A 12-year-old boy died recently on a Boy Scouts trip near Kalamazoo, Michigan. Police say that Gage Wilson died after being trapped in a sand dune at North Point County Park, which is located on the shores of Lake Michigan.
The family of a woman who drowned in a basement elevator at the Omni Hotel in Houston, Texas during Hurricane Harvey has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hotel and Otis Elevator. The lawsuit, filed by the estate of Ella Jill Renick, alleges that the hotel and the elevator company failed to take measures…
The family of a 50 year old Nevada municipal court judge who died in 2016 with a toxic level of the powerful painkiller fentanyl in her system has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the pain specialist who supplied her with the drug. The lawsuit, filed by the family of Judge Diana Hampton, alleges that…
The family of former professional football star Aaron Hernandez has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his former team, the New England Patriots, and the NFL. The family said that Hernandez – who committed suicide earlier this year while serving a life sentence for murder – suffered from the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also…
The family of a New Jersey woman who died from an overdose of the fentanyl spray Subsys has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a doctor and a mail-order pharmacy in New York that supplied her with the drug. The lawsuit – filed by Deborah and David Fuller on behalf of their daughter, Sarah –…
The law firm of Heygood, Orr & Pearson has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of a Fort Worth teenager who died from heatstroke in June while hiking as part of a Boy Scouts summer camp. The lawsuit alleges that the Boy Scouts of America were negligent for failing to provide…
A truck accident lawsuit involving a fatal 2015 crash in Arkansas has been moved from state to federal court. Two drivers were killed in the 2015 accident, including Dennis Hyman, whose family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the trucking company and the driver of the truck involved in the collision.
A Georgia appeals court has ruled that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. acted in bad faith by failing to settle insurance claims arising out of a fatal car accident. In upholding an $8.2 million ruling against Nationwide, a three-judge panel for the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court did not err…
The family of a 16 year old Texas boy who died following an experimental brain tumor treatment has asked the Texas Supreme Court to review a dismissal of the wrongful death lawsuit they filed against the doctors who performed the treatment. In February, the Texas Fifth Court of Appeals threw out a medical malpractice lawsuit…
Trucking companies and independent truck driving contractors have faced increased insurance premiums in recent years as a result of several verdicts in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits filed in the wake of trucking accidents. Although the number of trucking accidents in the U.S. has fallen by about 20% in recent years, record verdicts in…
An Illinois federal judge says that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of former NHL hockey player Derek Boogaard against the league will be allowed to move forward. Boogaard spent six years in the NHL as an “enforcer” for the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild before his death from a painkiller overdose…
The family of a Florida man who died after receiving an IVC filter sold by Rex Medical and Argon Medical Devices has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the companies. The lawsuit accuses the two companies of selling a defective medical product and of failing to warn patients about the risks of its Option Retrievable…