Wrongful Death

• Family Awarded $25.8 Million in Wrongful Death Case

  Shannon Weidemann | August 18, 2007 3:50 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A woman died after being dispensed the wrong drug at Walgreens and a jury has awarded her family $25.8 Million in the wrongful death case brought against the pharmacy. The woman was prescribed a blood thinner and the pharmacy gave her one 10 times the prescribed strength. It caused her to have a stroke in 2002 and die in 2007. The Polk County Circuit Court jury found the prescription error...

• Child fatalities increase with vehicular "back-ups"

  Chuck Boyk | August 18, 2007 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  As the beginning of a new school year brings excitement for many children and parents, we must be aware of a serious problem haunting the homes of more and more Americans. The most tragic cases we handle at our Toledo, Ohio personal injury office are those that involve the death of a child. That's why we join Kids and Cars, a non-profit consumer advocacy group, in its call for heightened safety...

• Increase in vehicular "back-overs" cause child fatalities

  Chuck Boyk | August 18, 2007 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  The most tragic cases we handle at our Toledo, Ohio personal injury office are those that involve the death of a child. That's why we join Kids and Cars, a non-profit consumer advocacy group, in its call for heightened safety measures that would help protect children from getting hit by vehicles backing out of driveways. A recent national study by Kids and Cars showed that the number of child...

• Be Careful of Signing Liabilty Waivers

  Rob McKinney | August 18, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Remember the old line , you better read it before you sign it. That applies in Tennessee personal injury accident cases . Often , one is asked to sign a " Waiver and Release of Liabilty " form before some types of activities . I know I do when my son plays paintball in Spring Hill , Tennessee . It is often a form that the person says here sign and you do not think anything about it...

• 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...

• Mother Files Wrongful Death Claim Against City and State

  Chrissie Cole | August 17, 2007 8:09 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A mother of two small children is preparing to file a $12 million wrongful death claim for the deaths of her two small children - ages four and five.The claim is asking the state for $8 million in wrongful death damages and the City of Tucson for $4 million.The mother alleges she was abused by her ex-husband both during her pregnancy and after the children were born. A term in the divorce...

• Dangerous Products From China

  Rob McKinney | August 17, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In the last couple of months , We have read repeatly on the dangerous and defective products pouring out of China . Any product stamped made in China is now suspect . Just this week while I was at a mediation , I learned that a crane boom collapsed in Knoxville , Tennessee killing a worker . The cause of the accident was a defective bolt . From saw blades to pet food , The...

• Three Rescuers Dead, 6 Injured in Utah Mine

  Courtney Mills | 2007-08-17T11:34:21 | 0 Comments

  While searching for the six missing miners in the Crandall Canyon Mine last night, a terrible cave-in occurred in which three men tragically lost their lives. Six other rescuers burrowing alongside were also injured in the mine cave-in and workers frantically sought to render assistance to the incapacitated.Since the Utah mine collapse in Huntington it has been a harrowing ten days as workers...

• Legal woes not over for Tolly Carr, TV anchor convicted in drunk driving death

  Dan Deuterman | 2007-08-17T10:00:28 | 0 Comments

  The cirminal trial of Tolly Carr is over, but the former television anchor still faces a wrongful death suit. The suit was filed in May in Forsyth County against Carr, a former anchor of WXII in North Carolina, and three Winston-Salem bars the lawsuit says served Carr the night in March that Casey Bokhoven, 26, was killed. On Monday, Aug 13, Carr, 32, pleaded guilty to charges of felony death by...

• More Fun with Allstate

  Steve Klearman | 2007-08-16T08:49:01 | 0 Comments

  As you may have seen in earlier blogs, Allstate's Nevada Counsel has got himself into a lot of trouble with the Nevada Supreme Court and a number of District Courts and has incurred high sanctions. I received this email update from Peter Chase Neumann, one of the attorneys keeping the heat on Allstate:In the wrongful death case of Duncan Estate vs. Peri and Stratton, the Trial Court, Dept 4,...