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Apple Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Fire Allegedly Caused By iPad
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Apple in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey after a man died in an apartment fire nearly two years ago which allegedly began when his Apple iPad burst into flames. The wrongful death lawsuit that seeks...
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Spouse Of Train Crash Victim Sues Union Pacific For Wrongful Death
A train-on-train crash that left one train engineer dead in October has led to a wrongful death lawsuit against Union Pacific. According to Fox Denver, the wife of late train engineer Jason Martinez is seeking unknown damages against Union Pacific in a lawsuit that...
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Over 25 Fraternity Members Named In Federal Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The parents of a Penn State University student who died after "writhing and deteriorating" in front of fraternity members nearly two years ago after being forced to consume large amounts of alcohol, have filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit, naming 28 frat members...
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Jury Awards Florida Family Nearly $500M In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Earlier this month, a Duval County jury awarded more than $495 million in damages to the family of a 20-year-old Florida woman who was murdered in 2011. Kalil McCoy was shot by Frederick Lee Wade while they rode in a car with three other men, after an argument broke...
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Five Facts About Wrongful Death Lawsuits
What is a wrongful death lawsuit? A Wrongful death lawsuit is a claim against a person who can be held responsible, also known as liable, for another person’s death. The claim of wrongful death is brought by a civil action, a lawsuit in a civil court of law. Wrongful...
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Mother Of Teen Killed In School Bus Crash Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
In early December 2018, as his classmates were gearing up to celebrate the holidays with friends and family, Owen Abbott, a 13 year-old boy was killed in an Indiana school bus crash. Students were on their way to a Christmas musical when a 26 year-old man hit the...
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Missing Colorado Mom’s Parents File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Fiance
The parents of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her fiance Patrick Frazee, per the Associated Press. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against Frazee, who has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and...
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Recapping The Biggest Wrongful Death Lawsuits Of 2018
It was a big year for Wrongful Death Lawsuits here in Florida and abroad. With 2019 around the corner, let's take a look at the big cases from the prior year. Wrongful Death Lawsuits Of 2018 Tennis Star Venus Williams Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit In Florida...
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Tennis Star Venus Williams Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit In Florida
Tennis star Venus Williams has settled a wrongful death lawsuit after a fatal car crash in Palm Beach County Florida in June 2017. Terms of the settlement between Williams and the estate of Jerome Barson, 78, were not disclosed, according to the Associated Press....
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Walgreens Facing $525 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of a man shot and killed by a Walgreens security guard has announced plans to file a $525 million wrongful death lawsuit against the pharmacy. Jonathan Hart, 21, was a homeless and gay black man that was accused by a Hollywood, California Walgreens store...
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Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Patient Killed In Ambulance Wreck
The family of a Tennessee patient killed in an ambulance wreck has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against West Tennessee Healthcare and the driver of the ambulance. In a lawsuit filed on behalf of Nyema Jackson’s children, the prosecutors say that a preliminary...
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Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Resort Over Tainted Alcohol
Tainted alcohol served at a Mexican resort last year led to the drowning death of a Wisconsin woman, a new wrongful death lawsuit alleges. College student Abbey Conner drowned in a swimming pool at a five-star Iberostar hotel and resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico after...
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First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Devastating “Camp Fire”
The first wrongful death lawsuit in wake of the devastating Butte County, California "Camp Fire" was filed on Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court. Hundreds of people remain missing in the wake of a pair of deadly wildfires that claimed at least 87 lives while...
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Florida Votes To Restore Felon Voting Rights – What It Means
Florida midterm voters recently restored the rights to vote for felons with its approval of Amendment 4. The amendment to the state constitution was passed with at least a 2 million-plus margin. The approval paves the way for potentially millions of convicted felons...
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Seeks $20 Million Over Death Of Mentally Ill Inmate
The family of a mentally ill Tennessee man who died after being subdued in a Missouri jail in May 2017 is seeking $20 million in a federal lawsuit. Tory Sanders died at a hospital after a scuffle with then-Sheriff Hutcheson and other officers, according to the...
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Lawsuit Over Pro Basketball Player’s Death Moves To Federal Court
Earlier this year, the mother of an aspiring NBA player filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the league and one of its teams. Zeke Upshaw, a G-League player in the Detroit Pistons' organization collapsed during a game in March and later died. A medical examiner...
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Doctors Accused In Lawsuits Of Contributing To Opioid Overdose Deaths
The Food and Drug Administration is likely to approve a new form of a powerful opioid for use in hospitals and emergency rooms despite stiff opposition. The FDA is scheduled to decide this week to allow a California company to produce a 30-microgram pill form of...
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Five Of The Most Famous Wrongful Death Cases
Five Of The Most Famous Wrongful Death Cases 1. The OJ Simpson case Former NFL running back, sports broadcaster and actor OJ Simpson was acquitted in 1995 on criminal charges for the death of Nicole Brown Simpson (Simpson’s ex-wife) and Ronald Goldman. Simpson has...
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The Top 8 Most Expensive Court Judgments In The Past 20 Years
The top eight most expensive court judgments in the past 20 years features a list of Fortune 500 corporations found in the wrong by high courts to the tune of several billion dollars. There are several court judgments many have heard of in the news the past couple of...
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NFL Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit With Junior Seau’s Family
The family of Chargers Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau reached an undisclosed settlement with the National Football League in a wrongful death lawsuit against the NFL over Junior Seau’s death nearly six years ago. The linebacker known for his hard-hitting ways...
