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Lawsuit Accuses Children’s Dental Group of Fraud, Medical Malpractice

Less than two months after children came down with serious infections after dental procedures at Children’s Dental Group’s Anaheim clinic, a new lawsuit accuses the dental clinic of fraud and medical malpractice. In the past two months, 57 children have been treated for serious infections and abscesses in their mouths and necks. The children developed infections after …


Federal Lawsuit Targets Ochoco Thinning Plan

An environmental group has sued the U.S. Forest Service, arguing that a plan to thin trees surrounding popular Walton Lake in Ochoco National Forest needed a fuller environmental review and public comment process. The nonprofit League of Wilderness Defenders’ lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Oregon argued that the Forest Service had illegally avoided an environmental review of the …