The following is a guest post by Chicago wrongful death attorneys at Dolan Law Offices: When a loved one is suddenly killed as a result of the negligent, destructive or illegal behavior of another person, it is hard to imagine how life could ever return to normal. Often times, the thought of taking legal action [...]
The following is a guest post courtesy of Dolan Law Offices, wrongful death lawyers in Chicago, IL: Early morning on June 3, 2010, a family of four was travelling along a highway preparing to do some sightseeing when their Subaru was suddently hit by a big rig truck. Authorities believe that the truck was [...]
By Wytv.com A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation worker was killed in an accident in Lawrence County Thursday. Pulaski Township police said PennDot crews were paving State Route 551 north of State Route 422 when 42-year-old Richard Bentel, a Transportation Equipment Operator, fell off a grading machine and was crushed to death. Bentel was [...]
April 10, 2010 By: Matthew Mosk, ABC News Over the past two years, controversial coal boss Don Blankenship has twice agreed to courtroom settlements requiring his company to clean up a checkered safety record, yet federal documents show Massey Energy mines continued to rack up serious violations in advance of the explosion that killed [...]
Saturday, December 12, 2009 By Katherine Sayre, www.al.com A Mobile County jury awarded $20 million this week to the family of a woman who plaintiffs’ lawyers said died after receiving improper anesthesia care. The jury returned the wrongful death verdict against medical group Coastal Anesthesia, Dr. Randall Boudreaux and Don Ortego, a certified [...]
Posted November 13, 2009 By Jessie-Lynne Kerr, jacksonville.com A Circuit Court jury in Flagler County Thursday returned a $5.1 million verdict in a wrongful death case stemming from a 2006 fatal collision between a fully loaded tractor-trailer and a Honda minivan. Ingrid Falkenstein, 67, who had just retired to Palm Coast with her [...]
Posted on October 22, 2009 By Greg Tuttle, Billings Gazette The family of a Billings nurse killed by a drunken teenager who was fleeing from police has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit, claiming city officers and county deputies violated their own pursuit policies. The lawsuit also claims that after the crash [...]
Posted October 29, 2009 By Dave Altimari, The Hartford Courant Atwilda Brown died trying to pour herself a cup of hot chocolate. As the 80-year-old woman reached across the electric stove to grab a teapot full of hot water in her East Windsor kitchen on a Saturday night in February 2005, the sleeve of [...]
Posted October 28, 2009 By Mark Millican, the Daily Citizen An alleged “history” of gas leaks and problems associated with galvanized piping at the Dalton Housing Authority complex on Underwood Street may form the basis of a wrongful death lawsuit following two deaths in an explosion and fire there, an attorney said Tuesday. [...]
By Diana Hefley, Herald writer October 16, 2009 EVERETT — An Everett nursing home is being accused of neglecting a 97-year-old man and allowing his penis to slowly rot off. A lawsuit was filed against the Everett Rehabilitation and Care Center earlier this week. The lawsuit alleges that nursing home staff failed to [...]
