Colorado updates in category: Wrongful Death

Memorial Hospital settled a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday with Donald Rifkin, whose wife shot and killed the couple's boys and then herself shortly after being released from the Colorado Springs-owned hospital in 2005.Rifkin will receive $325,000, according to city documents obtained by The Gazette.On April 22, 2005, Julie Rifkin, 41, made threats to a co-worker about killing herself and her...

A $6 million settlement was reached earlier this week for a wrongful-death lawsuit involving the family of a woman who was killed when a Big Dig highway tunnel in Boston collapsed on her car in 2006.The lawsuit involved the epoxy supplier, Powers Fasteners Inc. The woman, Milena Del Valle, was crushed when 26 tons of concreted ceiling panels collapsed while driving through the tunnel.It was...

A student hazing a fraternity at Plattsburge State University in 2003 died during the initiation rites. His parents sued 14 members of the Psi Episilon Chi fraternity after their son's death from water intoxication. The judge in the wrongful death lawsuit awarded the parents $1.5 Million. After his death, which sparked outrage across the state, 10 of his alleged tormenters and an alumnus were...

A man was shot by two police officers in 1998 and his family is now suing for wrongful death. The court case started this week. The victim had been visiting his parent's home and the police were called because he was acting suicidal. When the police arrived he was holding a knife that the officers believed to be a gun. In opening statements, defense attorney Andrew Morse said Peterson...

An armed man was shot to death by Governor Ritter's security staff at the Capitol. While news reports are just now coming in, it appears the man stated "I am the emperor and I'm here to take over state government" just prior to being shot by security.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to our section on Wrongful Death.

A wrongful death lawsuit against a woman that was first convicted and then acquitted of her boyfriend's death has been dismissed. She had also been charged with stealing the man's silver and that conviction was upheld on appeal. Tuesday, Judge Elizabeth Halverson granted a motion to dismiss the wrongful death suit, because in Nevada, after you start a case, it must be brought to trial within...

On March 13, 2007, a group of teenagers were allegedly drinking -- one of those drunken teenagers got behind the wheel, drove drunk and struck a car killing 17 year old Samara Stricklen. While the Jefferson County police originally believed the drunk driver was 16 year old Alison Bowen, however, the grand jury reached a different conclusion yesterday afternoon.The grand jury indicted 17 year...

The family of Emily Rae Rice, the twenty-four year old who died needlessly in the hands of Denver County Jail employees, files suit against the City and County of Denver, Denver Health and nearly 50 deputies, jail guards, doctors and nurses.It is absolutely amazing that in this day and age someone like Emily Rae Rice could die due to the negligent actions of those entities entrusted with the...

Hyundai Motor American had a wrongful death lawsuit filed against them in Orange County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges they helped an employee leave the country following a fatal car accident. Youn Bum Lee was driving a car that hit a motorcyle and killed the driver. He had been out drinking with other Hyundai executives on the night of the accident. "What unfolded was possible criminal...

A man was excuted by the North Carolina Department of Corrections in August and now his attorney is considering filing a wrongful death suit after all the conditions set forth by a U.S. District Court Judge were not followed. A doctor was supposed to monitor the man to make sure he was fully unconscious before being executed and according to a deposition, that did not happen.U.S. District Judge...

New York State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan ruled that a woman whose daughter sustained a traumatic brain injury at a city-licensed daycare center (First Steps) in 2000 could sue New York City. The woman researched several daycare centers before allowing her daughter to be put under the care of First Steps Daycare Center. Her criteria called for a "licensed, investigated,...

A 17-month-old girl was found unconscious and not breathing at a home day care center in Aurora on Tuesday, December 12th. She was later pronounced dead after she was taken by ambulance to The Children's Hospital. According to family members, the girl was not ill and did not have any special medical conditions. Both a neighbor and the husband of the day-care provider attempted to give the...

A New York jury didn't buy the arguments set forth by a decedent's family as it sought $10 million from Benihana's for his death several months after dodging a shrimp allegedly tossed by the chef.For more about this story...

Actor Robert Blake testifies and becomes combative in Wrongful Death lawsuit, denying having lied about his wife's slaying.For the latest news about this troubled actor's current legal battle, click here

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...