A Milwaukee man faces a felony hate-crime charge for an alleged acid attack on a man who says he was targeted for his Latino identity and left with second-degree burns. Clifton Blackwell, 61, has been charged with first-degree reckless injury in a hate crime using a dangerous weapon. Reckless injury carries up to 25 years in prison and $100,000 in fines. Prosecutors are pursuing hate crime and dangerous weapon enhancements charges which means Blackwell could face stiffer penalties, including up to 10 more years’ imprisonment.
At a news conference the day after the assault, Mahud Villalaz, 42, said he parked his truck outside a restaurant at 8:30 p.m. and began to walk toward it to have dinner when a man at a nearby bus stop approached him and chastised him for parking in a bus lane. Villalaz said, the man asked why he’d “invaded” the United States and said “Why don’t you respect my laws?”
Realizing he was parked too close to a bus stop, Villalaz moved his truck to another spot and headed toward the restaurant. Blackwell re-engaged him saying “Why did you invade my country?” calling Villalaz an “illegal” and cursing at him while telling him to “go back.” He told Blackwell that “everyone comes from somewhere first” and pointed out that “American Indians have been in the country the longest,” court filings state. Villalaz said that’s when Blackwell got angry and tossed the acid, which was in a small silver bottle, in his face. The attack was caught on surveillance video.
Villalaz was taken to the hospital with second-degree burns to his face, cheek and neck, as well as damage to his clothing, according to police. Testing showed that acid caused the injuries. The attack took place just outside the restaurant doors. Witnesses say Villalaz, a regular at the restaurant, burst through the doors crying with his face searing with acid. The restaurant staff tried everything to wash the acid from his face until paramedics arrived.
Villalaz, who says he grew up in Peru and immigrated to the United States as a young man – became a citizen in 2013. He said he felt relieved charges were filed and thankful at the nationwide support he’s gotten. “It’s been nice to know that there are many people here that worry about other people. Not only Latinos … people of all colors. We must unite,” Villalaz said.
During a search of Blackwell’s home, police found hydrochloric acid, four bottles of sulfuric acid and two bottles of drain opener made of lye, according to court documents. Blackwell’s bond has been set at $20,000 on the condition that he wears an electronic monitoring device. He is also forbidden from contact with acids or large batteries. Court records indicate Blackwell has previously been convicted of false imprisonment and pointing a gun at a person.
According to the criminal complaint, on Nov. 19 2006, Blackwell confronted four men, two with rifles, who had come onto his farm tracking deer in the Town of Lawrence. Blackwell pointed a loaded rifle at the men and told them to disarm, then marched them back to his house where he photographed their faces and hunting tags. He told them they were guilty of criminal trespass and called the sheriff’s office but wound up charged himself. Prosecutors dropped one of each of the charges, and Blackwell pleaded no contest to one count each of pointing a firearm and false imprisonment. He was sentenced to 379 days in jail. Blackwell’s mother said he had served in the Marine Corps during the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and had moved back to Wisconsin for treatment for PTSD type problems. Officials with the Marine Corps Manpower and Reserve Affairs office in Virginia said it could find no record of Blackwell ever serving in the Marines.
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A forensic pathologist hired by the brother of Jeffrey Epstein says the injuries that killed the multimillionaire sex abuser were consistent with strangulation — not a death by suicide, as a New York medical examiner reported. Dr. Michael Baden says a broken bone in Epstein’s neck is “extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation.” The claim by Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner who has worked on high-profile cases during a five-decade medical career, is certain to reignite suspicions that surfaced immediately after Epstein.
Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell on August 10th as he awaited trial on federal sex trafficking charges. Epstein once counted President Trump and former President Bill Clinton among his high-profile friends. Prosecutors alleged that the previously convicted sex offender paid girls as young as 14 hundreds of dollars for massages before he molested them in his homes in New York and Palm Beach, Fla., between 2002 and 2005. Since he was awaiting trial in federal prison, federal agencies had jurisdiction over the investigation into his death.
Baden noted that the 66-year-old Epstein had two fractures on the left and right sides of his larynx, specifically the thyroid cartilage or Adam’s apple, as well as one fracture on the left hyoid bone above the Adam’s apple. “Those three fractures are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation.” There were also hemorrhages in Epstein’s eyes that were common in homicidal strangulation and uncommon, though not unheard of, in suicidal hangings, the forensic pathologist said.
