Indiana updates in category: Wrongful Death

Scott Peterson, convicted of killing his pregnant wife, is heading to court again – this time civil court. Laci Peterson’s parents have filed a multimillion-dollar wrongful death lawsuit against...

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A man in Chicago died five days after being tased by police outside a bar near Miami University. Kevin Piskura died just after 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 at the University Hospital in...

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The family and friends of a 24-year-old man who was shot and killed by an off duty Fort Wayne police officer, on December 23, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The incident occurred when the man...

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A widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Disney Cruise Line, blaming the company for her husband's death from injuries he suffered last year while on an 11-day cruise out of Barcelona, Spain. He died August 14th, he was 78.The suit alleges that her husband died because a poorly designed, raised threshold on a bathroom doorway caused him to trip and fall; because the ship's medical...

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The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled, on Wednesday, that the estate of an Allen County woman can proceed with a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a Fort Wayne nursing home.In August, Martha, fractured her hip. After surgery, she was transported to Bethlehem Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. In the days following the surgery, her incision was torn due to the wheelchair, provided by the...

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The sister of a Fort Wayne man that lost his life in a car accident, in February, has filed a wrongful death suit against the driver of the car responsible for causing collision that led to her brother's death.The accident happened when a woman driving a minivan, ran a red light and struck a pickup truck, causing the driver to lose control and crash into a parked 2007 Pontiac which killed her...

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An 82-year-old woman died, in May, at Lemont Nursing Home where she resided since 2004. Now, her daughter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming the facility contributed to her mother's death with abuse and neglect.The lawsuit was filed on July 18 in Cook County Circuit Court. The suit alleges Lemont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center failed to provide her mother with efficient care that...

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Two large companies are being sued in a wrongful-death lawsuit. by the husband and daughter of a Huntington woman that was killed in November in a natural gas explosion.Filed in Huntington Circuit Court, the lawsuit names Comcast Corp., Comcast Cable of Indiana, a Comcast employee and Indiana Gas Co., doing business as Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana.The woman, 75, died on November 20, from...

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Just two days from her planned birth, Savannah, an unborn child, was killed with her mother in a collision involving a semi-trailer last month. Her father and grandmother have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, against the trucker and the trucking company. This case can help change the way state laws view unborn, viable children who are killed.Witnesses told police, a driver with Suzy-Q Trucking of...

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The family of a six-year-old Indiana boy killed when a jet skid off an airport runway slamming into their car, has reached a settlement with Southwest Airlines.The parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Southwest and Boeing Company, the manufacturer of the planes, in Cook County Circuit Court, almost a year ago.The lawsuit claimed both companies made mistakes that lead to the December...

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A survey conducted by the Associated Press reveals at least 30 states - Indiana included - let newly hired local law enforcement officers hit the street entirely too early with little to no training at all.In most cases, recruits are to be supervised by full fledged officers, but that doesn't always take place. These states allow for a grace period prior to rookies being sent to a police...

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A family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against ConAgra Foods Inc., alleging a relative has died from eating salmonella-tainted peanut butter.No deaths have been confirmed to date in the salmonella outbreak, but the family is claiming the peanut butter did in fact kill her, while also making her husband and daughter sick. Opened peanut butter jars obtained from people that have been sick...

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The wife of a police officer that was killed on a bicycle ride to raise money for fallen comrades has now taken up her husband's cause.Indiana State Police Sgt. Gary Dudley and former Lake County Police Chief Gary Martin were killed on August 22 when a support van spun into them after being hit by a box truck. Carolyn Dudley has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck operator, Towne...

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