Wrongful Death

• $25.8M Awarded in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Walgreens

  Chrissie Cole | August 22, 2007 7:05 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  A wrongful death lawsuit filed in 2003, by the family and children of a cancer patient that died when she was given the wrong prescription, was settled Friday when the jury awarded $25.8 million.In 2002 the woman was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, to treat breast cancer. The prescription she was given was ten times stronger than what her doctor had prescribed.The mother of three passed...

• Minneapolis Bridge Death Toll Stands at 13

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 22, 2007 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  On Monday the last known missing person's body was pulled from the water where the Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge once stood. Gregory Jolstad was a 45 year old construction worker that died in the collapse. He was part of the bridge's resurfacing crew. The official death toll now stands at 13.The bridge collapse has raised a lot of questions and concerns about bridge construction around...

• Com Ed Work Dies in Chicago Suburb

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 22, 2007 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Daniel Yost was working on overhead power lines in Lombard, Illinois when he was electrocuted. The 24 year old Yost was working near 135 S. Dodge Lane in Lombard on Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital but did not survive. ComEd and the Lombard police are currently investigating the matter. Yost's family may be able to recover for his wrongful death. They may...

• Nuns Face Wrongful Death Lawsuits in New Orleans Lafon Nursing Home Deaths during Hurricane Katrina

  Dan Deuterman | August 22, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  They don't face criminal charges, but that doesn't mean nuns who ran the Lafon Nursing Home in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck are in the clear. That's because they're facing wrongful death lawsuits regarding 22 nursing home residents who died in the horrible conditions in the aftermath of Katrina. New Orleans resident Maria Johnson sued Lafon in the death of her 79-year-old mother....

• Mother of Man who Died in Immigration Custody to File Wrongful Death Suit

  Dan Deuterman | August 21, 2007 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The mother of an HIV-positive man who died while in immigration custody plans to file a wrongful death suit against the United States government, according to news reports.The mother alleges that immigration officials denied medical treatment to her son while he was in custody.This immigration wrongful death case highlights a disturbing trend.23-year-old Victor Arrelano, died while in custody at...

• Driver Charged in Drunk Driving Car Accident

  Scott Kappes | August 21, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Two people were killed earlier this month when a drunk driver flew over a seawall in deadly car accident. The driver has been charged with DWI and failing to stop and give aid to accident victims. Oscar Podencceo, 20, who told police he is from Mexico and not a legal U.S. citizen, remained in a University of Texas Medical Branch hospital under observation Monday afternoon. Police allege he was...

• Chicago Area Man Killed by Freight Train

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 21, 2007 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Thomas Bujnowski was only 47 years old when he died Friday morning. Bujnowski's body was found near the train tracks at Route 14 and Lincoln Street in Fox River Grove, Illinois. It is believed Bujnowski was hit by a Union Pacific freight train. His death has been ruled an accident but there is an ongoing investigation. Police hope to find additional answers to how Thomas Bujnowski was killed...

• Rescue Efforts Halted in Utah Mine Collapse

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 21, 2007 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Digging has been halted at the Crandall Canyon coal mine after 3 rescue workers recently died and six others were injured. Experts have examined the mine and say it is too dangerous to continue digging. The head of the federal Mine and Safety Health Administration, however, has said that if there are any signs of life they will continue rescue efforts. Four holes have now been dug into the...

• Parasailing Accident Similar to Past Case Tried by Firm

  Staff Writer | August 21, 2007 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  This past Saturday, two teenage sisters went parasailing near Pompano Beach. According to the Miami Herald, while they were in the air, the winds turned gusty and the rope that tethered them to the boat snapped. They hurdled past the shoreline, hit a thatched roof shelter and then slammed into the second floor of the Beachcomber Resort. Jeannete Lewis, attorney and partner of The Haggard Law...

• Florida Jury Awards $25.8 Million Against Walgreen's Pharmacy for Misfilled Prescription

  Amy Rothschild | August 21, 2007 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A jury in Bartown, Florida, rendered a $25.8 million on August 17, 2007, to a cancer patient's family who was given a wrong prescription by Walgreen's pharmacy. The wrong prescription resulted in the cancer patient having a stroke and dying several days later. The patient, who was being treated for breast cancer, was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, in 2002 to treat the breast cancer....