Recent Posts in Wrongful Death Category
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Posted on Aug 25, 2017
Sometimes attempting to rescue others doesn't make us a hero—sometimes it makes us an additional victim. In January of this year, three men were killed in an accident involving a confined ...
Posted on Jan 30, 2017
One of the most important things to understand about personal injury cases is that the same defendant can face a civil trial and a criminal trial at the same time as two distinct cases. The civil and ...
Posted on Aug 12, 2014
A widow has been awarded $23.6 billion from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as an Escambia County jury found them responsible for her husband dying of lung cancer, as reported by the Pensacola News ...
Posted on Aug 7, 2014
The family of a man that died in a hot air balloon crash in 2013 in Switzerland has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles seeking $53.8 million in damages, as reported by the Malibu Times and other media ...
Posted on Jul 22, 2014
The Department of Environmental Protection (DPA) and the parents of a young man who was killed in a gas well explosion are working on getting the information they need from Chevron Appalachia, LLC in ...
Posted on Jul 15, 2014
A wrongful death lawsuit, filed on behalf of the parents of a baby that died after taking Infant's Tylenol, has the drug's ignored quality control issues on their side and the statute of ...
Posted on Jul 11, 2014
As the parents of a young boy that was killed in an accidental shooting headed to court, the father of the boy that fired the fatal bullet offered a monetary settlement of $400,000 and the wrongful ...
Posted on Jul 8, 2014
The family of a unarmed man that died of a heart attack following a Taser jolt to his chest has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Vermont State Police, as the lethal shot was fired by one of ...
Posted on Jun 23, 2014
The family of a young man that was killed while trying to remove a boat from a sandbar has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a radio DJ that not only asked for the man's help, but also failed ...
Posted on Jun 18, 2014
The makers of the movie "Midnight Rider," based on the life of Gregg Allman, have been named, along with Allman, for the wrongful death of a camera assistant that was struck by a freight ...
Posted on May 28, 2014
Tough Mudder LLC, an organizer of obstacle challenge races, has been named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit by a mother whose son drowned in an April 2013 West Virginia race, as reported by ...
Posted on May 21, 2014
Two half sisters will be the beneficiaries of an $8 million wrongful death lawsuit award, in regards to the death of their mother S.R., as a jury found their mother's husband responsible, as ...
Posted on May 7, 2014
According to the Bakken Today and other media outlets, the parents of a 20-year old business student who was killed in a rail yard following a drinking party with fellow students, has filed a wrongful ...
Posted on May 5, 2014
Though a man has claimed that he inadvertently killed his best friend in an accidental shooting, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the victim's family naming him as the defendant, as ...
Posted on Apr 28, 2014
High Point University has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit as a defendant for allowing a fraternity's "extreme and outrageous conduct" result in the hazing death of a pledge in ...
Posted on Apr 15, 2014
After an off-duty firefighter was killed in a DUI-fueled crash, his family learnt that the man that caused the crash was allowed to reside, and openly drink alcohol, in a rest area located near the ...
Posted on Apr 14, 2014
The family of a woman that was shot through the window of car as she attempted to flee from a policeman, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the city of Culpeper for $300,000, as reported by the ...
Posted on Mar 31, 2014
The Tennessean has reported that the Department of Child Services has been ordered to pay $250,000 for their responsibility in the death of a teen that was in a state detention center at the time of ...
Posted on Mar 27, 2014
The family of a man that died while in police custody, after having been put through an hours-long search of his home, has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the city of El Centro, as reported by the ...
Posted on Mar 19, 2014
The family of a man that was killed while working at the Al-Mubarak Air Base in Kuwait, has been awarded 6.65 million from the military contractor, CAV International, Inc., as the contractor's ...
Posted on Feb 24, 2014
A widower has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in which she claims that her husband needn't have died if the gym he was exercising in had at least one of their two defibrillators working properly ...
Posted on Feb 24, 2014
The family of a New Jersey woman that died after being assaulted by her cottage mate, while living in a state institution for people with developmental disabilities, has declared their intention to ...
Posted on Feb 14, 2014
An ex-wife that sought out her murdered ex-husband's life insurance, military benefits and social security, has been named as the sole defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of his ...
Posted on Feb 4, 2014
Following a Lake County Jail inmate's beating, paralysis and ultimate death, his family filed a wrongful death lawsuit that has now resulted in a $1.95 million award, as reported by the Daily ...
Posted on Jan 16, 2014
The Courthouse News Service has reported that the mother of a man that died before a hospital's security staff put him into a Taxi to send him home, or died sometime during the trip, is suing the ...
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