Maryland’s Workers’ Compensation Bars Non-Dependent Child’s Wrongful Death Claim December 12, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A non-dependent adult child whose father died on the job does not have a right to bring a wrongful death...
Pa. Supreme: Death Claim Filed Too Late for Malpractice Reform Law December 14, 2022 By Jim Sams The two-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice death claims applies even if the medical records available obscured the legal...
Court Revives Wrongful Death Claim in Ohio Walmart Shooting November 28, 2022 CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived a wrongful death claim against Walmart by the family of a...
Kin of Dead Sex Abuse Victim Sue Under New California Law January 13, 2022 By Brian Melley LOS ANGELES (AP)–After decades of dealing with the boyhood trauma of being molested by a priest, Jim Bartko sued the...
Insurer’s Controlled Substance Exclusion Didn’t Relieve Obligation to Defend Methadone Intoxication Death Case April 18, 2016 By Steven Plitt The Illinois Court of Appeals recently considered whether an insurance company was obligated to defend its insured in a wrongful...
Parents of Woman Killed on San Francisco Pier by Illegal Immigrant File Claims September 4, 2015 By PAUL ELIAS The parents of a San Francisco woman who was fatally shot by a man in the country illegally may have...
Lawsuits Settled Over Minnesota B&B Fire That Killed 6 December 7, 2012 Wrongful death lawsuits have been settled over a New Ulm, Minn., bed and breakfast fire that killed six people last...
Kansas Sheriff Gets Wrongful Death Claim August 22, 2012 Relatives of a Kansas man who committed suicide at the Sedgwick County Jail have filed a wrongful death claim against...
Property Owner to Pay $1M in Florida Woman’s Death July 11, 2012 The family of a Florida woman killed in a drug-related shooting will receive $1 million from the property owner for...
Family of Slain Arizona Border Agent Files $25M Claim February 3, 2012 The family of a slain U.S. Border Patrol agent filed a $25 million wrongful death claim against the federal government...