Wrongful Death

• Oregon Wrongful Death Case Goes to Supreme Court

  Staff Writer | August 02, 2006 8:05 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A wrongful death case against Philip Morris USA that was upheld in the Oregon Supreme Court earlier in 2006 will go to the U.S. Supreme Court this fall. The case involved the family of Jesse D. Williams, who died of lung cancer in 1997 after smoking cigarettes since the 1950s. Williams was a janitor and smoked three packs of Marlboros a day. An Oregon jury awarded the Williams family $80...

• Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) Save Lives

  Paul Grieco | July 26, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Recently there have been a number of wrongful death law suits filed as a result of health clubs failing to have AED's - Automated External Defibrillators on their premises. These devices can immediately "shock" the heart back into pumping when someone suffers a heart attack. Any health club should have such a device easily accessible in the event someone working out suffers a heart attack. ...

• Asbestos Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | July 25, 2006 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsJefferson City, MO

  A Tennessee woman filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit last week claiming that her husband's death was a result of his exposure to asbestos while he was on the job. Donald Welch died of esophageal cancer in July 25. His wife is seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.``Even though ALCOA was familiar with reports of family member contraction of...

• Oregon Wrongful Death Case Adjudicated

  Scott Hendison | July 25, 2006 4:17 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that the Oregon state Constitution does not give a family the right to sue a company for negligence after there is a death in the workplace.Our court decided the case against two adult children and the mother of Felix Juarez. Juarez was fatally injured in 2000 when a backhoe bucket struck him at Windsor Island Mine, near Keizer. To read the entire story, see...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Still Possible For Worker's Family?

  Staff Writer | July 20, 2006 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  In a case involving the family of Felix Juarez, a worker at the Windsor Island Mine who died from head injuries after being struck by a backhoe bucket, the Oregon Supreme Court rejected the workers' comp suit. The justices made a unanimous decision that the Oregon Constitution did not automatically give the family the right to sue a company for negligence that resulted in its worker's death....

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Group Home

  Staff Writer | July 14, 2006 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  The family of an Alabama woman who died as a result of injuries suffered during an incident at an Alabama group home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility. Martha Sue Hall had been transferred from a different home to Grand Haven Group Home only three days before her death. She suffered "significant and catastrophic injuries leading to her death," the suit alleges. The Mental...

• Kite Tube Recall Initiated

  Staff Writer | July 14, 2006 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Approximately 19,000 kite tubes are being recalled by Sportstuff, Inc. after the company received reports of two deaths and many serious injuries linked to the product's use. The kite tube is pulled behind a boat, and the rider polls on the tubes handles to become airborne. Riders have been killed and injured while being towed at high speeds and falling off the tube from several feet in the air.

• On Fathers' Day - Meet The President Of MADD

  Bob Carroll | June 18, 2006 5:05 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  It's Fathers' Day. A perfect day for a special salute to the national president of MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving. What makes him different? Read his story from the Arizona Daily Star.Glynn Birch's life is split in two. There is the life he had before his 21-month-old son, Courtney, was killed by a drunken driver 18 years ago. And there is the life that has evolved since, which he often...

• Disney Sued Over Death of Young Boy at Epcot

  Clint Gilbert | June 15, 2006 11:05 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Walt Disney World by the family of a 4 year old boy that died after riding Epcot's Mission: Space ride. An autopsy revealed that the boy's death was caused by an irregular heartbeat brought about by the stress of the ride on the boy's body.The ride, Mission: Space, spins riders in a centrifuge, subjecting the rider to twice the normal force of...

• Justice Department to Review Deaths Linked to stun guns

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2006 7:06 AM | 0 CommentsCheyenne, WY

  According to a recent article in USA Today, the Justice Department is reviewing the deaths of 180 people that died after being shocked by a stun gun. The study was proposed after law enforcement authorities expressed concern about the growing number of deaths linked to these products. The review could take up to two years to complete, but in the meantime several police departments across the...