Posts tagged death

• Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death

  Staff Writer | January 19, 2006 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A story from the Denver Post talks about the non-profit group Colorado Citizens for Accountability and their battle to inform the public about medical malpracticeand tort reform. Founded by Patty and David Skolnik, whose son was diagnosed with a brain cyst. Only after he was operated on did the family find out that the doctor who performed the surgery had pending malpractice suits in other...

• Defendants Seek Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2006 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Attorneys for defendants in a Wyoming wrongful death lawsuit have asked a judge to completely throw out, or at least release some defendants from, the suit. Rick Schwartz and Milt Stollak were fighting Colorado wildfires in 2002 when the tanker they were flying went down. Relatives of the two filed suit in 2004 against Hawkins and Powers Aviation, its employees, and other defendants.Attorneys...

• Parents Consider Wrongful Death Suit For Son's Death

  Staff Writer | January 04, 2006 7:42 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The parents of a 9-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a 14-year-old last summer have threatened to file a civil lawsuit against the 14-year-old's parents.Eric Alan Stoneman was sentenced in December to 10 years (four in a juvenile justice facility and 6 in state prison) for the shooting death of Taylor Demarco.Taylor's parents, Bill DeMarco and Wendi Robyn, opposed any change in the...