Botched surgery; noise crackdown; State House marble sale: Top stories this week
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Here's a look at some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of May 28, supported by your subscriptions.
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Botched surgery left RI woman with internal injury. A jury just awarded her $4 million
PROVIDENCE — A Superior Court jury awarded a Little Compton woman $4 million after finding a surgeon negligent by misidentifying anatomy during a 2017 procedure at Women & Infants Hospital that left her with significant scarring and at risk of future injury to her kidney, according to lawyers involved in the case.
An eight-member jury deliberated for 90 minutes before delivering a unanimous verdict to Tammy Sisson against Dr. Alfredo Gil, said Sisson’s lawyer, Michael P. Quinn Jr. The judgment will ultimately amount to approximately $5.83 million.
On Oct. 23, 2017, Sisson, then 55, underwent a total laparoscopic hysterectomy at Women & Infants Hospital during which she suffered a severe injury to her right side ureter, the tubelike organ that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder. Multiple procedures were required to repair the damage.
Courts: Botched surgery left RI woman with internal injury. A jury just awarded her $4 million
Providence mayor's way to crack down on loud noise in the city: Give police decibel readers
PROVIDENCE — For Mayor Brett Smiley, noise is a more-than-$100,000 issue.
Add up the loud cars and motorcycles, leaf blowers, nightclubs and concerts, and you get an earsplitting din that the mayor hopes to soothe with two items in his proposed budget: $42,000 for decibel readers and $5,000 for training to show police how to use them. The rest of the money would be used to hire an additional inspector in the licensing department who would help make sure businesses are following the rules.
The handheld devices would be able to tell police in an instant whether locals are flouting the city's noise ordinance.
News: Providence mayor's way to crack down on loud noise in the city: Give police decibel readers
David Cicilline, homeward bound, talks about Congress, polarized politics and local impact
PROVIDENCE – "You're free," a neighbor told David Cicilline on Friday afternoon outside The Butcher Shop on Elmgrove Avenue, referring to the Democratic congressman's departure from Washington after a dozen years.
On Thursday, Cicilline began a new role as president of the Rhode Island Foundation.
A lot has changed since Cicilline traded Providence City Hall for Capitol Hill in 2010.
As the 61-year-old takes over the state's largest philanthropic agency, Political Scene caught up with him to talk about Congress, social media, artificial intelligence and cocktails.
Political Scene: David Cicilline, homeward bound, talks about Congress, polarized politics and local impact
Want to own some marble from the RI State House? Farm Fresh RI is selling offcuts
When Farm Fresh RI purchased their 3-acre site at 10 Sims Ave. in 2017, they found something kind of strange when the soil testing started.
Marble. Lots and lots of marble. There were pieces smaller than your fist all the way up to slabs of more than 3,000 pounds. There were pieces that looked like chips, and then there were pieces that had been carved into what seemed like pedestals with decorative ridges chiseled into the edges.
It didn't take long to figure out that the stones were offcuts from construction of the Rhode Island State House. Farm Fresh RI has scheduled a three-day marble market — June 9-11 — for anyone who wants to buy a piece of Rhode Island history.
Local news: Want to own some marble from the RI State House? Farm Fresh RI is selling offcuts
A new girls name tops Rhode Island's most popular baby names list. See the top 100
Baby names go in and out of style, but over the last few years, a few names have held their popularity in America, and in Rhode Island.
The Social Security Administration released the top 100 most popular baby names by state for both boys and girls, and the results are similar to — but not exactly the same as — last year's.
For boys, the top name in Rhode Island, for the third year in a row is Liam, followed by Noah and then Owen.
For girls, there's a new name at the top of the list, though it's been in the top five in the Ocean State for the last four years and claimed the top spot once in that time.
Family: A new girls name tops Rhode Island's most popular baby names list. See the top 100
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