While there’s not enough information to be conclusive yet, the three fractures were “rare,” said Baden, who’s probed cases involving O.J. Simpson, President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, record producer Phil Spector, New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez and many others. “I’ve not seen in 50 years where that occurred in a suicidal hanging case,” the 85-year-old said.
The ligature, or item used to tie something tightly, allegedly was made from a sheet that had been twisted and put around Epstein’s neck, Baden said. Evidence on the cloth material could help prove whether or not someone else was involved in Epstein’s death. “Whoever it is would have their DNA all over the ligature,” he said. “We don’t have those results yet,” he added, saying those results “should be reported quickly to give an idea and lessen the speculation.”
Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson said in a statement that she is standing by her findings. “Our investigation concluded that the cause of Mr. Epstein’s death was hanging and the manner of death was suicide. We stand by that determination,” she told Fox News in a statement. “We continue to share information around the medical investigation with Mr. Epstein’s family, their representatives, and their pathology consultant. “The original medical investigation was thorough and complete,” she continued, adding that “there is no reason for a second medical investigation by our office.”
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, November 3rd, 2019.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, November 3rd, 2019 was:
JILL NAGEL
Appleton, WI
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEX/VISA Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex/Visa Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook fan and “Like and Follow” either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Trivia Winners and Drawing Entries Oct 28th thru Nov 3rd , 2019:
10/28/19
Nikki Hunsaker
Becky VanGinkel
Emily Rice Bowersock
Amber Chandler
Kimberly Snyder
Melissa White
Trish Musgrave
Deidra Dees
Angela Janisse
Rhonda Grisham
Jennifer Marie
Christy Hawkes
Jeannine Scavo
Nicole Blaha
Tonya Velazquez
Nicole Ryan
Georgiann D’Angelo
Sheri Boydston
Marilyn Wall
Cheryl Stoker Hall
Crystal Gipson
Mary Mcmenamy
Brittany Light
Jennifer Lang
Darbie Brown
Tracy Heyer
10/29/19
Melinda Poullion
Brittany Light
Shannon Rush
Misty Shallcross
April Ashcraft
Becca Neuenschwander Long
Cheryl Ralley-Messick
Karen Brunet Moore
Frank P Grahek
Donna Porter
Emily Rice Bowersock
Debbie Gremlin
Amanda Rosario
Angela Janisse
Tera Lee Culverwell
Marilyn Wall
Tina Auth
Christy Hawkes
Trish Hysell
Beth Epley Minton
Cheryl Andrews
Melissa White
10/30/19
Beth Epley Minton
Kristina Rosson
Annette French
Dean Bruss
Nacole Patrick
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Jenifer Garza
Holly Cajigas
Brooke Scott
Sheila Carvell
Eleazar Ruiz
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Alison Giffune Paige
Jessica Steiner
Priscilla Shimp
Rosanne Clark
Bea Patrick
Kim Avery
April Ashcraft
Lori Sexton Leal
Traci Anderson
Amber Chandler
Darbie Brown
10/31/19
Rosanne Clark
Mike Adamski
Trish Hysell
Alicia Johnson
Jennifer Lang
Trish Musgrave
Jennifer Ramlet
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Becky VanGinkel
Karen Brunet Moore
Amanda Rosario
Amber Chandler
Nitasha Shank
Tina Auth
Jenifer Garza
Tearsa D Keith
Be Schwerin
Melissa White
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Misty Shallcross
Jessica Steiner
11/1/19
Shannon Schleif
Alyssa DiFazio
Amanda Rosario
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Jennifer Vega
Derek Michelle Polk
Cheryl Stoker Hall
Jennifer Ramlet
Kristina Rosson
Derek Michelle Polk
Shawna Poole
Lori Sexton Leal
Jennifer Fuller
Be Schwerin
Nicole Flynn
Deidra Dees
Suzie Mize Lockhart
MarcyLynn Coull
Sonali Jain Modi
Carla Williams
11/2/19
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Be Schwerin
Terri Llexxes
Adaria Johnson
LaKishia Wagers
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Darlene Whyte
George Pownall
Alyssa DiFazio
Nicole Blaha
Nitasha Shank
Kacie Rogers
Becky Holland
Mary Pettiford
Kim Avery
Amanda Rosario
Kristina Harris
Rhonda Grisham
Jenifer Garza
Althea Thomas
Alana Dimambro
Jill Nagel
11/3/19
Alyssa DiFazio
Tina Auth
Brittany Light
Patricia Oehlert-Vazquez
Bea Patrick
Kristina Rosson
Karen Brunet Moore
Megan Landor
Misty Shallcross
Trish Musgrave
Nacole Patrick
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Nicole Blaha
LaKishia Wagers
Debbie Bloxom
Dale Fish
Jill Nauyokas
