A jury should decide whether two nurses are entitled to recover damages on claims of negligent infliction of emotional distress while working at a women’s prison in St. Gabriel, a state appeals court ruled Friday.
Nancy White, a registered nurse, and Lisa Supple, a licensed practical nurse, sued various corrections officials claiming their supervisor at the [...]

Fenwal, Inc., a global leader in blood technologies, announced today the names of the 2008 inductees for the Donation Hall of Fame. Nominated by blood centers from across the United States, the 12 inductees are being honored for their long-standing commitment to blood donation.
“Blood is medicine’s most vital natural resource, and it’s frequently in short [...]

Waterbury and the muslin gray sky has yielded to a pale, hopeful blue. It has been hot this week, which, coupled with a cottony humidity, has lured apartment dwellers outdoors, where they sit on cement stoops, nursing fussy infants and slurping down plastic cups of cool ice water. At the corner of Central Avenue and [...]

Waterbury and the muslin gray sky has yielded to a pale, hopeful blue. It has been hot this week, which, coupled with a cottony humidity, has lured apartment dwellers outdoors, where they sit on cement stoops, nursing fussy infants and slurping down plastic cups of cool ice water. At the corner of Central Avenue and [...]

Retired Navy Capt. Earl Buckwalter, 87, of Austin, Texas, and formerly of Annapolis, died Aug. 6.
Capt. Buckwalter was born Oct. 1, 1920, in West Chester, Pa., to the late Charles and Katherine Buckwalter. He attended West Chester High School and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1943.
He served in the Navy for 30 years, with [...]