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Matthews Bark Criminal Defense Attorney | “Change To Wisconsin’s Concussion Law Involves Less Paperwork”
Source : The Cap Times
By : Derek Powazek
Category : Matthews Bark Criminal Defense Attorney, Orlando DUI Attorney
High school and youth athletes will have to do a little less paperwork each year under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Scott Walker. The reworked state concussion and head injury information sheet law now requires those participating in youth sports to return a signed form only once a year. Under the old law, put into effect in 2012, athletes had to file the paperwork for each sport in which an athlete competed.
The change appears to focus on streamlining procedures for multiple-sport athletes rather than increasing safety or reporting on concussions. As we reported in October in a cover story on head injuries in youth sports, Wisconsin athletics officials have put an emphasis on education in confronting the concussion crisis that has impacted perceptions of sports at all levels in recent years.
Information sheets given to athletes and parents describe the signs and symptoms of concussions and explain what to do if one is suspected. Athletes must return a signed agreement in which they and a parent or guardian state they understand the concussion protocol. Unlike in some states, Wisconsin high schools are not required to report the number of head injuries their athletes suffer. Another 2013 legislative proposal involving head injuries stalled in an Assembly committee. Assembly Bill 293 would have required youth athletic game officials to undergo training on concussions.
Source : host.madison.com/news/local/writers/todd-milewski/change-to-wisconsin-s-concussion-law-involves-less-paperwork/article_f7a2f8be-659a-11e3-a64a-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz2ncLPgogP
Sanford DWI Attorney | “Teacher In Fatal DUI Case Requests Drivers License Back”
Source : abclocal.go.com
By : Press Release
Category : Sanford DWI Attorney, Attorney Matthews Bark of Orlando
NARBERTH, Pa. – September 17, 2013 (WPVI) — A local teacher charged with killing a man while driving drunk returned to court today with a bold request for the judge.
Teacher and mother Meredith Williams Earle waived the long list of charges against her including homicide by vehicle and DUI for death of 72-year-old Winston Staats. Then her attorney made a bold request: To give the suspect her license back.
Police say the morning of August 6th, Williams Earle ran a stop sign on Spring Mill Road in Lower Merion while driving drunk and on prescription medicine.
Police say she had a cup of alcohol in her car. Her 1-year-old son was in the backseat and was injured during the crash.
Staats was killed almost immediately; emergency workers found him partially-ejected and pinned by the flower delivery truck he was driving.
In district court today, Patricia Young, the mother of Staats’ son, was there on behalf of 20-year-old Jonathon. The couple’s son enlisted in the Army this spring and couldn’t be there today. He saw his father only days before his death during a ceremony at Boot Camp.
Source : abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9252024
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