The widower of a Wisconsin woman killed in 1980 waited too long to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the convicted killer, according to a court of appeals. The 4th District Court of Appeals issued a written decision Thursday, agreeing …
The family of a 7-year-old old boy who died the day after he was discovered at the bottom of Philadelphia-owned pool has sued the city and a company whose camp counselors were supervising children that day. The Philadelphia Daily News …
A $100 million lawsuit has been filed against a Florida billionaire over a 2012 helicopter crash in the Bahamas that killed a prominent tax attorney. The widow of attorney Lance Valdez filed the wrongful death suit Monday in Miami federal …
The family of a worker who died in a fall at a grain facility in Buffalo Lake, Minn., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Andrew Burnett, 28, of New Ulm, died Oct. 27, 2012, when he fell about 60 feet …
Jurors have awarded a $15 million settlement to the husband of a suburban Chicago high school teacher who died while giving birth. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the wrongful death lawsuit accused two doctors and hospitals of failing to diagnose …
A Delaware judge has ruled for owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in lawsuit over insurance coverage involving the deaths of two workers who suffocated inside a tank. The judge granted summary judgment this week to Premcor Refinery Group, …
A Richmond, Va., judge has approved a $100,000 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a motorist previously convicted in a hit-and-run accident involving a bicyclist. The family of Lanie Kruszewski filed the civil lawsuit in June against Elias …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the organizer of a championship offshore powerboat race in Key West, Fla.,where three racers died in 2011. The uncle of Jeffrey Tillman filed the lawsuit last week in Broward County Circuit Court. …
The family of a man shot to death by Salem police last year is suing the Oregon city and two police officers for wrongful death. The Statesman Journal reports the lawsuit was filed in federal court last month on behalf …
The Pennsylvania Superior court has upheld a $14.2 million malpractice verdict against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the 2003 death of a 24-year-old accountant whose abscess was misdiagnosed as a brain tumor. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports a court …