Wrongful Death

• Parents File Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Festival Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 29, 2007 8:04 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  A wrongful death lawsuit was filed last week by the parents of a Menasha girl, 16, who was killed on July 14th, when she fell from the "Giant Swing" free-fall ride at a Lifest Christian Music Festival.The wrongful death suit seeks unspecified damages and names the operators and organizers of the festival where the tragic accident occurred.A preliminary investigation discovered the device holding...

• Slain Teenager's Family Files Wrongful Death Claim

  David Rowell | August 25, 2007 8:54 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  The family of a Sebastopol teenager killed by Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputies has filed a wrongful death claim agailnst Sonoma County, the deputies, Sonoma County Sheriff's Department and others. The family of the slain teenager says the deputies used unnecessary force, causing the death. Sonoma County Sheriff Bill Coghill says the deputies used only the amount of force needed in a...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Texas Pastor

  David Rowell | August 24, 2007 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  The parents of a Waco teacher have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband, a minister. The parents allege that the fomer pastor of a Baptist church in Lorena, Texas was having an affair, and that he killed his wife and made it look like suicide. They say newly discovered evidence shows that the victim's death was murder, not suicide. An inquest into the death has been ordered, and 11...

• Jury Awards $25.8M in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  David Rowell | August 24, 2007 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A jury awarded $25.8 million on Friday to the family of Beth Hippely, who died as a result of a prescription error at a Walgreen's pharmacy. The victim had the prescription filled at a Walgreen pharmacy in 2002. A pharmacy technician gave her the wrong medication, and she developed a stroke and died several years later. Her family filed a wrongful death suit in 2003, claiming that the pharmacy...

• Kern County Death

  David Rowell | August 20, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A 76 year old Kern County woman died from West Nile virus, the third West Nile death in Kern County this year. Although there is nothing to suggest wrongdoing by Kern County officials, that is not the case in Butte County. In Chico, a woman whose husband died from West Nile has filed a wrongful death suit against the City, claiming that the City knew of an increased risk of infection because of...

• Woman Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Chico for West Niles Death

  Chrissie Cole | August 17, 2007 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  A woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, seeking $50 million in damages, against the City of Chico for her husband's death who died of West Nile virus last year. The woman said she considering filing a lawsuit last year and was about to give up when she changed her mind after becoming ill with the virus herself this summer.While she did not go to the hospital, she claims she was sick at home...

• Chicago Woman Sues City over Son's Wrongful Death

  David Rowell | August 14, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A Chicago woman whose son was killed during a police chase has sued the City for wrongful death, claiming the officers executed her son. The mother of 18-year-old Aaron Harrison alleges her son was unarmed when an officer chased and shot him in an alley on Chicago's West Side on Aug. 6. Police have said Harrison pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer and was shot after he ignored orders to drop...

• Wrongful Death Lawuit Filed Against Anderson Hospital

  Shannon Weidemann | July 18, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Illinois. A man died there in March of 2006 and his family claims the hospital was negligent in his treatment and that led to his death. According to Kusmierczak, Anderson negligently and carelessly failed to notify Scott's physician of no bowel sounds prior to starting him on a clear liquid diet on the date of...

• Widow of Slain Officer Ordered to Pay

  Greg Owen | July 14, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Elizabeth Bernoskie's husband, a police officer, was gunned down in a robbery gone wrong in 1958. No charges were filed until 41 years later after the suspect's sister reveled that her brother and her cousin had talked about committing the murder. However, after the prime suspect, Zarinsky, was acquitted in the criminal trial. The decedent's wife filed a wrongful-death civil suit wherein the...

• Wrongful Death of a Young Man Due to Negligence

  Greg Owen | March 24, 2007 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A Dallas jury awarded $18.9 million to the widow of a man who was killed in an explosion at a TXI facility in Midlothian, Texas. Gordon Rutherford, 34, was killed in January 2003 while employed by a contractor to TXI. He was working in an area that was close to a scrubber that contained materials that were extremely hazardous and flammable.While working, more than 5 tons of combustible plastics...