[41] Although she refused to testify under oath regarding the Clintons' involvement in Whitewater, Susan McDougal did make the case in the media that the Clintons had been truthful in their account of the loan, and had cast doubt on her former husband's motives for cooperating with Starr. Sign up now! Former UW-Whitewater student sues over sexual harassment by former Lawsuit against Whitewater Center filed year after teen's death from Writers from Salon have complained that the full, 168-page report had not been made public, a complaint still being reiterated by Salon as of 2001. McDougal told the jury that refusing to answer questions about the Clintons and Whitewater wasn't easy for her, or her family. The father of a teenager who died after being exposed to a rare brain-eating amoeba at a North Carolina whitewater rafting center has settled a wrongful death complaint.A federal lawsuit in Lauren . Hill's wife, Beverly Kopper, was the campus' provost at the time. NBC Charlotte broke the story during the 11 p.m. newscast on last summer. ", "National News Briefs; Whitewater Figure Guilty in Insurance Case", "AllPolitics - Whitewater - Cast of Characters", "Senior Democrats Back Full Hearing Into Whitewater", "Ex-Aide Explains His Whitewater Role to House Panel", "Republican Report Stokes the Partisan Fires: Whitewater Unchained", "Democrats Challenge Starr on Delayed Exoneration", " Whitewater Papers Cast Doubt on Clinton Account of a Tax Underpayment", "Remember Whitewater? CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A lawsuit against the U.S. National Whitewater Center involving an Ohio teenager who died from a brain-eating amoeba has been settled, according to court documents. Home to the world's largest man-made whitewater river, the U.S. National Whitewater Center, which sits on approximately 1,300 acres of land alongside the Catawba River, plays host to everything from Olympic slalom trials to family-friendly music festivals.. Attorney Randy Coleman's defense strategy was to present Hale as the victim of high-powered politicians who forced him to give away all of the money. In warmer areas where this infection has been more common, recommended precautions include: Limit the amount of water going up your nose. Park officials previously have defended themselves by saying that the amoeba is common in warm freshwater lakes and other bodies of water during the summer, particularly in the southern United States. Angela Major/WPR. The lawsuit was originally filed in Columbus and was subsequently transferred to U.S. District Court in Charlotte. The facility then changed its filtration and disinfection systems. "One of the big issues in this case will be whether a release was signed," Wyatt said. The announcement came just minutes after the. The U.S. National Whitewater Center is denying allegations that it is responsible for the death of a teenager who contracted a brain-eating amoeba after rafting at the park. After ten months of litigation in Hall v. USDA, the USDA began providing SNAP households with the lowest incomes (an . [11] He acquired the Bank of Kingston in 1980 and the Woodruff Savings & Loan in 1982,[15] renaming them the Madison Bank & Trust and the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, respectively. Neither Vander Pas nor her attorney, Lisle Blackbourn, responded to requests for comment. No further charges were brought against Hale or the Arkansas Project outlet, The American Spectator,[42] though Hale later pled guilty in the Whitewater case to two felonies and served 21 months of a 28-month sentence. Earlier this year, Channel 9 reported on a tentative settlement. [5] Susan McDougal served 18 months in prison for contempt of court for refusing to answer questions relating to Whitewater. Channel 9 talked to criminal defense attorney James Wyatt about the key document that will decide if the case will ever be heard by a jury. Lewis looked for connections between the savings and loan company and the Clintons, and on September 2, 1992, she submitted a criminal referral to the FBI naming Bill and Hillary Clinton as witnesses in the Madison Guaranty case. But Whitewater proper refers only to the matters stemming from the Whitewater Development Corporation and subsequent developments. The Whitewater scandal was a real estate controversy involving Bill and Hillary Clinton that came to public attention in the 1990s. When Lauren Seitzs death occurred, the center was one of only three similar facilities in the U.S. that wasnt regulated to protect the public from waterborne diseases. The judge said the student's attorney, Lisle Blackbourn, held more of the blame than the student did. She was in a raft that overturned. The lawsuit is a dramatic . Channel 9 asked the Whitewater Center if they changed the wording of their waiver after Seitz died, but they responded by saying they don't discuss court cases. She also claimed that James McDougal felt abandoned by Clinton, and told her "he was going to pay back the Clintons". But the lawsuit claims that administrators said they couldn't fire Hill because he wasn't an employee, but ordered him to receive counseling about sexual harassment. "The large number of complainants suggest that Hill's unprofessional and improper behavior toward women was pervasive and well-known; indeed, a number of university employees made note of his behavior and took steps to protect one another from Hill," the 2019 report states. Such a serene, kind, and well informed person with many talents. According to the CDC, fewer than 10 cases have been reported annually in the United State during the last 53 years. Susan Thomases and Webster Hubbell were alleged to have lied to congress, and Harold M. Ickes was accused of misleading congress.[47]. According to a lawsuit filed in 2018, Seitz contracted the amoeba while whitewater rafting at the US National Whitewater Center. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. Defeats Whitewater West Industries in