The report was coincidentally issued on the day that the United Nations was facing increased scrutiny over its peacekeeping force in Haiti, which was accused in a lawsuit of gross negligence for causing a deadly cholera epidemic that began to ravage the country three years ago.
Days later, Temple-Inland was accused in a lawsuit of helping cause the failure of a Texas bank it had owned before spinning it off in 2007.
Furthermore, "Item 24: I feel stressed when interacting with visiting staff" and "Item 8: I am afraid of causing a lawsuit" reflects the great tension of the power relationship between medical trainees and supervisors as well as the distinct social expectations of patients or family on medical professions in Taiwan.
In June, Bobbi Kristina's court-appointed conservator filed a $10 million civil lawsuit accusing her boyfriend of causing "life-threatening injuries" and stealing from her bank account while she was in a coma.
A lawsuit caused her to file for bankruptcy in 2007.
In 2008, Springs's wife, Adriane, filed a malpractice lawsuit against two Medical City doctors, accusing them of causing brain damage to her husband during the cyst operation.
In recent lawsuits, corrections officers have accused the landfill of causing cancer.
Fear of a six-figure lawsuit causes many doctors to practice "defensive medicine," whereby they order more tests and procedures than necessary to protect themselves from over-eager lawyers.
The Laurier press release also indicated that the "stated purpose" of Peterson's lawsuit is "causing academics and administrators to be more circumspect in their choice of words and that the lawsuit is being used as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest".
His request was based on media reports of documents released in the course of a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging glyphosate causes cancer, and that the company may have spun research and hired scientists to cover this up.
