A central Ohio couple is pressing legal action against a university over the 2008 suicide of their son, saying campus police could have prevented it. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the wrongful-death lawsuit charges that Wright State University campus officers …
Attorneys for the parents of two Hungarian students killed when a barge slammed into a tour boat in Philadelphia nearly two years ago released a new video of the crash just days before a civil wrongful death lawsuit goes to …
The family of a man fatally shot by the Pawnee, Okla., assistant police chief has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on the two-year anniversary of the shooting. The estate of 25-year-old James Dylan Gonzales filed the suit Tuesday. The suit …
The wife of a former Minnesota Vikings tight end has admitted being behind the wheel of her husband’s sport-utility vehicle last August when it struck a man on a highway exit ramp, killing him. But much of what happened that …
Yingzi “Sharon” Wang remembers the crushing weight of a backhoe landing on top of her minivan as her family drove along Interstate 495. The construction vehicle had fallen off a National Grid truck, forcing Wang off the highway and down …
An attorney for relatives of the late Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson says the NFL wants to have a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the league moved from Cook County court to federal court. Thomas Demetrio says he’ll fight the effort …
Another wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Forest Service over flash flooding at the Arkansas campground that killed 20 people in 2010. The suit was filed last week by Gay Cunningham Moss and Swan Moss III. Their …
Portland, Ore., is suing a former insurance carrier for $1.5 million in legal defense costs for claims involving nine employees. The city says the ICSP company refused to pay costs that exceeded the city’s $1 million limit. Most of the …
The brother of a man who was strangled by another inmate in an Arkansas jail is suing the county over the death. Joe Wolf sued on behalf of the estate of 64-year-old Gary Van Wolf. The suit names former Sheriff …
Prestera Center has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after staying in an alcohol recovery shelter operated by the nonprofit. The Charleston Gazette reports that Prestera agreed to pay $1 million to the family …