IPhoto Corruption On Import

My wife and I share an iPhoto library by placing it in the Shared user folder. We are using iPhoto 9.1.5 on an intel iMac with the latest system software. When I inport new photos to the library, thumbnails for all of them appear fine. However, the larger view does not work for the landscape oriented photos. When I try to expand them, I get an exclamation point inside of a triangle. Interestingly, the photos with a portrait orientation are fine. When my wife downloads when she is logged in, everything works fine. But many of the landscape photos she imported get corrupted when I download photos under my log in.
This has been an ongoing problem. Are we doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance for any help you may offer.
Kevin

Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Chose to check and repair Library permissions. You may need to do this from both accounts.
I see quite a few reports of this in the last while. A more lasting solution might be to move the Library to a disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and set to ignore ownership and permissions.
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