Missouri updates in category: Wrongful Death

Powers Fasteners Inc., the company that provided Boston's "Big Dig" tunnel project with defective epoxy for ceiling tiles, was indicted Wednesday, August 8, 2007, in the death of a motorist. The motorist was killed when several of the massive ceiling panels lining the Big Dig tunnel came crashing down on her car from above.The president of Powers Fasteners, Jeffrey Powers, claimed that Powers...

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Last year over 200 people became sick after eating spinach that had been contaminated with E. coli. Three families that lost loved ones sued the companies that sold the spinach for wrongful death. Those cases have now been settled out of court, but their terms have been sealed. Natural Selection Foods spokeswoman Samantha Cabaluna said: "We are hopeful that these settlements bring some...

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Comair Flight 5191 crashed on August 27, 2006 in Lexington, Ky. It took off from a runway that was much too short, killing 49 people.The parents of two of the victims have filed wrongful death lawsuits at the U.S. District Court in Kansas City. Paige Winters, age 16, and her riding instructor Thomas Fahey, age 26, were in Kentucky looking for a new horse and returning home on the Comair...

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A Tennessee woman filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit last week claiming that her husband's death was a result of his exposure to asbestos while he was on the job. Donald Welch died of esophageal cancer in July 25. His wife is seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.``Even though ALCOA was familiar with reports of family member contraction of...

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The city of Kansas City has agreed to a settlement of $300,000 with the family of a college student killed when the car he was riding in skidded on a patch of ice caused by a water main break. The student was home for Christmas Break from UM-Columbia in December 2004.The plaintiffs' attorney said neighbors had reported the water main break earlier in the day and warned that the water flowing...

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