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Cape Coral Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Stemming From Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma made landfall over the southern Florida mainland on Sunday, Sept. 10 last year as a Category 3 storm, packing winds of more than 110 miles per hour. In wake of the deadly storm, cities and residents worked diligently to repair homes and clear debris...
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Burt Reynolds Left His Own Son Out Of His Will — Here’s Why
Movie star and former Florida State running back Burt Reynolds died at Jupiter Medical Center in Florida earlier this month at the age of 82. The Florida native was a hero to many here in the state but some might be wondering why he didn't add his 30-year-old son,...
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Mac Miller Created A Trust As Part Of His Will – Here Are The Details
Rapper Mac Miller died of a suspected overdose a week ago at the age of 26, shocking many music fans around the world. But during his rise to fame, Mac Miller, whose real name is Malcolm McCormick, created a trust as part of his will. A will is a legal document which...
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Tony Gwynn’s Family Settles Wrongful Death Suit vs. Tobacco Company
The family of late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn has reached a settlement with the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company this past week, ending a wrongful death lawsuit that was set to go to trial and hold the company responsible for “killing a baseball legend," according to...
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Family Members Of Former NCAA Football Players File Wrongful Death Lawsuits
Family members of former USC fullback Douglas MacKenzie, UCLA running back Rodney Stensrud, San Diego State linebacker Jeff Staggs and Grand Valley State quarterback Cullen Finnerty are suing the NCAA claiming concussions caused brain disease and eventually led to...
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Families Of Victims In Jose Fernandez Boat Crash Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The estate of Marlins ace Jose Fernandez settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the families of two other men who were with him in a fatal boat crash two years ago on an ocean jetty in Miami Beach, according to multiple reports. The families of Emilio Macias, 27, and...
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Palm Beach wrongful death lawyer
Palm Beach Wrongful Death Lawyer As was discussed earlier, there are times where one needs to hire an attorney for a personal injury case. In an absolute worst case, one may need to hire an attorney for a wrongful death suit. If you ever need to hire a Palm Beach...
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Face-Biting Suspect Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Florida
Austin Harrouff has been called "a monster" by family members of a woman killed in a face-biting attack and murder in Florida and the accused cannibal-style attacker is now facing a wrongful death lawsuit in addition to first-degree murder and other charges. Family...
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Fatal Duck Boat Sinking Seeks $100 Million
A wrongful death lawsuit filed in July in U.S. District Court in Kansas City seeks $100 million in damages on behalf of two of 17 people who died when a tourist duck boat sank July 19 at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. The lawsuit alleged that the owners and...
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Family Of Girl Who Drowned At Park Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The city of Sioux Falls in South Dakota is being sued in federal court after a 5-year-old Iowa girl drowned at its busiest park last spring. Attorney Brendan Johnson alleges that the city failed to provide adequate safety precautions at Falls Park, where Maggie Zaiger...
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Universal, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre Win Appeal In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube have won an appeal over a California wrongful death lawsuit involving Marion “Suge” Knight. Knight allegedly killed Terry Carter, the late husband and father of plaintiffs Lillian Carter, Nekaya Carter, and Crystal Carter. Knight fatally hit...
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NCAA Says Law Meant To Protect Charities Shields It In Wrongful Death Suit
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) believes New Jersey’s charitable immunity law protects it from liability in a wrongful death action resulting from the death of a former college football player in Massachusetts. The parents of Michael Mazza, a...
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Widow Of Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting Victim Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Broward County police failed in their response to a mass shooting in 2017 at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport because they were at a retirement party, a new lawsuit filed by the widow of one of the five victims claims. Ann Andres, the widow of...
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Family Of Dockworker Files $15 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The wife of a dockworker killed when a mooring line snapped on a cargo ship has filed a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit against the ship’s owner and operators, according to documents filed in the U.S. District Court of Portland, Oregon. Byron J. Jacobs, a member of...
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Federal Jury Rules DaVita Needs To Pay $383.5 Million In Wrongful Death Lawsuits
A United States federal jury in Colorado has awarded $383.5 million to the families of three patients who claimed they suffered cardiac arrests and died after receiving dialysis treatments at clinics run by DaVita Inc. The jury, based in Denver, decided the...
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Arkansas Family Awarded $345K In Wrongful Death Lawsuit Of Diabetic Man
Saline County officials in Arkansas have paid $345,000 in a settlement to the brother of a 30-year-old diabetic man who died in 2015 while being detained at a county detention center. Thirty-year-old Donovan Arras was a Type One diabetic but while in custody at the...
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South Florida wrongful death lawyer
South Florida Wrongful Death Lawyer It is important that a South Florida Wrongful death lawyer provides best services as per the law regarding wrongful deaths. Attorney Morgan McGrath will definitely achieve the best ways to provide justice and honor in your case....
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Another Family Joins Wrongful Death Lawsuit Vs. Parents Of Santa Fe HS Shooter
Several parents of students killed in a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School outside Houston, Texas are joining together and are suing the parents of the alleged gunman. According to the lawsuit obtained by Houston Public Media, the group is alleging the parents...
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Father Of Former Football Player Suing Helmet Maker Over Wrongful Death
Football helmet maker Riddell Sports Group is at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a former football player in Ohio. Darren Hamblin filed a lawsuit that Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease suffered by his...
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NBA, Pistons Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Pro Player’s Death
The mother of an aspiring NBA player has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the league and one of its teams. Zeke Upshaw, a G-League player in the Detroit Pistons' organization collapsed during a game in March and later died. A medical examiner later determined...
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