Chem Lab Fire Case Postponed

The preliminary hearing for a UCLA professor charged in a 2008 lab fire that caused the death of a research assistant has been postponed until November.

Patrick Harran, an organic chemistry professor, will return to court Nov. 16. His preliminary hearing was originally scheduled for Tuesday.

Harran last appeared in court in September,when he pleaded not guilty to three counts of willful violation of an occupational safety and health standard causing the death of an employee...

Full story at http://centurycity.patch.com/articles/hearing-postponed-for-ucla-professor-charged-in-lab-death-case

We have tracked this case in the past and a) noted that there has been a civil settlement, b) reported that the DA dropped the Regents as defendants, and c) raised the issue of whether this case and another against a UCLA faculty member represents some kind of agenda at the DA that needs to be rethought.