Stephanie Beckwith
Lisa Marie Ferraiolo Whitener
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Emily Boxer
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Jennifer Ramlet
Anna Nichols
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, October 27th, 2019.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 27th, 2019 was:
MEG TUCKER
Hurst, TX
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Trivia Winners and Drawing entries 10/21/19 thru 10/27/19 are:
10/21/19
Jenifer Garza
LaKishia Wagers
Wendi Black
Melissa Mae
LaKishia Wagers
Barbara Austin
Dawn Raasch
Trish Hysell
Sarah Harrison
Kathleen Hickman
Carrie Vucinaj
Paula Rivers
Tina Auth
Be Schwerin
Stacy Nelson
Sonali Jain Modi
Eleazar Ruiz
Paula M Bondy
Kim Avery
Susan Clarke Jette
10/22/19
Brittany Doerfler
Tracy Heyer
Naomi Whitlatch
Jenifer Garza
Amber McGrath
Melinda Poullion
Melissa White
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Rosanne Clark
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Jennifer Lang
Barbara Austin
Lauren Bradley
Misty Shallcross
Rhonda Grisham
Dean Bruss
Amy Flecknoe Moyer
Nicole Blaha
Jill Nagel
Destiny Landsaw Davis
10/23/19
LaKishia Wagers
Sheila Carvell
Angela Janisse
Suunney Michelle Johnson
Rhonda Grisham
Rosanne Clark
Beth Epley Minton
Steph Lesliebonton
Beth Epley Minton
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Tera Wardrip
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Thomas Ryan Gan
Paula Johnson
Shawna Poole
Alisa Jones
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Nai Merri
Terry Schmitt Sutton
Dawn Raasch
Emily Rice Bowersock
10/24/19
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Dale Fish
Sarah Bellestri Shih
April Ashcraft
Jeannine Scavo
Shannon Rush
Emily Rice Bowersock
Christy Hawkes
Thomas Ryan Gan
Paula M Bondy
Sheila Carvell
Shannon Schleif
Kim Avery
Rushell Tuggle
Wendi Black
Joanie Waterman
Beth Epley Minton
Georgiann D’Angelo
Sandy Nevels
Rhonda Grisham
Andrea Ayala
Kimberly Taylor Hall
10/25/19
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Rhonda Grisham
Christy Hawkes
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Amber Chandler
Emily Rice Bowersock
Jennifer Ramlet
Shannon Rush
Nikki Hunsaker
Shawna Poole
Debbie Gremlin
Ellen Ciambrelli Ferrari
Sheila Carvell
Kristina Harris
Lauren Bradley
Maggie Smith
Chrissy Kim
Eleazar Ruiz
MarcyLynn Coull
Melinda Poullion
Beth Epley Minton
Trish Marks
10/26/19
Valerie Kuehn
Nacole Patrick
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
P Annette Skeans
Jessica Steiner
Mya Murphy
Marilyn Wall
Kim Avery
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
Thomas Ryan Gan
Vickie Gipson
Diane Hamric
Kalynnilene Carter
Bea Patrick
Rushell Tuggle
Mary Mcmenamy
Jane Peterson
Jennifer Vega
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Cheryl Reagin Burns
10/27/19
Trish Musgrave
Lisa Puckett
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Stephanie Beckwith
Melissa Barnes Walker
Dean Bruss
Dawn Raasch
Rhonda Grisham
Ellen Ciambrelli Ferrari
Mya Murphy
Trish Hysell
Meg Tucker
Nicole Blaha
Brandi K Chaney
Alexis Maureen
Donna Blankenship
Amber Chandler
Karyn Koehler
Steph Mitchell
Joanie Waterman
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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Roughly half a million children in the U.S. could lose their eligibility for free school lunches under an administration proposal. Children whose families qualify for food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, can automatically get free breakfasts and lunches at school, but the administration’s new proposal would tighten eligibility for SNAP. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released an analysis this week showing that nearly 3 million people could lose access to food stamps under the proposed rule, including almost 1 million children.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an analysis that says as many as 982,000 children could be affected by the change. Children whose families lost SNAP benefits would have to submit an application to determine if they qualify for free or reduced-priced school meals. About 45% of them — some 445,000 kids — would still qualify for free meals but about 497,000 kids who currently get free meals — would have to start paying a reduced price of 40 cents for school lunch and 30 cents for breakfast, since they come from families with an annual income of between 130% and 185% of the federal poverty level. Another 40,000 kids who currently get free meals would need to pay the full price because their family won’t qualify for the program anymore.
