Wrongful Death

• October 2011: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  Brett Emison | October 06, 2011 10:51 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO

  This afternoon I will be speaking at a CLE program for new lawyers and then attending an annual Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys benefit for Breast Cancer Awareness. Once again, MATA is going...

• Killing of Mother and Unborn Child Leads to New Law in North Carolina (NC)

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | October 03, 2011 8:01 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  It was a crime with no apparent motive and no answers. Four years after Jenna Nielsen was killed behind a convenience store in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC), the killer has not yet been found. But...

• Did You Know... State Supreme Courts Routinely Find Tort Reform Damage Caps Unconstitutional?

  Brett Emison | October 03, 2011 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  While many state legislatures, including those in Missouri and Illinois, have imposed substantial restrictions on the right to trial by jury in order to protect negligent corporations, many state...

• DUI Wrongful Death Settlement Reached in Virginia

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | September 30, 2011 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Wrongful death claims stemming from a January 2010 drunk driving accident in Virginia Beach, VA, have been settled for $200,000. To read more, click over to our main Virginia personal injury...

• Friday Round Up: September 30, 2011

  Brett Emison | September 30, 2011 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: Legalese After-Math: When Jurors Forget To Carry The One [Matt McCusker at Deliberations by American Society of Trial Consultants] ...

• Bicyclist Killed on Dixon Highway 113 Solano County

  Claude Wyle | September 30, 2011 3:19 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  It is unfortunate that I have to report a bicycle and car crash fatality. This past Sunday a cyclist 57-year-old Robert Eugene White of Ryde in Sacramento County was killed on state Highway 113...

• Suit for Wrongful Death of Non-Viable Fetus Allowed

  Michael Roberts | September 26, 2011 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  A recent change in Alabama law means successful lawsuits can now be pursued for negligently causing the death of a previable fetus. Before this September 9 ruling, the law, as represented by the...

• Woman Says New Jersey Developmental Facility Allowed her Brother to Freeze to Death

  Mike Ferrara | September 26, 2011 11:02 AM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The sister of a resident at New Lisbon Development Center in Burlington County, New Jersey has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the center, claiming that her brother was abused and neglected...

• Friday Round Up: September 23, 2011

  Brett Emison | September 23, 2011 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Legal and safety news that caught my interest this week: F-16s Scrambled Due to Inappropriate Bathroom Use [Lowering The Bar] Snakes on a Plane [Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice] The...

• Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan Attacked Again (For Failing To Be Partisan)

  Brett Emison | September 20, 2011 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Another week... another attack on the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan for being... nonpartisan. I wrote last week in defense of Missouri's non-partisan, merit-based selection of judges. I am...