April 2, 2014
The family of a 4-year-old Massachusetts boy killed in an escalator accident at a mall has reached a settlement in a negligence lawsuit. Mark DiBona of Dudley fell from a second-floor escalator about 18 feet onto a display case below …
March 27, 2014
Attorneys have filed a negligence lawsuit against the Chicago Transit Authority on behalf of a woman injured in Monday’s Blue Line train derailment at O’Hare International Airport. The law firm of Corboy and Demetrio filed the lawsuit Tuesday afternoon in …
March 17, 2014
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit accusing a company of negligence in a 2012 fire at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. The complaint filed by Arena Holdings Charitable and RE Arena, Inc., seeks $5 million …
March 4, 2014
A federal appeals court has upheld judgment in favor of a former cheerleader paralyzed in a tumbling accident who sued Nebraska-based insurance company Mutual of Omaha for refusing to pay his claim. The lawsuit focuses on an insurance policy bought …
December 20, 2013
The state Supreme Court has ruled that a woman injured in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Red Bank can proceed with her negligence lawsuit against the store. Jolyn Cullum filed the case after she was injured when a car driven …
October 30, 2013
Relatives of two people killed in a head-on crash on the Pell Bridge two years ago have sued the state Turnpike and Bridge Authority, accusing it of negligence. The Providence Journal reports that the lawsuit says the agency, which owns …
September 30, 2013
Two women whose husbands were killed in a boiler explosion at a crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Okla., have filed a negligence lawsuit. The lawsuit filed in Fort Bend County, Texas, by LeeAnna Mann and Kari Smith seeks more than …
September 27, 2013
The family of one of four Yale University students killed in a 2003 crash on Interstate 95 in Connecticut has settled a negligence lawsuit against the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. The lawsuit filed in 2005 by the family of Nicholas …
June 13, 2013
A new lawsuit blames pilot “negligence and carelessness” for causing a southwest Missouri plane crash that killed five people. The suit was filed Monday in Springfield by Janis Melton, the mother of one of the victims, 46-year-old Robin Melton. It …
March 22, 2013
A state appeals ruling means a negligence lawsuit against a railroad company in a 2009 train-van crash in a Milwaukee suburb can move forward. The 1st District Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling Tuesday that the plaintiffs’ claims …