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Widow Sues Virginia Subdivision in Boating Death

A Fauquier County, Va., woman has filed a $6 million wrongful-death lawsuit against an Orange County subdivision in a boating accident that killed her husband. Michele Goodman is suing Lake of the Woods Association and Charles Schulle, who was operating …

New Jersey Court: State Not Responsible for Fatal Accident

State transportation officials who declined to fund a new pedestrian walkway over a southern New Jersey highway cannot be held responsible for a 2003 accident that killed a boy and injured his younger brother, a state appellate court has ruled. …

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in South Carolina Pool Death

The brother of former Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife deny they are liable for the death of a 6-year-old boy found dead in a pool during a party they hosted. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports that John …

New Hampshire Woman, Children Win $8.5M in Lawsuit

A New Hampshire woman and her two children have won $8.5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against a trucking company. A federal court jury in Concord concluded Thursday that Loignon Champ-Carr Inc. negligently caused the death of 38-year-old Jon …

Man Sues West Virginia Bar Over Wife’s Slaying

The husband of a slain woman is suing a Morgantown, W. Va., bar, arguing employees shouldn’t have let his drunken unconscious wife leave with a stranger. The Dominion Post says Jeremy Terry filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Novichenk’s Bar …

First Suit Filed in Las Vegas Helicopter Crash

The first wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of the families of a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash that also took the lives of the pilot and a U.S. couple celebrating …

California Family Who Lost 4 Sues Over Military Jet Crash

A family that lost four members when a military jet crashed into their San Diego home in 2008 is suing the U.S. government for compensation for an accident that the Marine Corps has acknowledged was caused by a mechanical failure …

Family of Bicyclist Sues 2 Connecticut Officers

Two Norfolk, Conn., police officers are being sued by the family of a man who was killed while riding his bicycle. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed this week against officers Joey Bennett Jr. and Derek Folston. It seeks $33 …