Wrongful Death - News
Posted on Feb 07, 2006 | The Boston Globe
Professor's Estate Gets 4 Million in Settlement
The estate of a mathematics professor who was struck and killed by a piece of construction equipment while riding her bicycle on Huntington Avenue in 2000 will receive more than $4 million as a result of a wrongful death lawsuit settled hours before a trial was to start, a lawyer for her estate said yesterday.
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US Plane Crash Victim's Family Files Lawsuit
Posted on Feb 07, 2006 | SMS News
US Plane Crash Victim's Family Files Lawsuit
The operator of a corporate jet sent to pick up former US President George Bush was sued by the family of a flight attendant who was killed when the plane crashed.
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Posted on Feb 06, 2006 | Jurist - Legal news & Research
Retrial Underway in First Vioxx Lawsuit The retrial of the first federal lawsuit against the manufacturers of Vioxx [JURIST report] began Monday in New Orleans with jury selection. The case first went to trial last year, but was declared a mistrial [JURIST report] in December when jurors could not agree on a verdict.
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Posted on Feb 05, 2006 | Citizens Voice
Hazelton Woman Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A Hazleton woman who shared a son with a man killed in a vehicle crash in Hazleton filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver on Thursday.
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Family of Santa Ana Man Killed by Tow Truck Accepts $2 Million Posted on Feb 04, 2006 | Associated Press
Family of Santa Ana Man Killed by Tow Truck Accepts $2 Million
The family of a man who was run over and killed while chasing a tow truck driver who had taken his car has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $2 million.
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Court Awards $11.5 Million to Wife of Slain Farmer
Posted on Feb 03 2006 | woi-tv.com
Court Awards $11.5 Million to Wife of Slain Farmer
DES MOINES, Iowa The wife of a slain Warren County farmer has been awarded one of the biggest punitive damage awards in Iowa history.
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Posted on Feb 03, 2006 | TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Charleroi Family Files Suit in Fatal Truck Car Crash
The family of a Charleroi man killed last year in a fiery crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck driver they blame for causing the fatal collision.
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Posted on Feb 02, 2006 | Mid Hudson News
Mother Hopes to Gain Some Peace of Mind with Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The mother of college student Beth Ann Ruhl, who was killed two years ago when her car was run off a road in Cornwall , hopes that a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of the other car will bring her some emotional comfort.
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$75 Settlement is Reached in Hancock Scaffold Lawsuit
Posted on Feb 02, 2006 | Globest News
$75M Settlement Is Reached in Hancock Scaffold Lawsuit
Shorenstein Properties, along with the contractor, consultant, architect and engineer it used on a window sealing project at the John Hancock Center , has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $75 million.
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Stabbed Youth Fathers Files Suit
Posted on Feb 02, 2006 | Beacon Journal staff writer
Stabbed Youth's Father Files Suit
The father of a Wadsworth teen stabbed to death in early 2004 has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the assailant and his mother, as well as Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital and the doctors who treated him...
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Taser Dismissed from Texas Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on Jan 31, 2006 | Morris News Service
Taser Dismissed from Texas Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A federal judge this month granted a motion to dismiss Taser International Inc. from a civil lawsuit filed against it by the widow of a man who died after Amarillo police used a Taser to subdue him in 2003.
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Mother's Suit Alleges Bed Killed Her Son
Posted on Jan 28, 2006 | The News Journal
Mother's Suit Alleges Bed Killed Her Son
The lawsuit filed in federal court this week by Anna Murray of Middletown against Vail Products Inc. of Ohio mirrors a lawsuit filed last year by the Flick family of Bear. The Murray suit is at least the fifth federal wrongful-death suit that has been brought against the now-defunct company.
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Family of 8-Year-Old Crushed By Concrete Files Lawsuit
Posted on Jan 27, 2006 | Newsnet5.com
Family of 8-Year-Old Crushed By Concrete Files Lawsuit
The family of an 8-year-old Vermilion boy crushed to death by a 600-pound slab of concrete is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. Dominic DePaul died on Jan. 2. He and his friends were on a rock pile behind a home his family was renting on Lake Erie . Some concrete came loose and fell on the boy.
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Posted on Jan 27, 2006 | Daily Texan
Family Sues Fraternity Over Death
The family of the University freshman who died of an alcohol overdose in December filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against his fraternity. The family has also announced plans to issue a subpoena to the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office to release the student's autopsy report.
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Posted on Jan 26, 2006 | Newsday
Patient's Death Prompts Lawsuit
Wife of man who died in 2003 alleges his doctor prescribed medication without running proper tests.
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Mother of Motorcycle Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Suit
Posted on Jan 26, 2006 | Tribune Review
Mother of Motorcycle Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Suit
The family of a 24-year-old Herminie man who was killed in 2004 when the motorcycle he was purportedly driving struck a utility pole alleges in a wrongful death suit that someone else was operating the bike.
