Wrongful Death

• Ritter Wrongful Death Cases Raises Interesting Questions

  Dan Deuterman | March 16, 2008 8:13 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A jury this weekend ruled that two ER doctors who treated actor John Ritter after he collapsed on the set of his sitcom weren't at fault in his death.Ritter's family had filed a multimillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit against the physicians, who treated Ritter for a heart attack, not the torn aorta he had. The hospital where he was treated has already settled with the family of the Emmy...

• Colorado Springs Hospital Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Linda Snyder | March 14, 2008 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  Memorial Hospital settled a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday with Donald Rifkin, whose wife shot and killed the couple's boys and then herself shortly after being released from the Colorado Springs-owned hospital in 2005.Rifkin will receive $325,000, according to city documents obtained by The Gazette.On April 22, 2005, Julie Rifkin, 41, made threats to a co-worker about killing herself and her...

• Kentucky Wrongful Death Attorney

  Daryl Dixon | March 13, 2008 6:03 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Seven People died on Kentucky Highways over the New Years Holiday. This was measured from December 28, 2007 until January 1, 2008. This is one less than a year ago. But the good news doesn't end there. There were 61 fewer Kentucky Wrongful Deaths than in 2006. This is a drop in fatalities of 6.8 percent. The mandatory seatbelt law is to be credited for some of the decrease.

• Follow-up to Trucking Fatality Accident

  Jeremy Thurman | March 12, 2008 8:08 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I wanted to follow up on the trucking accident that killed a family of 4 from Joplin, Missouri. Azcentral.com is reporting that police are recommending that the truck driver be charged with 4 counts of negligent homicide. If you recall, the accident happened in Pryor Oklahoma where the truck driver negligently rear-ended the family of 4 at a stop light.This sad story once again reiterates the...

• Crashes in Tulsa Area Claim 7 Lives

  Jeremy Thurman | March 11, 2008 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  In a very sad story, the Tulsa World is reporting that over seven people have been killed in crashes in the Tulsa area.Per the article, five people ages 18 and younger are among those killed. Seven people -- including two Catoosa teenagers and a Missouri family -- were killed in crashes Sunday in Green Country, and a Pawhuska teenager died Monday after a single-vehicle crash in Delaware County.

• Jury Awards Family $28 Million in Wrongful Shooting of 12 Year Old Boy By Police

  Amy Rothschild | March 11, 2008 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Today, a federal jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, awarded $28 million to the family of a 12 year old boy who was shot by police on Christmas Eve in 2002. The boy was unarmed at the time he was killed. After the boy's death, his family filed a wrongful death claim against Troopers Samuel Nassan and Juan Curry alleging that they acted intentionally. Apparently, the jury agreed. The jury...

• Change in Kentucky Wrongful Death Law Would Allow Spousal Consortium

  Daryl Dixon | March 10, 2008 11:51 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A recent bill sponsored by Republican Robert Stivers could change Kentucky Wrongful Death Law. Stivers bill would allow for Spouses of those killed in a Kentucky Wrongful Death to recover for loss of Companionship (Consortium). Kentucky is one of four states that do not allow for a Spousal Claim for Loss of Companionship in a Wrongful Death Lawsuit. Kentucky does recognize damage claims for...

• Keeton Mathis of Symsonia Kentucky is Hit and Killed by a Graves County School Bus

  Daryl Dixon | March 07, 2008 6:28 AM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  Tragedy struck the small Graves County Kentucky town of Symsonia Thursday afternoon as Keeton Mathis, 3, was hit and killed by a Graves County School Bus. This Kentucky Wrongful Death Bus Crash continues to be investigated. The driver of the school bus will likely not work on Friday due to the emotional strain of the Accident. The rest of the facts have not yet been given. A death...

• Tammy Carman, 32, of Louisville is Killed in Interstate 65 Kentucky Wrongful Death Car Wreck

  Daryl Dixon | March 06, 2008 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A horrific car wreck closed on side of Interstate 65 on Thursday Morning. This Kentucky Wrongful Death Car Wreck was caused by another vehicle than the one in which Tammy Carman was driving. Of the four occupants in the Carman vehicle, 1 was killed, 1 seriously injured and two had minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle has yet to be identified.

• Livingston County Truck Wreck Results in the Wrongful Death of Elizabeth Thorn of Paducah Kentucky

  Daryl Dixon | March 05, 2008 6:06 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  As we reported last night a pickup truck wreck in Ledbetter Kentucky has now resulted in the Wrongful Death of a Paducah Kentucky Woman, Elizabeth Thorn. Thorn, 21, was a passenger in the truck driven by Robert Kelly Jr., 19, of Ledbetter. There was also a two year old child in the truck. Read New Story Here. Kelly and the young child were taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition.