Treatment Court shines spotlight on graduates
The Macomb County Veterans’ Treatment Court will hold a graduation ceremony on Thursday, July 31 at the County Administration Building in Mount Clemens.
The event will begin at 2 p.m. in the board of commissioners meeting room on the 9th floor. The building is located at 1 S. Main.
A short reception will immediately follow the ceremony, hosted by the Friends of the Macomb County Veterans’ Treatment Court.
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School CFO firing claim heads back to court
DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court says a lower court should have allowed a former Detroit Public Schools executive’s claim that she was fired for reporting the troubled district had been operating under a budget deficit.
The U.S. Appeals Court in Cincinnati says ex-Chief Financial Officer Joan McCray “offered direct evidence that her reports of financial shortfalls” motivated her firing, in violation of Michigan’s whistleblowers protection act.
McCray told the board in 2008 the district faced a $400 million deficit and presented a deficit elimination plan that would lead to state oversight.
The state later announced an emergency manager would be appointed. The board then voted to fire McCray.
The district remains under state oversight.
McCray’s lawsuit has been ordered back to federal court in Detroit.
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Malpractice award likely to be appealed
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman and her husband have been awarded more than $25 million in a medical malpractice case.
The woman’s arms and legs were amputated in 2011 after a strep infection went undetected. A Milwaukee County jury determined Ascaris Mayo lost her limbs as a result of medical malpractice.
Defense attorneys are expected to appeal the award of $15 million for pain and suffering and $1.5 million for her husband’s loss of companionship because Wisconsin law limits those types of damages to $750,000. Mayo’s attorney Daniel Rottier tells the Journal Sentinel he expects the case will be decided by the state Supreme Court.
The jury found that the doctor and the physician’s assistant failed to provide Mayo with “alternative medical diagnoses” that would have led her to pursue other treatment.
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Charge reduced in dominoes stabbing
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities have reduced charges against a man charged with stabbing another man after losing a game of dominoes.
Wanderlis Ceballos, 26, of Lawrence was originally charged with assault with intent to murder for allegedly stabbing the 30-year-old victim in the back three times in the early morning hours of June 29.
The Eagle-Tribune reports that at a dangerousness hearing this week, the charge was reduced to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and Ceballos was released on $5,000 bail.
Investigators say Ceballos was angry because the victim’s team had beaten his team at dominoes. Ceballos and the victim agreed to settle their dispute over the game by engaging in a fistfight. Ceballos allegedly pulled the knife during the fight.
Ceballos denies the charges.
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