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Continues
Posted on Jan 25, 2006 | Associated Press
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Continues
Robert Hewson shot and killed his estranged wife Gail Tice in September 2004. Now Tice's family and friends are shooting back with a civil lawsuit.
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Apparent Murder-Suicide Leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on Jan 25, 2006 | Associated Press
Apparent Murder-Suicde Leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A September murder-suicide in Dunbar has resulted in a wrongful death lawsuit. The suit, filed Jan. 9 in Kanawha Circuit Court, was filed by Belinda D. Sharp, administratrix of the estate of Dorothea Sue Miller against Kelley A. Daniels, executrix of the estate of James Franklin Miller.
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Family of Man Killed in Crash Sues Maker of Plane's Engine
Posted on Jan 25, 2006 | Associated Press
Family of Man Killed in Crash Sues Maker of Plane's Engine
The family of an Illinois man killed in a plane crash last month is suing the company that made the plane's engines.
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Posted on Jan 25, 2006 | Associated Press - The Hartford Courant
Businessman's Ex-Girlfriend, Father Settle Wrongful Death Suit
The family of a prominent Rocky Hill businessman killed in a car crash more than six years ago has withdrawn a wrongful death lawsuit against his former girlfriend. A settlement was reached Tuesday afternoon in a suit that Neil Esposito's father, Raymond, filed against Heather Specyalski..
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Posted on Jan 25, 2006 | Associated Press
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Continues
Robert Hewson shot and killed his estranged wife Gail Tice in September 2004. Now Tice's family and friends are shooting back with a civil lawsuit.
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Posted on Jan 25, 2006 | Associated Press
Widow Files Suit Against Guidant
Guidant, the target of a fierce bidding war between Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific, said Monday that a seal on some of its older pacemakers could be susceptible to more failure than first reported to the federal government. The company said the sealing component used on some of its pacemakers manufactured before 2000 may experience higher rates of gradual degradation.
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Posted on Jan 25, 2006 | Lima News
Matter Family Sues County Over Fatal Crash
The family of a Bluffton High School star athlete killed in a crash two years ago is suing Allen County saying not enough safety measures were taken at the intersection where the crash happened.
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Posted on Jan 24, 2006 | The Journal Gazette
Suit settled for $400,000 in '02 death of patient
A 14-year-old Fort Wayne boy will receive more than $400,000 in connection with the 2002 death of his father, according to guardianship records filed in Allen Superior Court.
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Posted on Jan 24, 2006 | Boston Globe
Couple Accepts $17 Million in Wrongful Death Settlement
The parents of two girls who died in a 2002 gas explosion at their Hopkinton home have accepted a $17.2 million settlement from NStar Gas Co. and others.
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Widow Files Suit Against Guidant
Posted on January 23, 2006 | Indy Star
Widow Files Suit Against Guidant
Guidant, the target of a fierce bidding war between Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific, said Monday that a seal on some of its older pacemakers could be susceptible to more failure than first reported to the federal government. The company said the sealing component used on some of its pacemakers manufactured before 2000 may experience higher rates of gradual degradation.
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Posted on Jan 22, 2006 | Associated Press
Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Colonial Williamsburg
The family of a Lynchburg man killed by a delivery truck in May 2004 has filed a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit against Colonial Williamsburg and two other defendants.
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Wrongful Death Regency Over Death
Posted on Jan 21, 2006 | nwitimes.com
Family Sues Regency Over Death
Robert Hewson shot and killed his estranged wife Gail Tice in September 2004. Now Tice's family and friends are shooting back with a civil lawsuit.
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Lawsuit Settled, Another Filed in 2004 Fatal Crash
Posted on Jan 21, 2006 | Times Reporter
Lawsuit Settled, Another Filed in 2004 Fatal Crash
A wrongful death lawsuit filed in Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court in January 2005 on behalf of Vanasdal's family against 23-year-old Justin A. Meese of New Philadelphia has been designated as being settled and dismissed.
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Ambulance Company Hit With Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on Jan 20, 2006 | CBS Broadcasting
Ambulance Company Hit With Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of an elderly Baltimore woman who died shortly after being transported by two ambulance technicians has filed a lawsuit against the company.
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Posted on Jan 20, 2006 | The Southern
Doctor Named in Wrongful Death LawsuitNearly two years to the day after Anthony Snyder was taken by ambulance from the Franklin County Jail, Peoria-based Health Professionals Ltd. and one of its physicians have been named as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit involving the 36-year-old Benton man.
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General Motors Named in Wrongful Death Suit
Posted on Jan 19, 2006 | Stclairrecord.com
General Motors Named in Wrongful Death Suit
Melissa Kuebrich of Carrollton is suing General Motors for an alleged defectively designed steering system she claims was responsible for her husband's death in a head-on collision with a tow truck in 2004.
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