The National School Lunch Program serves roughly 30 million students, including about 20 million free meals daily. For those who don’t qualify for free or reduced price meals, the average price of lunch was $2.48 for elementary school students in the 2016-17 school year, according to the School Nutrition Association, which represents cafeteria employees and vendors.
According to the USDA, the proposal could cut $90 million annually from the cost of its school lunch and breakfast programs. They noted that the number of children being affected by the proposal could be less because some schools offer free lunches to all students regardless of eligibility. But the schools that offer this program requires 40% of students to be eligible for free meals, and the rule change could mean some schools no longer meet that threshold.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has said tightening access to SNAP would close a “loophole” that allows families receiving temporary assistance benefits to automatically get food stamps too. The USDA is not proposing changes to the income rules for the program. It says it is addressing a loophole that gives eligibility to people who would not have otherwise qualified.
The USDA released the details of its analysis after it was criticized for failing to report the impact its SNAP rule change could have on children’s access to free school meals. The agency has said the change is intended to make eligibility rules more consistent across the country, since states can grant people eligibility if they were enrolled in other assistance programs. Critics argue that the change will increase food insecurity among low-income families and add to states’ administrative costs.
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A suspect has been arrested after four homeless men were killed and one was critically injured when they were attacked in New York City early Saturday morning. Police said Randy Rodriguez-Santos, 24, who is homeless, wielded a 15-pound metal pipe and apparently attacked the men randomly as they slept on the sidewalks of Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown. Santos is reportedly also homeless and has struggled with addiction. He is charged with four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Police responded to reports of an assault in progress at Doyers Street and Bowery around 2:10 a.m. and found two men with head wounds. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene and another was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Over the next hour, police discovered additional victims in the area, two men were found outside of 2 East Broadway and another was found outside of 17 East Broadway.
Two witnesses told responding officers that the suspect was wearing a black jacket and black pants, which helped police find him quickly just a few streets away. Rodriguez-Santos was apprehended a few blocks from the scene of the attacks and the weapon was recovered nearby. The attacks left blood splattered on the doorways and sidewalks where the men had been sleeping.
The victims, whose ages range from 48 to 83, were bludgeoned as they slept on the street. Three of the four men killed were identified Monday, as lawmakers and mourners gathered at an emotional memorial for the men at Chatham Square. Several sidewalk tributes of flowers, candles and food were placed for the men who were allegedly killed by another homeless man as they slept. One of the mourners cried as she recalled the oldest victim, 83-year-old Chuen Kwok, always being grateful for the food she gave him. New York State assembly woman Yuh-Line Niou choked back tears as she spoke on the mens’ deaths. “If the change isn’t now, after this, I don’t know when it is.”
The medical examiner’s office later confirmed his identity and those of two other victims: 55-year-old Nazario Vazquez Villegas and 49-year-old Anthony Manson. Santos was arraigned on charges of murder and attempted murder for the bloody rampage. He did not enter a plea and was ordered held without bail. Police officials said Santos has been arrested 14 times, some of those for assault, including one in May for an alleged assault at a Brooklyn homeless shelter.
The suspect’s mother, Fioraliza Rodriguez, 55, told news outlets she had kicked him out about three years ago. He struggled with drugs, assaulted her and his grandfather, and stole from the family, she said. “I never thought he would kill someone,” she said. “I was afraid of him, though, because he punched me. That’s when I told him to get out of my house.”
