Posts tagged wrongful death

• 13 Car Accident Causes Deaths

  Craig Cannon | March 14, 2007 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Heavy fog and smoke on The Florida Turnpike near Orlando caused a 13-vehicle wreck. The crash resulted in 5 wrongful deaths. Four other people were injured. All five deaths occurred during the second crash, Florida Highway Patrol said in a statement. No one was injured in the first or third crashes. Two people from Boynton Beach and one person from Gainesville were killed in the accident. A...

• Motorcycle Crash Results in Wrongful Death

  Craig Cannon | February 24, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A resident of The Villages riding his motorcycle was killed when he crashed into a car. The motorcycle and car accident occurred in Ocala. The motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital where he as pronounced dead. The driver of the automobile did not suffer any serious personal injury.The collision left the motorcycle in several pieces and the rider was thrown at least 13 feet from the...

• Nursing Home Abuse Ends in Wrongful Death

  Craig Cannon | February 22, 2007 6:13 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  Choosing a good nursing home is difficult. Unfortunately for the family of one elderly person, the nursing home they choose for their mother resulted in her wrongful death. The 81 year who suffered from alzheimer's was abused by aides at the nursing home. Thankfully, cases like this are rare - but resident advocates and nursing home administrators alike say elder abuse, in all its forms, is...

• Court says legal father, not biological dad, should sue on behalf of dead son's estate

  Staff Writer | February 05, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A recent article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that the biological father of a boy who was shot and killed by a Delray Beach police officer has no right to sue on behalf of the 16-year-old's estate, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday.In affirming an earlier ruling that Kenneth Miller should be considered Jerrod Miller's legal father, the court also took a swipe at...

• Arrest Causes Miscarriage

  Bob Carroll | February 01, 2007 5:46 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Police officers and jailers must hear a lot of excuses. But, some excuses should make them take notice. For example, a pregnant woman who claims to be bleeding and on the way to the hospital should not be ignored. Woman: Cops Ignored Pleas for Help at Arrest, Baby Died Next DayA woman whose premature baby died the day after she was arrested has sued the Kansas City Police Department and two...

• The Hidden Defibrillator That Could Have Saved A Child's Life

  Bob Carroll | February 01, 2007 5:30 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  What good is a first aid kit if nobody is trained to use it in an emergency? Worse, what good is it if kept hidden in a closet? A wrongful death lawsuit in Florida is asking similar questions about an automatic external defibrillator which could have saved a 12-year-old boy's life.Indian River County school district sued over boy's deathINDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- The parents of a 12-year-old boy...

• Federal Court Now Has Wrongful Death Case Against CNN Anchor

  Shannon Weidemann | January 29, 2007 10:34 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The parents of Melinda Duckett filed a wrongful death lawsuit against CNN Anchor Nancy Grace and the network. The case has been moved to federal court. The family charges that Grace's interview with tough questions aimed at Duckett involving the disappearance of her 2-year-old son led her to commit suicide. The family is seeking damages and for the show to never be aired again. The boy has...

• Florida Nurse Administers What May Be The Largest Drug Overdose In The State

  Bob Carroll | January 24, 2007 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  How is it possible a nurse could administer 10 times the dose of a drug ordered by a doctor? Coral Springs mother died from massive overdose given by Broward General nurseThe Coral Springs mother went to the emergency room feeling sick after running out of medicine. But instead of just getting a refill, she died when a nurse gave her a massive overdose of a seizure drug, according to hospital...

• It Was Not Sympathy For Widow That Motivated Jury When Doctors Kept Heads In Sand

  Bob Carroll | January 21, 2007 7:09 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a recent Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death case we are told the jury primarily heard the family's tale and acted with compassion rather than according to the rigors of the law. That is the take of Cortlandt Forum, at least.I read the facts outlined on the Forum and come to an entirely different conclusion. A complicated case is trumped by the sympathy factorThe patient was a 22-year-old...

• Let Me Count The Ways Mistakes Killed The Comair Passengers

  Bob Carroll | January 21, 2007 6:24 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The causes of airplane crashes are rarely singular. They tend to be combinations of multiple errors and defects. This story from Kentucky.com shows just some of the individual causes that came together in Lexington to take the lives of 49 people.Attorneys say revelations in crash investigation help lawsuitsThe plane crashed on takeoff from Lexington's Blue Grass Airport after the pilots taxied...