official says the..
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