Wrongful Death

• Alleged Nursing Home Neglect Spawns Wrongful Death Action

  Amy Rothschild | August 21, 2007 9:17 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The daughter of an eighty-two (82) year old resident who died at a nursing home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nursing home. The resident, who had been residing at the nursing home since 2004, died three days after she fell and fractured her leg and hip at the nursing home. The daughter's complaint alleges wrongful death and claims that the nursing home's abuse and neglect...

• Worker Killed in Casting Machine Accident

  Jenny Albano | August 21, 2007 1:51 AM | 0 CommentsAkron, OH

  Matthew Salisbury, an employee of Brush Wellman Engineered Products, was crushed to death Sunday night in a casting machine. According to another employee, the machine broke down and Salisbury entered it to try and fix the problem. While he was trying to unclog the machine he became pinned and was crushed to death; another employee turned off the air compressor that powered the machinery, but...

• Kern County Death

  David Rowell | August 20, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA

  A 76 year old Kern County woman died from West Nile virus, the third West Nile death in Kern County this year. Although there is nothing to suggest wrongdoing by Kern County officials, that is not the case in Butte County. In Chico, a woman whose husband died from West Nile has filed a wrongful death suit against the City, claiming that the City knew of an increased risk of infection because of...

• TASER Death, Lawsuit Settled $100,000

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 20, 2007 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Ray Charles Austin died in September 2003 after he was shocked by a Taser several times. Austin was an inmate in the Gwinnett County Jail at the time of his death. Austin was shocked as a result of a fight he was engaged in where he bit part of a deputy's ear off.Austin's family settled the suit for $100,000 and agreed not to make public statements about the settlement. The agreement for...

• New school year increases risk for vehicular "back-overs"

  Chuck Boyk | August 18, 2007 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  The start of a new school year brings excitement and new beginnings for students all over the nation. This time of year also brings an increased number of children outside as they wait for buses, in parking lots, or walk to and from school. 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...

• 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...