Wrongful Death

• Chicago Man Killed While Riding Bicycle

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 16, 2007 6:45 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Ryan Boudreau of Chicago died Monday after being hit by a truck. Boudreau, who was 27 at the time of his death, was riding his bicycle on Clark Street in Chicago when he was hit by the truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Officers have determined the fatal collision was an accident. However, Boudreau's family may be able to recover against the truck driver for the wrongful death of...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Texas Hospital

  Shannon Weidemann | August 15, 2007 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsWashington, DC

  A woman's beneficiary has sued a Texas hospital and two physicians for wrongful death after she died while in their care in August of 2005. She was involved in a car accident and taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital for treatment. The lawsuit claims that a CT scan was not performed in time to save her life. "Bowden's condition continued to deteriorate. Dr. Senthilkumar saw Bowden once...

• Oak Harbor man dies hours after arrest

  Dale Emch | August 15, 2007 12:50 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  An Oak Harbor, Ohio, man who won $600,000 in a police brutality lawsuit seven years ago died last weekend after Sandusky County Sheriff's deputies shocked him multiple times with a Taser.Craig A. Burdine, 37, was being booked into the jail on assault and criminal damaging charges when the police used the Taser because "he was going crazy," Fremont Police Chief Monte Huss told the Toledo Blade....

• Oak Harbor man dies in police custody

  Dale Emch | August 15, 2007 12:23 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  After winning $600,000 in a police brutality lawsuit seven years ago, an Oak Harbor, Ohio, man died last weekend following multiple Taser shocks by Sandusky County Sheriff's deputies. Craig A. Burdine, 37, was being booked into the jail on assault and criminal damaging charges when the police used the Taser because "he was going crazy," Fremont Police Chief Monte Huss told the Toledo Blade. In...

• Oak Harbor man dies hours after arrest

  Dale Emch | August 15, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  Only seven years after he was awarded $600,000 in a police brutality lawsuit, an Oak Harbor, Ohio, man died last weekend after Sandusky County Sheriff's deputies shocked him multiple times with a Taser.Craig A. Burdine, 37, was being booked into the jail on assault and criminal damaging charges when the police used the Taser because "he was going crazy," Fremont Police Chief Monte Huss told the...

• 15 confirmed cases of asbestos exposure in west texas

  RLF Staff | August 15, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  So far, 15 West Dallas workers and residents show signs of asbestos-related illnesses such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and cancer. The cause is asbestos exposure from a local mineral processing plant. These findings came from chest X-rays on former workers, family members and current and former local residents. Doctors have reviewed 252 of the 421 exams. fifteen of those displayed signs of an...

• Chicago Woman Sues City over Son's Wrongful Death

  David Rowell | August 14, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A Chicago woman whose son was killed during a police chase has sued the City for wrongful death, claiming the officers executed her son. The mother of 18-year-old Aaron Harrison alleges her son was unarmed when an officer chased and shot him in an alley on Chicago's West Side on Aug. 6. Police have said Harrison pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer and was shot after he ignored orders to drop...

• Wal-Mart Settles Lawsuit for Giving Customer Wrong Medication Resulting in Customer's Death

  Amy Rothschild | August 13, 2007 6:22 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  In December of 2005, Keith Scofield ordered an over-the counter drug from a Wal-Mart pharmacy in Frederick, Maryland. Mr. Schofield ordered Humulin R (u-100). Instead, Mr. Schofield was puportedly given Humulin R (u-500). Humulin R (u-500) is a prescription drug that has five times more the insulin of the medication that Mr. Schofield requested from the pharmacy. According to his family who...

• Nursing Home Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | August 13, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  An 82-year-old woman died, in May, at Lemont Nursing Home where she resided since 2004. Now, her daughter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming the facility contributed to her mother's death with abuse and neglect.The lawsuit was filed on July 18 in Cook County Circuit Court. The suit alleges Lemont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center failed to provide her mother with efficient care that...

• Airplane Crashes - All Twenty On Board Killed

  Courtney Mills | 2007-08-10T15:41:14 | 0 Comments

  A small twin engine turboprop crashed into the sea right after takeoff Thursday from the French Polynesian island of Moorea, killing all twenty passengers aboard. According to the High Commission for the territory, it was the worst aviation accident in French Polynesia's recorded history. The plane was departing for Tahiti, approximately ten miles from the island of Moorea, when it crashed into...