Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Family of Jennifer Strange Wins $16.5 Million for Water-Drinking Contest Death

  David Mittleman | October 30, 2009 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Thanks to a Sacramento County jury, the notorious case of Jennifer Strange, a young mother of three who died after participating in a radio station’s water-drinking contest, has come to a...

• Lawsuit Claims Doctor Botched Brain Surgery, Covered Up Evidence to Avoid Wrongful Death Suit

  David Mittleman | August 12, 2009 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Cincinnati, Ohio—the family of 16-year-old Jessica Siegel has filed a lawsuit against a neurosurgeon and a clinic, who they claim altered evidence to avoid a wrongful death claim after Jessica...

• Iowa Jury Awards $11.4 Million to Victims of Deadly Helicopter Crash

  David Mittleman | July 18, 2009 8:10 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Two victims of a 2006 helicopter crash received just compensation after a Polk County, Iowa jury awarded $7.2 million to a cameraman’s widow and $4.2 million to the film producer of an eastern...

• Family Files Wrongful Death Suit After 16-year-old Dies in Police Taser Incident

  David Mittleman | June 18, 2009 1:03 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A Detroit family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Warren police and the city after their son died of sudden cardiac arrest back in April of this year, when he...

• Brighton Woman Charged Under Michigan’s Kids in Cars Law

  David Mittleman | May 15, 2009 8:27 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yesterday morning, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm conducted a ceremonial signing of the Kids in Cars law. The law has been in effect in Michigan since April 1, 2009. The law makes it illegal...

• $3.1 Million Jury Verdict Awarded to Drunk Driving Victim’s Family

  David Mittleman | May 13, 2009 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A LeHigh County, Pennsylvania jury awarded a victim’s family and estate a $3.1 million verdict last Friday, after she was killed by a drunk driver on the evening of her 25th birthday. The...

• A family's legal remedies when a loved one dies from someone's negligence

  David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  If tragedy strikes and one of your relatives dies as a result of someone’s negligence, Michigan’s wrongful death statute permits the family of the lost loved one to bring forth a...

• South Carolina Family Settles for $3 Million in Medical Malpractice Case

  David Mittleman | April 09, 2009 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In March of 2005, Heather Sloan, a 29-year old mother of three, went to the Chester Regional Medical Center complaining of extreme abdominal pain. After doctors failed to read her CT scan properly...

• City of Detroit to pay $2 Million for contributing to a death during lockup

  Timothy Smith | February 25, 2009 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In August 2005, James Stone was arrested on a parole violation. While in lock-up/jail, he complained for over an hour about chest pains, but the City did nothing. He later had a heart attack and...

• Outrage in Bay City over Marvin Schur's death.

  Timothy Smith | January 27, 2009 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I just found out that Marvin Schur was a World War II vet. Is this how we treat our veterans? The citizens of Bay City are up in arms over the callousness shown by their City Managers. Click here...