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, October 13th, 2019.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 13th, 2019 was:
DARLENE WHYTE
Mokena, IL
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEX/VISA Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex/Visa Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook fan and “Like and Follow” either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Trivia Winners and Drawing entries 10/7/19 thru 10/13/19 are:
10/7/19
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Brittany Doerfler
Melissa Barnes Walker
Darlene Whyte
Christy Hawkes
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
Eleazar Ruiz
Kim Avery
Nikki Hunsaker
Brittany Light
Mark Thompson
Kayla Hernandez
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Jennifer Lang
Emily Rice Bowersock
Shelley Ann Peoples
June Rivera
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Alana Dimambro
Debbie Gremlin
10/8/19
Rhonda Grisham
Jill Nagel
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
Rose Elizabeth Cantu
Tearsa K Keith
Lenis Abshire
Kendra George
Wendi Black
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Paula Gillespie
Be Schwerin
Mya Murphy
Jennifer Lang
Amber McGrath
Rosanne Clark
Jennifer Ramlet
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Lisa A Mazola
Janice McKay Donahue
10/09/19
Emily Rice Bowersock
Phylicia Phillips
Melissa White
Allison Giffune Paige
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Jill Nauyokas
Diane Hamric
Nicole Blaha
Pam Johnson Rowland
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Linda Godin
Laure Ondoua
Holly Cajigas
Be Schwerin
Adaria Johnson
Trish Hysell
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Jennifer Ramlet
Tricia Dix
Pamela White Brearley
10/10/19
Emily Rice Bowersock
Nicole Blaha
Rose Elizabeth Cantu
Alicia Dansby
Yolanda Ortega-Hackett
Christy Hawkes
Brittany Light
Jennifer Leffler
Trish Musgrave
Gricelda Castro
Melinda Poullion
Meg Marshall
Pamela Gonzalez
Jennifer Ramlet
Andrew W Sauer
Lisa Puckett
Jillian Dollarhide
Katrina Jordan-Worford
Jill Nauyokas
Derelys Peterson
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
10/11/19
Rhonda Grisham
Nicole Blaha
Alisa Jones
MarcyLynn Coull
Paula Johnson
Nikki Hunsaker
Chrissy Kim
Karen Brunet Moore
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Jamie Aderhold
Jakara Jaxn
Meg Marshall
Amanda Rosario
Amber McGrath
Shannon Rush
Trish Marks
B M Armstrong
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Marilyn Wall
Aarti DM
10/12/19
Sherri Kidwell
Stephanie Beckwith
Eleazar Ruiz
Deidra Dees
Martha Prescott
Elizabeth Gordon
Melinda Poullion
Lindsey Adkins
Tearsa K Keith
Jennifer Ramlet
Kevin Cusack
Jerry Clapper
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Tina David Konegan
Rosanne Clark
Rose Elizabeth Cantu
Penny Fisher
Alexis Maureen
Marisela Zuniga
Misty Dawn Moores
10/13/19
Jennifer Ramlet
Emily Rice Bowersock
Erica Hansen
Sherry Lilly
Jennifer Vega
Kim Avery
Sara Muck
Eleazar Ruiz
Jenifer Garza
Joanna Hacker
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Mya Murphy
Dale Fish
Nicole Blaha
Rhonda Grisham
Andrew W Sauer
Nai Merri
Paula Rivers
Nikki Bankert
Melissa D’Ornellas Curtis
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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MGM Resorts International has agreed to an $800 million settlement with more than 4,000 survivors of the 2017 massacre outside the Mandalay Bay casino. The settlement was announced after survivors joined friends and families of those killed at a commemoration ceremony marking the second anniversary of the massacre. An independent claims administrator will be appointed by a court to distribute money from a settlement fund. The payout process is expected to be completed by late 2020, lawyers said.
It was October 1, 2017, when a lone gunman named Stephen Paddock used semiautomatic rifles altered with bump stocks to open fire from the resort’s 32nd floor on a country music festival below, killing 58 people and wounding 851 others. Paddock, a reclusive 64-year-old gambler, sprayed bullets on a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, which is owned and operated by MGM Resorts. He fired for between 10 to 15 minutes at the country music festival.
