Wrongful Death

• Over 200 Minnesota Highway Deaths in 2011

  Mike Bryant | August 17, 2011 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The recent numbers from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) show that Minnesota highway deaths again at a record low. The state's preliminary death count was 200, compared to 244 at this time last...

• Amusement Ride Safety: Roller Coaster Death Tragedy – Is Federal Oversight A Necessary Evil?

  Jeffrey Downs | August 16, 2011 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Tragedy struck the Darien Lake Theme Park and Resort near Buffalo New York just last month when a 29 year old man fell to his death in a horrific fall from a 200-plus foot roller coaster. News...

• Who is to Blame for the Indiana State Fair Tragedy?

  Scott Kappes | August 15, 2011 2:53 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  As everyone know by now, what was supposed to be fun filled evening for concert-goers at the Indiana State Fair turned to tragedy Saterday evening when stage scaffolding came crashing down on the...

• Who is to Blame for the Devastating Accident at Indiana State Fair?

  Mark Bello | August 15, 2011 1:05 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI

  Headlines in the last twenty-four hours have focused on the devastating accident at the Indiana State Fair when a stage collapsed during a powerful storm on Saturday, sending steel scaffolding into...

• Indiana Stage Collapse: Who's At Fault?

  John Lowery | August 14, 2011 12:10 AM | 1 CommentNashville, TN

  Tragedy has struck the Indiana State Fair. Failure to adequately secure a concert stage rigging caused its collapse in the face of strong winds just before the country music duo Sugarland was to...

• Cumberland County Pennsylvania Hospital has SERIOUS PROBLEMS

  Joe Chapman | August 12, 2011 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsHarrisburg, PA

  Three days ago, a story broke, that Carlisle Regional Medical Center (“CRMC”) had been taken to task by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The article said two deaths in the...

• Get Tough on Sex Offenders. Fight to Protect Our Children

  Mark Bello | August 08, 2011 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  A King County judge has dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Tacoma, Pierce County and the state of Washington by the family of a girl who was kidnapped and murdered by a sex...

• Gun Maker To Pay $600000 In Wrongful Death Suit

  Chrissie Cole | July 28, 2011 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA

  Kahr Arms has agreed to pay nearly 600,000 dollars to the families of one man killed and another injured in a shooting that involved a gun that was allegedly stolen from the company, according...

• VA Wrongful Death Defendant Hit with $10.6 Million Verdict Seeks New Trial Over Facebook Photo

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | July 26, 2011 12:16 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Social media is here to stay and Facebook posts are becoming red meat in signficant injury and wrongful death cases-not only in Virginia (VA) but nationwide. What you say or post may be used to...

• Preponderance of the Evidence

  David Mittleman | July 21, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Just over two weeks ago, the jury in the Casey Anthony murder trial returned a “not guilty” verdict on the most severe charges against the accused. Though much of the public was...