Regional updates tagged with 'Wrongful Death'

I write an advice column for lawyers called Practice Pointers. Here is some advice I published a couple years ago for families who had suffered a death from a car crash. Legal Issues for Families...

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The NTSB has issued a report critical of the FAA's oversight of flightseeing operations by Taquan Air Service. The Ketchikan flight service lost a Beaver on floats, its pilot, and four passengers...

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The pilot of the baron 55 that crashed on Baronof Is. was 83 year old Harold Joseph Gaines of Marietta, Ga. His passenger has been identified as 73 year old Sy Mymudes of Decatur, Ga. A fuel...

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Over the weekend the bodies of the pilot and passenger of a Baron 55 were located by authorities on Baronof Is., 30 miles north of Sitka. Names have not been released. If a defect in the plane, or a...

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Tyler Kahle, of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, was only 19, and his co-worker, Craig Bagley of Anchorage, only 27, when carelessness ended their lives at Rock Creek Mine close to Nome. They were descending...

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I read a tragic story about a 79 year old Florida , James Weekely, who was killed in Dundee, Michigan when his car struck a tractor-trailer that had stopped suddenly for a downed electrical line. His wife, Hazel Weekley, who was also in the car, suffered significant injuries and is in critical care at a hospital in Toledo.

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Terrifying information has recently been released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is the federal agency charged with regulating the trucking industry. All United States...

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Yet another Chinese import causes problems for Americans. The latest defective products are valve stems. Valve stems are the little black protrusions that are on the inside of each wheel and allow...

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This past weekend Robert L. Thomas, 53, fell victim to a drunk driver as he drove along Route 1 in Lorton, VA. The accident involved a head-on crash when a car driven by Alfredo Martinez Rivera,...

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In a spectacular decision this week affirming victims rights, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that damages are recoverable where a physicians negligence reduced the decedents chance...

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My mother was in accident and died. It was head on the car behind her hit her also. The two people in that car are suing estate for 75,000 dollars. She only had $2,000 in estate account. Will I...

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A young Lexington Kentucky Girl has has died from a Brain Injury that she suffered by being held under water by a Defective Drain. Kiah Milsom was held under water by the defective drain for 20...

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Laws on the liability of liquor stores and bars selling liquor or beer is commonly referred to as dram shop laws. I submit that liquor stores and bars have a duty not to sell alcoholic...

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One good thing has come out of the soaring gas prices, Traffic deaths have decreased. Thirty one states report that highway traffic deaths have decreased since the gas crisis.The last time...

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Occasionally someone will ask me if they need an attorney for one thing or another. I inquire a little about their problem and usually respond that, “Yes they should consult with an attorney before...

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