It remains the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Lawyers representing survivors and victims’ wanted MGM held liable for negligence because the shooter was able to enter the hotel with luggage that held an arsenal of high-powered, assault-style weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Paddock was found dead in his hotel room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Federal investigators have still not been able to identify a motive for the shooting.
Police found 23 guns inside his hotel suite and discovered that he had brought more than 10 suitcases to the room over several days, authorities said. Lawsuits filed since the shooting questioned how and why the hotel did not know he was hoarding high-powered weapons and ammunition in his hotel room in the days leading up to the attack. Attorney Jim Frantz, who represents nearly 200 survivors and the families of four victims, said the settlement “should be a message to all the other corporations and businesses around the country-that they need to step up their security.”
MGM Resorts International and attorneys for about 4,440 plaintiffs, said the final amount of money awarded will depend on the number of plaintiffs who choose to take part in the settlement. “While nothing will be able to bring back the lives lost or the undo the horrors so many suffered on this day, this settlement will provide fair compensation for thousands of victims and their families,” Robert Eglet, one of the lead lawyers for the plaintiffs, told reporters. Eglet called the settlement a “milestone in the recovery process for the victims of the horrifying events” of Oct. 1, 2017. Eglet and lawyers from two California firms represent about 2,500 plaintiffs.
In July 2018, MGM spurred outrage when it aggressively tried to avoid liability by filing federal lawsuits against more than 1,000 victims in a legal maneuver aimed at avoiding liability. In its civil actions, MGM claimed it did not have to pay damages to shooting victims because the company was protected by 2002 legislation, the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies, or Safety Act. It protects corporations in the event of mass attacks committed on U.S. soil, provided services certified by the Department of Homeland Security were deployed. The company cited a federal law passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that encouraged companies to deploy anti-terrorism security technology without fear of being held responsible for damages in the event of a terrorist attack.
MGM Resorts Chairman and CEO Jim Murren now says that “prolonged litigation around these matters is in no one’s best interest. It is our sincere hope that this agreement means that scenario will be avoided.” The deal is not an admission of any wrongdoing by MGM, Murren said in the statement
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, October 6th, 2019.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx/VISA gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 6th, 2019 was:
MEGAN RHYNE
Three Oaks, MI
Winner Of A $25.00 VISA Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex/Visa Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook fan and “Like and Follow” either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
The Trivia drawing entries 9/30/19 thru 10/6/19 are:
9/30/19
Christy Hawkes
Paula Gillespie
Connie Lynn Merritt
June Rivera
Vinessa Vasquez
Angela Janisse
Jenifer Garza
Stephanie Beckwith
Sarah Harrison
Derek Jennings
Esther Harrell Tartaglia
Becky Holland
Holly Cajigas
Angel Shearl
Rhonda Grisham
Megan Rhyne
Karen Brunet Moore
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Jo Bhagavathula
Jennifer Ramlet
Adaria Johnson
Emily Rice Bowersock
Jill Nauyokas
Sherri Kidwell
10/1/19
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Nicole Blaha
Christina McKinnon
Brooke Scott
Sherri Kidwell
Elizabeth Gordon
Beth Epley Minton
Alicia Johnson
Alexis Maureen
Kristina Rosson
Marilyn Wall
Tera Lee Culverwell
Dean Bruss
Rose Elizabeth Cantu
Meg Marshall
Steph Lesliebonton
Lena Perry
Jenifer Garza
Connie Lynn Merritt
Dan Maloney
Sonali Jain Modi
10/2/19
Amanda Rosario
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Beth Epley Minton
Isis Sample
Donna Porter
Dawn Raasch
Brittany Deaver
Trish Musgrave
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Jane Peterson
Cheryl Stoker Hall
Janice McKay Donahue
Sherry Lilly
Tina Auth
Maggie Smith
Kassie Lynn DiFazio
Karron Redfield
Rushell Tuggle
Stephanie Beckwith
Traci Anderson
Trish Hysell
10/3/19
Nikki Hunsaker
Lisa A Mazola
Brittany Doerfler
Christy Hawkes
Rhonda Grisham
Brittany Deaver
Teena Sierson
Lena Perry
Andrea Ayala
Amanda Rosario
Alana Dimambro
Christine McKinnon
Jennifer Leffler
Karen Brunet Moore
