January 31, 2014
The attorney representing families of six workers killed in a 2010 explosion at Tesoro’s Anacortes Washington oil refinery have settled a lawsuit against Tesoro and Shell Oil Co. Attorney David Beninger tells KING-TV the wrongful death suit was settled last …
January 29, 2014
The family of a girl killed while in a San Francisco, Calif., crosswalk on New Year’s Eve is suing the Internet ride-service company Uber. Attorney Christopher Dolan is filing a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Sofia …
January 28, 2014
A jury in DeSoto County will hear the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a Navy SEAL killed during a training exercise at a northwest Mississippi shooting range. Petty Officer 2nd Class Shapoor Alexander Ghane Jr. was killed …
January 21, 2014
The family of a 101-year-old man who died of pneumonia after being housed in a Montgomery nursing home has been awarded $400,000. AL.com reports that an arbitrator awarded the money to the estate of John A. Garrett on Jan. 10. …
January 13, 2014
A $100 million lawsuit has been refiled against a Florida billionaire over a 2012 helicopter crash in the Bahamas that killed a prominent tax attorney. The wrongful death lawsuit filed against real estate mogul Jeffrey Soffer by the widow of …
January 13, 2014
Hecla Mining Co. says a miner who died in a tunnel collapse at the Lucky Friday Mine in northern Idaho is partly responsible for his own death due to his own negligent and careless misconduct. The company in court documents …
January 6, 2014
A $100 million lawsuit filed against a Florida billionaire over a 2012 helicopter crash in the Bahamas that killed a prominent tax attorney has been withdrawn. The widow of attorney Lance Valdez filed the wrongful death suit last month in …
January 2, 2014
The mother of former Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the team after exhuming his body so that his brain could be examined. The lawsuit, filed by Cheryl Shepherd in Jackson County circuit court Tuesday, …
December 31, 2013
An Ohio man charged with reckless homicide in an eastern Indiana couple’s car crash deaths also faces a lawsuit filed on behalf of the couple’s 9-year-old granddaughter. The suit contends Hailey Hicks watched her grandfather and grandmother die after a …
December 27, 2013
The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was paralyzed after breaking two vertebrae during high school wrestling practice has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Wyoming hospital that treated him. The lawsuit from Melissa Plumley alleges Cheyenne Regional Medical …