A Massachusetts woman whose husband had a fatal heart attack while attending a New England Patriots game with their 6-year-old son has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the team, the NFL, and others. Kimberly Chartier of Chicopee is seeking …
A judge in Lexington ruled Monday that former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn is liable for nearly $24 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of his slain ex-fiancee. Fayette Circuit Judge James Ishmael ruled after …
A ruling by a Florida appeals court on Friday has reduced a $10 million damage award to $200,000 in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a University of Central Florida football player who died following conditioning drills …
The mother of two Boone County children electrocuted in a 2012 Fourth of July boat dock accident at Lake of the Ozarks is suing the utility company that owns the popular Missouri recreational lake. A wrongful death lawsuit filed in …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in federal court by the family of an Iowa nurse who died with two others when a medical helicopter crashed earlier this year. Shelly Lair-Langenbau’s family sued the air transport company that owned …
A southern Illinois man paid off a portion of a court-ordered legal settlement with nearly four tons of quarters packed into dozens of bags. Harrisburg resident Roger Herrin was ordered to repay $500,000 in insurance money related to the 2001 …
A man who says his wife died after she ate a contaminated cantaloupe purchased at a Sheridan, Wyo., Walmart is suing the retailer. The Sheridan Press reports Frederick M. Lollar filed the wrongful death lawsuit in Laramie County’s 1st Judicial …
The family of one of 50 people who died in a fiery Canadian oil-train explosion is suing the train’s Illinois owners. The Chicago Sun-Times says the wrongful death case was filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court. It was filed …
Ala Moana Center had a duty to care for a woman who died after getting stuck in an exhaust duct, even though she was trespassing on the roof, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled. But the opinion filed Thursday also affirms …
A North Dakota judge has awarded $9.6 million to the family of a Fargo dentist who was killed in a murder-for-hire scheme. The brother of Philip Gattuso (guh-TOO’-soh) filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Gene Kirkpatrick, who’s serving life in …