Posts tagged death

• Child Killed on Carnival Ride in Hope

  Shannon Weidemann | June 21, 2007 5:27 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A boy and his mother were riding a carnival ride when they were thrown from the ride and then hit by cars from the ride. They were both taken to a local hospital. The 7-year-old boy was transferred to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. He died from his injuries at the hospital. The operator of the ride, Dewayne Mathis of Hope, said the accident occurred about a minute into the...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Eells Death

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The family of Billie Joe Burton have sued KATV in Little Rock for wrongful death after she was killed last year in a car accident on Interstate 40. Paul Eells, the football broadcaster, was driving the KATV car that hit Burton's car. Both Burton and Eells died in the crash. His car crossed the center median of the interstate.In its response Thursday, the television station denied negligence....

• Parents Allowed to File Wrongful Death Suit Past Statute of Limitations

  Shannon Weidemann | April 16, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The parents of a 16-year-old girl are able to file a wrongful death lawsuit six years after she was killed despite the statute of limitations running out. A Judge has ruled that due to the investigation being ongoing and the driver of the car being unknown that the statute does not apply. The plaintiffs learned the defendant's identity when he was indicted on March 4, 2002. They brought a...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Jurors Tour Accident Site

  Staff Writer | December 07, 2005 10:14 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Jurors in a wrongful death lawsuit toured the facility yesterday where a teenager died when he was crushed by a recycling paper and cardboard baler. Jordan Dalrymple was on his next-to-last day on the job at Jefferson County Landfill and Recycling Center in Pine Bluff when he was trying to clear a jammed conveyor belt on the baler and fell into the hopper where the machine's compactor crushed...