Nelle Bailey
Shelley Ann Peoples
Emily Rice Bowersock
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Althea Thomas
Jenifer Garza
10/4/19
Brooke Scott
Marilyn Wall
MarcyLynn Coull
Nai Merri
Kim Avery
Derelys Peterson
Barbara Austin
Rhonda Grisham
Brittany Deaver
Paula Gillespie
Beth Epley Minton
Ambreen Javed
Brandi K Chaney
Teena Sierson
Carole Jacobs
Thomas Ryan
Jane Peterson
Mya Murphy
Rosanne Clark
Stacy Nelson
Lisa Marie Ferraiolo Whitener
Carl Buddy Mizell
Sheila Carvell
10/5/19
Phylicia Phillips
Eleazar Ruiz
Jessica Steiner
Paula Johnson
Shannon Rush
Rhonda Grisham
April Ashcraft
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Bea Patrick
Dave Miller
Tracy Heyer
Nacole Patrick
Angela Janisse
Debbie Gremlin
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Rosanne Clark
Kim Avery
Amy L Sass
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Jennifer Ramlet
Jenifer Garza
10/6/19
Christy Hawkes
Phylicia Phillips
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Andrea Somers
Nicole Blaha
Amber Chandler
Karen Brunet Moore
Morgan Fam
Rhonda Grisham
Kristina Harris
Brittany Doerfler
Jill Nagel
Alicia Dansby
Elizabeth Wilson
MarcyLynn Coull
Rose Elizabeth Cantu
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Tracy Heyer
Dale Fish
Alexis Maureen
Eleazar Ruiz
Becky Hartman
Rosanne Clark
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General Motors has told the UAW that it will continue to pay for health coverage for striking workers. GM told the union after it went on strike Sept. 16 at company sites nationwide that it was kicking health care costs to the union, a move that UAW leaders said blindsided them, even though they had anticipated picking up those costs at some point through the strike fund. GM stated they have chosen to work with their providers to keep all benefits fully in place for striking hourly employees, so they have no disruption to their medical care, including vision, prescription and dental coverage.
The strike is the UAW’s first since the Great Recession and GM’s federally induced bankruptcy in 2009. Experts say as the strike continues toward the end of its second week, it has left a lasting economic impact. Strike pay is $250 per week, but it won’t be distributed until the 15th day of picketing. The starting wage for temporary production workers at GM is $15.78 per hour, which is about $630 per 40-hour week. Top-paid production employees, however, earn $30.46 per hour, or about $1,218 per week.
The UAW says that temporary workers are union members doing the same work as permanent employees, but they get half the pay and far fewer benefits. The union wants those workers to get a path to being permanent and get pay and benefits that more closely match their permanent counterparts, even when they’re temporary. GM counters that employing temporary workers is good for permanent employees because they enable the full-time staff to take time off. Hiring temps also gives the company flexibility to scale up production for new models and combat employee absenteeism
The UAW is also fighting for the retention of a health insurance plan in which workers pay about 4% of the costs, an improved pension and assurances that GM — the maker of Buick, Cadillac, GMC and Chevrolet — will not close four plants in Maryland, Ohio and Michigan.
The strike has affected GM facilities in Ohio and Ontario not represented by the UAW. All told more than 3,200 GM workers represented by other unions have been laid off. On Monday, the automaker notified 525 employees at its DMax Ltd. engine plant in Moraine, Ohio, that they temporarily were laid off. GM suppliers, such as Magna International Inc. and Nexteer Automotive, also said they temporarily have had to lay off employees during the strike.
Analysts agree that the cost of the strike is mounting daily for both GM and striking workers, as well as for the broader community. Anderson Economic Group, an East Lansing-based consultant, said in a new analysis Thursday that GM probably has lost profits of $113 million so far, and is now losing money at the rate of $25 million a day. As talks continue toward a UAW-GM contract, negotiations have entered a new stage and moved to the main table. In recent days, talks have been confined to smaller committees as the two sides struggled to hammer out details.
Union leaders have argued that GM workers deserved a bigger slice of the company’s profits, which they say have totaled $35 billion in North America over the last three years. Union members are calling for fair wages, saying for every $1 a GM employee made, CEO Mary Barra made $281. As the strike enters its 3rd week, the national impact will continue until an agreement is reached.
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