As mentioned in Part 1 of this blog entry, both sides of the case appealed certain aspects of the jury award, and what the trial court did with it, pursuant…
In May, 2010, the Appellate Division, First Department, declared that the trial court properly set aside a jury award for $3 million for conscious pain…
On May 21, 2010, the Democrat & Chronicle reported Man pleads not guilty in fatal crash in March about Richard T. Woods, 29, who displayed signs of…
A May 18, 2010, NY Daily News headline was confusing: Court date set for Sean Bell fiancee Nicole Paultre-Bell in wrongful death lawsuit How does a fiancee…
In February, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower court decision in Davis, et. al. v. USA which held that…
A wrongful death inquiry was received recently from someone who was told that an autopsy had been done on his relative, who died unexpectedly while in…
Considering the reported facts Kayla Gerdes, Drugged Up Teen, Mows Over Woman Mowing Lawn, Say NY Police, if there is any satisfaction for the family…
People may ask "Why sue for wrongful death? No amount of money can ease our loss!".The family of Dale Lloyd II, a 19 year-old football player for Rice…
In the entry Cause of Death? The Tragic Case of Brittany Murphy, I wondered if her husband had spoken with competent legal counsel before he threatened…
It has been reported by the Northwestern (MA) District Attorney, Elizabeth Scheibel, that school officials in South Hadley High School knew of and failed…
A multi-district litigation (MDL) has been commenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, against GlaxoSmithKline, maker of…
As noted in a previous entry MIT & the Suicide of Elizabeth Shin (April, 2000), suicide is the second leading cause of death among students of university…
In Midtown apt. plunge bombshell, the New York Post reported the [evidently] wrongful death of a 24 year old man in the prime of his life.Connor Donohue…
On March 17, 2010, while enroute from Orlando, FL to Virginia, an Experimental Lancair IV-P airplane made an emergency landing on a Hilton Head, SC, beach…
A US District Court Judge in Manhattan is soon to rule on 9/11 settlements for 2 of 3 remaining plaintiffs who did not opt to participate in the special…
A 44 year-old employee of the Finger Lakes Service Group fell from the roof of a building under construction near the old Genesee Hospital in Rochester,…
In Coogan v. D'Angelo, decided on October 2, 2009, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, granted the defendant's summary judgment motion, ruling…
Elizabeth Shin, an MIT student, committed suicide by self-immolation in her dorm room in April, 2000. For years, MIT had a reputation of being a challenging…
APNewsBreak reported a wrongful death settlement reached between the parents of a sophomore coed and Dartmouth College relating to a ski lesson the young…
The Democrat & Chronicle reported on February 23, 2010, that a Rochester man was killed while vacationing in the British Virgin Islands, when the…
