Posts tagged wrong

• Lawsuit Against University for Pub Crawl Moves Forward

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 26, 2007 8:45 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Rhode Island continues to move forward this week with depositions. The lawsuit alleges that a university student, Francis Marx V, was killed in 2004 during a pub crawl that the university was aware of but failed to do anything about.The university admits that it was aware of the pub crawl, however, it did not prohibit the activity. Instead,...

• Pennsylvania Woman Dies of Salmonella

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 26, 2007 7:29 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  It is believed that a Pennsylvania woman died in January as a result of being infected with salmonella after eating tainted peanut butter. The peanut butter is part of a recent recall of ConAgra peanut butter. This is not the first death that is believed to be related to the peanut butter. A family recently came forward in Illinois stating that they believe their family member also died from...

• Illinois Man's Death May be from Salmonella

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 26, 2007 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  An Illinois man who died on February 2, 2007, may have died as a result of ingesting peanut butter that was affected by the recent salmonella outbreak. The man died just three days after he ate a peanut butter sandwich that contained the recently recalled ConAgra peanut butter.The death is the first reported in Illinois that relates to the salmonella outbreak. There have been other cases of...

• Football Player Dies, School at Fault?

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 26, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Ryan Owens died in July 2006 after he collapsed after football practice. Ryan was attending Henderson County High School in Indiana at the time. His family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school and its coaches alleging they were the cause of 16 year old Ryan's death.The parents believe that the school should have done more to prevent the death of their son. The school,...

• Supreme Court Limits Award

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 22, 2007 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A woman who sued and won a lawsuit against Philip Morris USA for her husbands death has had her jury award set aside by the Supreme Court. The lawsuit now returns to the Oregon Supreme Court, which will determine if it will order a new trial, reduce the jury award or reinstate its decision.The Supreme Court's argument for setting aside the verdict, in part, was that the widow should only...

• Two People Killed When Airport Shuttles Crash in Fort Lauderdale

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 19, 2007 3:04 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  On Sunday evening two airport shuttles driving at the Fort Lauderdale airport collided killing one drive and one passenger. There were another eight people that were injured from the collision. Of the eight that were hospitalized, two people were reported to be in serious condition.It is believed at this time that the shuttle buses were heading in opposite directions when they collided. The...

• Illinois Nursing Home Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 18, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A lawsuit was filed against the Granite Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Granite City, Illinois. A woman who was sent there after undergoing heart surgery died less than two months after her release from the nursing home. It is believed that the poor care she received led to infection and eventually death. The woman, only 75, had developed fluid build-up in her lungs. It is believed that...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Fraternity Moves Forward

  Jamie G. Goldstein | February 16, 2007 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  After a Colorado woman's son was killed from alcohol poisoning in 2004, she filed a lawsuit against the fraternity that her son was pledging. She also filed against seven of the fraternity members. The defendants were trying to have the lawsuit dismissed but the Judge stood firm that there were various counts that were triable. The Judge set a trial date for March 2008. The college student...