The city of Gatlinburg and its wastewater operator have been dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of two workers who were killed when a wall collapsed. The families John Eslinger and Don Storey filed suit after …
The insurance company for the state has asked a judge to declare that it has no duty to pay any award made against the Nebraska State Colleges Board of Trustees in a lawsuit over the 2010 disappearance of a Peru …
The family of a man struck by a drunk driver who drove with the dying victim on her windshield is suing the Southern California drug rehab center where she worked. The Los Angeles Times says the wrongful death suit filed …
The family attorney for one of two people killed in a hail of police gunfire in 2012 says the victims’ relatives will split a $3 million settlement from the city of Cleveland. Thirteen Cleveland, Ohio, police officers fired 137 shots …
The widow of one of four workers killed in a Houston-area DuPont chemical plant leak has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $1 million. The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that the lawsuit was filed by Michelle Tisnado, who …
Jurors in Florida’s Panhandle say a sheriff’s deputy did not use excessive force when he shot and killed an unarmed man in 2009. Jeffery Weekley’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2012. Authorities said the shooting happened as Walton …
A Kansas woman whose daughter was struck and killed by a bus near Buttermilk, Colo., is appealing the dismissal of her wrongful death lawsuit. The Aspen Daily News reports Joanne Borell filed a notice of appeal Oct. 9. District Judge …
The mother of a 24-year-old man who died in 2012 during a machinery incident at Omega Protein will appeal the dismissal of her wrongful death lawsuit against the Mississippi company. The suit was filed in April in federal court in …
The family of a teenager who drowned while attending a summer academic camp at Transylvania University has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Thirteen-year-old Ricky Harris III, a seventh-grader at Bondurant Middle School in Frankfort, lost consciousness during a recreational swim …
A Nevada jury has awarded $16 million to the families of four passengers who were killed in a December 2011 helicopter crash near Lake Mead. The jurors ruled Friday against Sundance Helicopters Inc. in a wrongful death case filed by …