The mother of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who was found dead in a 100-degree Fahrenheit (38-Celsius) New York City jail cell that overheated due to an equipment malfunction said she is angry at city officials and plans to file …
Family members of one of two track workers struck and killed by a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the embattled transit agency. Two daughters of Laurence Daniels say in the suit filed …
A jury in Nevada cleared a Las Vegas physician Tuesday in a wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit stemming from the May 2010 suicide of LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg. Jurors who heard five days of civil trial testimony deliberated less …
The wife of a man who was driving a Porsche sports car that crashed and killed actor Paul Walker is suing the automaker, alleging it designed a faulty vehicle. The wrongful death and negligence lawsuit was filed Monday in Los …
The Georgia attorney whose wrongful death suit against General Motors Co. helped trigger the recall of 2.59 million cars is seeking to revive that case, alleging the automaker fraudulently withheld information ahead of a settlement. Lance Cooper’s latest legal maneuver …
A former New Jersey high school baseball coach will pay $275,000 to help settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a player who committed suicide. The suit claimed 18-year-old Andrew Clark Jr. of Spring Lake Heights suffered …
The mother of an Arizona State University fraternity pledge who drowned after a night of drinking has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the chapter. Grace Culolias wants a jury trial to decide punitive and compensatory damages. Her civil suit, …
General Motors Co. is bringing its fight against owners of recalled cars to its former turf: the Manhattan bankruptcy court where the U.S. government financed the automaker’s turnaround five years ago. GM is facing 59 lawsuits by car owners demanding …
The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that the Kenner and the Illinois Central Railroad Co. are not liable for a 2009 crash in which a train struck and killed a deaf woman trying to cross the tracks at an unguarded …
The Randolph County Commission and the county 911 Center have settled a wrongful death lawsuit for more than $210,000. The lawsuit alleged that the county EMS’s slow response time might have contributed to 37-year-old Melanie Nicole Miller’s death in 2010. …