Posts tagged wrongful

• Two Boys Killed in Michigan Car Accident

  Larry Buckfire | April 09, 2007 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police say winter-like conditions covered the roads in Grand Traverse County, and caused the tragedy for the family of vacationers. "They kind of did it in a manner that it caught the side of the van with the back part of their vehicle and it just sliced the van open."Two boys died tragically last weekent after their family van slammed into a tow truck in northern Michigan. The Michigan car...

• Michigan Car Accident Kills Two

  Larry Buckfire | April 06, 2007 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A tragic way to start the holiday weekend. Police are investigating a deadly car crash on U.S. 131 in Allegan County that killed a 29-year-old Grand Rapids man and his female passenger. The man lost control of his southbound vehicle and crossed the median north of M-89, colliding with a northbound vehicle driven by a 31-year-old Portage man whose injuries were not life-threatening. The road...

• Michigan Motorcycle Accident Deaths Fall

  Larry Buckfire | April 05, 2007 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Good news for Michigan motorcyclists in 2006. Michigan Motorcycle accidents decreased from 3,504 in 2005 to 3,296 in 2006. The number of motorcyclists killed fell approximately 7 percent, from 122 in 2005 to 114 in 2006. Our firm handles a significant number of motorcycle accident cases throughout the State of Michigan and we see the devastating injuries caused in these accidents. The...

• Tara Grant's Sister Files Michigan Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Larry Buckfire | April 05, 2007 8:26 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  "He left his two children without a mother or their home or any real sense of normalcy," Standerfer told The Macomb Daily for a story published Thursday.The sister of a Tara Grant, the mother of two young children, whose torso was found in her Washington Township garage last month, has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Stephen Grant, the suspect in his wife's killing. The...

• Driver Guilty in Michigan Car Accident

  Larry Buckfire | April 03, 2007 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A River Rouge, Michigan man pled guilty yesterday in Monroe County Circuit Court of driving under the influence of drugs and striking a minivan April 18, 2006, in a Michigan car accident killing a Monroe woman and her daughter and injuring her son. The driver pleaded no contest yesterday to one count of operating a motor vehicle under the influence causing injury and two counts of attempted...

• Teen Dies Tragically In Detroit Car Accident

  Larry Buckfire | March 31, 2007 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A teenager died tragically Monday morning in a Detroit car accident after crashing a 1996 Ford Mustang into a utility pole while on his way to school at the Cesar Chavez Academy. Eleazar Herrera, a 10th grader at Chavez High School, lost control of the car and struck the pole shortly before 8 a.m. on Dix Street west of Vernor, Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens-Bell said. Speed and wet road...

• Michigan Man Dies in Motorcycle Accident

  Larry Buckfire | March 28, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Four bikers died in Florida motorcycle accidents during Bike Week, including a man from Michigan. The 48-year-old Michigan died Monday night when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a curb. He was ejected from the motorcycle and suffered signifcant trauma to the head. He was not wearing a helmet at the time, which he was not required to do under Florida law. Bike Week is a 10 day...

• Wrongful Death Due to Medication Mix-Up

  Larry Buckfire | March 27, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The family of a patient who died because of a drug mix-up during surgery agreed to a $1.775 million settlement of their wrongful death case. The suit claims doctors accidentally gave the patient the wrong drug and failed to tell the patient's family how he died. The original death certificate said the patient died of natural causes, however it was changed after the body was exhumed, according to...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Drunk Driver

  Larry Buckfire | March 26, 2007 6:48 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An unusal and tragic wrongful death car accident case was filed in Illinios. Back on December 13, 2006 a 54 year old tow truck driver was assisting his son in attempting to tow his stalled vehicle off of the roadway. A drunk driver crashed into the truck and then hit the son, killing him. The son's family filed suit against the father allegening that the father did not call police before...

• Man Found Guilty of Murder in Auto Accident Case

  Larry Buckfire | March 24, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Lansing, Michigan jury has found a thirty-six year old woman guilty of manslaughter for causing the wrongful death of a forty-six year old Delta Township man in a car accident on December 2, 2005. The convicted woman was driving an SUV and ran numerous red lights before striking the decedent's vehicle. She faces up to 15 years on prison. His family has the right to file a civil lawsuit...