Posts tagged wrongful death

• Wrongful Death of a Young Man Due to Negligence

  Greg Owen | March 24, 2007 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A Dallas jury awarded $18.9 million to the widow of a man who was killed in an explosion at a TXI facility in Midlothian, Texas. Gordon Rutherford, 34, was killed in January 2003 while employed by a contractor to TXI. He was working in an area that was close to a scrubber that contained materials that were extremely hazardous and flammable.While working, more than 5 tons of combustible plastics...

• Johnson & Johnson Exec. Alleges he was Fired for Safety Concerns

  Christina Cole | December 30, 2006 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Former vice president of two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in a lawsuit that he was fired for seeking recalls on numerous faulty products. One such product includes the Ortho Evra birth control patch which was the subject of at least 1,000 product liability suits. One of the world's largest medical and drug product makers, New Jersey based Johnson & Johnson, said last week they fired the...

• Vioxx Maker is Liable for Mom's Death

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 10:23 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The son of a Port Orange woman that died of a heart attack in 2004 has began a national courtroom fight to get damages from the maker of the once-popular painkiller Vioxx. Mark Golin, 51, spoke about his loss on the two-year anniversary of his Mother's death, who was 80 when she died. "My Mom was a fighter and her heart really failed," Golin said Wednesday, just two days after filing a wrongful...

• Woman awarded 2 Million for Unattended Stroke

  Ed Smith | October 10, 2006 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A woman who suffered a brain injury becase she was neglected in a hospital after suffering a stroke was awarded 2 million dollars by an Illinois jury. Even trained professionals, if they are hurried and unaware may miss stroke warning signs that are vitally important to full recovery.

• Groundwater Contamination Continues to Spread

  Helen Zukin | October 02, 2006 3:00 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Groundwater contamination is a serious health threat to the public. Toxic substances in our drinking water pose dangers to our population.Throughout the U.S. groundwater is increasingly becoming contaminated with a variety of toxic substances; ranging from radioactive tritium to trichloroethylene (TCE); to name just a few. The underground aquifers which supply so much of our nations water have...

• Sixth Comair Wrongful Death Suit Filed

  Staff Writer | September 22, 2006 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The family of a woman traveling to Naples, Florida filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court this week in Lexington KY. It is the sixth suit filed against Comair after the August 27 crash and alleges that the company failed to provide proper training to the pilots who took off from the wrong runway. The runway was too short to accommodate such an aircraft, and the plane crashed shortly...

• Bike Accidents--Personal Injury-Deaths- Lead to Road Closure

  Paul Kiesel | August 24, 2006 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Responding to a series of major injury and wrongful death incidents along the Pacific Coast Highway involving bicyclists and pedestrians, the Dana Point City Council voted to ban pedestrians and bicycles along the inland side of the Pacific Coast Highway. The northbound side of the Pacific Coast Highway will be off limits to all but motor vehicles to provide a safer environment for bikes and...

• B.I.G Wrongful Death Suit Sparks New Probe Into Murder

  Staff Writer | August 04, 2006 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In the wake of a wrongful death lawsuit that ended in a mistrial, the LAPD has assigned six veteran homicide detectives to investigate the murder of Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G.). The department has no new information on the case, but the suit filed by Wallace's mother, Violetta, ended in a mistrial earlier this year when it was discovered that a detective deliberately hid...

• $20 Million Asbestos Lawsuit Filed

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  InjuryBoard's partner in Jefferson city, Missouri injury lawyer Steve Gorny, posts about a Tennessee woman who filed an asbestos lawsuit against a company for whom her husband did some contract work before he died of esophageal cancer last year. Carolyn Welch filed suit against ALCOA, seeking compensatory and punitive damages and claiming the company knew of cases of mesothelioma dating back to...