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First Ever Wrongful Death Settlement for Smokeless Tobacco

By Leland Williams On Dec 14, 2010 In Product Liability, Wrongful Death

Altria Group, of Richmond, Virginia, owner of Copenhagen & Skoal brands, recently settled a wrongful death suit for $5 million.A North Carolina widow…

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Rear-Ended Vehicle Forced Into Traffic Fatality in Sweden, New York

By Leland Williams On Dec 13, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death

Very recent blog entries Sixty-One Year Old Woman Killed in Parma, New Yorkand Rear-End Accident Eleven Year-Old Girl Killed in Wellsville, NY, echoed…

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Massey Energy Co.'s Coal Miners Kin's Dilemma - Settle or Not?

By Leland Williams On Dec 10, 2010 In Punitive Damages, Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death

Shortly after the deadly blast that killed 29 coal miners at Massey Energy Co. facility in West Virginia, the company's board met by phone and agreed…

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DWI Consequences to NY Yankees 1996 Star Jim Leyritz

By Leland Williams On Dec 4, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Crime Victims, Wrongful Death

Last May while researching stories for blog entries, I came across the NYDailyNews.com report "Former New York Yankee Jim Leyritz settles civil suit stemming…

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Eleven Year-Old Girl Killed in Wellsville, New York, Rear-End Accident

By Leland Williams On Nov 30, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Crime Victims, Wrongful Death

New York State Police say a drug-addled driver rear-ended a van, on Friday afternoon, November 26, in Wellsville, killing an eleven year old passenger…

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Sixty-One Year Old Woman Killed in Parma, New York, Rear-End Accident

By Leland Williams On Nov 30, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is investigating an accident which happened on November 28, 2010, at the intersection of Route 104 and Dean Road, in…

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50 Foot Fall from Staples Center Luxury Box Kills Toddler

By Leland Williams On Nov 29, 2010 In Design Flaw, Premises Liability, Violation of Safety Measure(s), Wrongful Death

The Associated Press reported "Child dies after 50-foot fall at Lakers game" that a two or three year-old child fell from a third tier luxury box at the…

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Madison Square Garden Settles "Overserved" Suit

By Leland Williams On Nov 16, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Violation of Safety Measure(s), Wrongful Death

On January 23, 2007, an out-of-control, off-duty New Jersey cop on a drinking spree, was heading home in his Jeep Cherokee, when he rammed a vehicle,…

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Man Killed By Wheel That Came Off Another Vehicle: Bad Luck or Wrongful Death?

By Leland Williams On Nov 12, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death

A Michigan man, driving on a Detroit area Interstate on November 8, was killed by a tire that came off a car traveling in the opposite direction.The tire…

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Notre Dame President Accepts Responsibility for Student Killed While Videotaping Football Practice

By Leland Williams On Nov 8, 2010 In Violation of Safety Measure(s), Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death

A 20 year-old student at the University of Notre Dame was killed when the scissor lift he was perched on while videotaping the Fighting Irish football…

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Ladder Truck's Brakes Fail - Firefighter Killed

By Leland Williams On Nov 5, 2010 In Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death

The Boston Globe reported that the family of a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty has recently brought a wrongful death action.Apparently,…

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Toddler Drowns in Pool at Foreclosed Florida Home: Who Is Responsible?

By Leland Williams On Oct 30, 2010 In Premises Liability, Violation of Safety Measure(s), Wrongful Death

The Dieudonne's were moving into their new home in Miramar, Florida, when for a moment, they lost track of their son, Isaac. Isaac was found floating…

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Boston's Big Dig Deadly Guardrails - Fix Proposed

By Leland Williams On Oct 6, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Design Flaw, Wrongful Death

As reported by the Boston Globe, and echoed by my blog entry Big Dig Death Toll Mounts, last February, several motorists and motorcyclists were killed,…

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Mixed Martial Arts: Brutal Assumption of Risk

By Leland Williams On Sep 18, 2010 In Frivolous Lawsuits, Sports Deaths, Wrongful Death

According to KSDK.com, an Illinois family has sued the gym owner and trainer for the wrongful death of a 27 year old man who voluntarily entered into…

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Wrongful Death By Distraction

By Leland Williams On Sep 17, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death

While researching information for yesterday's blog entry on the Megabus crash into a too low bridge span, I came accross a site run by the U.S. Department…

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Distracted Double-Decker Bus Driver Hits Low Bridge - Four Killed Near Syracuse on September 11

By Leland Williams On Sep 16, 2010 In Wrongful Death

According to a newspaper report, the driver of a Megabus originating in Philadelphia, carrying 27 passengers, was looking at his personal GPS device when…

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What Is A Life Worth? $131 Million Verdict In Ford Rollover Suit

By Leland Williams On Sep 10, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Product Liability, Punitive Damages, Wrongful Death

Ford Motor Company and the family of Brian Cole settled the wrongful death/product liability case after the huge jury verdict was awarded at trial. The…

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Manhattan Party Hardy: The Unfortunate Case of Nicole John

By Leland Williams On Sep 3, 2010 In Celebrity Deaths, Crime Victims, Wrongful Death

Nicole John, the 17 year old daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, Eric John, died on August 27, 2010, in a fall from a high rise Manhattan apartment.…

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Convicted Killer Trucker Deserves Prison Sentence

By Leland Williams On Sep 1, 2010

Thomas Wallace sobbed today as he was sentenced to 3-to-9 years in state prison for manslaughter in the second degree for the wrongful death of Julie…

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Sea World Trainer Fatality: Whale of a Death Case or Assumed Risk?

By Leland Williams On Aug 31, 2010

The widower of Dawn Brancheau has retained a law firm specializing in wrongful death, to represent him against Sea World in a suit for damages relating…

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