County officials in western Nebraska are seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit over the death of a 47-year-old woman in the Box Butte County jail. Lori Heiting, of Hay Springs, died Dec. 4, 2010, after she was found unresponsive in …
A wrongful death lawsuit involving Marathon Oil and the mother of a 21-year-old Montana man found dead at a western North Dakota oil well in 2012 has been settled. Trista Juhnke filed the suit in Montana’s Yellowstone County in July. …
The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker’s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday in California Superior Court in …
The second of two wrongful death lawsuits filed in the aftermath of a 2004 fatal fire at the Alpha Tau Omega house on the University of Mississippi campus has been settled. Jordan Williams of Atlanta, Ga., Howard Stone of Spencer, …
The mother of an Ohio college student who died at a ski area in Steamboat Springs, Colo., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. Authorities have said 19-year-old Cooper Larsh suffocated after falling head first into deep snow …
An attorney has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the widow of an Illinois State Police trooper who was killed in a tractor-trailer crash. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Swansea attorney Thomas Keefe filed the lawsuit on behalf …
The family of a man who bled to death in the Sacramento County jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming jailers didn’t help the inmate even though he was vomiting blood for 12 hours before he died. The Sacramento …
A trial is under way for one of three men riding in a motorboat when it severed a swimmer’s legs and killed the woman, a University of Utah scientist. A jury panel was being seated Monday for Skyler Shepherd, 22, …
The family of a Pennsylvania man who called police about a stolen bicycle then died after being repeatedly hit by a stun gun will receive $900,000 under the terms of a settlement. Mount Joy’s borough council on Monday approved the …
The family of a Worcester, Mass., man who died after he was arrested at a state police checkpoint in North Andover three years ago has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against three law enforcement agencies for $1.6 million. Officials …