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Fatal Gunshot to Head: Part 2 - $7M Punitive Damages Award Reduced

By Leland Williams On Jun 4, 2010 In Wrongful Death

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…

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Fatal Gunshot to Head: Part 1 - $3M Jury Award Properly Set Aside

By Leland Williams On Jun 2, 2010 In Workplace Accidents

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…

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Rochester DWI Accident Kills Father of Three

By Leland Williams On May 25, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Crime Victims, Wrongful Death

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…

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The Sean Bell case: Fiancee as wrongful death plaintiff?

By Leland Williams On May 20, 2010 In Government Liability, Wrongful Death

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…

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Katrina Helicopter Rescue Fatal Fall Suit Barred

By Leland Williams On May 10, 2010 In Government Liability, Wrongful Death

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…

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Autopsy May Reveal Crucial Information - The Manner of Death

By Leland Williams On May 5, 2010 In Hospital Negligence, Wrongful Death

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…

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Hempstead Woman Killed By High Teen Driver: Kayla Gerdes

By Leland Williams On Apr 23, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Crime Victims

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…

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Wrongful Death Settlement: Sickle Cell Testing of NCAA Athletes

By Leland Williams On Apr 17, 2010 In Sports Deaths, Wrongful Death

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…

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Cause of Death: I.R.S. Raid?

By Leland Williams On Apr 16, 2010 In Frivolous Lawsuits, Wrongful Death

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…

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The Death of Phoebe Prince: Too Late for Justice

By Leland Williams On Apr 12, 2010 In Crime Victims, Government Liability, Student Suicides, Wrongful Death

It has been reported by the Northwestern (MA) District Attorney, Elizabeth Scheibel, that school officials in South Hadley High School knew of and failed…

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Wrongful Death by Poligrip Denture Cream?

By Leland Williams On Mar 29, 2010 In Product Liability, Wrongful Death

A multi-district litigation (MDL) has been commenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, against GlaxoSmithKline, maker of…

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"Ithaca is Gorges": Cornell University Student Suicides

By Leland Williams On Mar 26, 2010 In Student Suicides, Wrongful Death

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…

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Manhattan Man Plunges 24 Stories to Death as Balcony Rail Fails

By Leland Williams On Mar 22, 2010 In Violation of Safety Measure(s), Wrongful Death

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…

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Man on Beach Struck & Killed by Airplane: Bad Luck or Wrongful Death?

By Leland Williams On Mar 19, 2010 In Airplane Crash, Wrongful Death

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…

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WTC: 9/11 Plaintiffs Who Did Not Participate in No-Fault Fund

By Leland Williams On Mar 8, 2010 In Airplane Crash, Wrongful Death

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…

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Rochester Area Man Falls to Death at Construction Site

By Leland Williams On Mar 7, 2010 In Workplace Accidents, Wrongful Death

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,…

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Erie County ATV Death Case Barred by Recreational Use Statute

By Leland Williams On Mar 3, 2010 In Sports Deaths, Wrongful Death

In Coogan v. D'Angelo, decided on October 2, 2009, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, granted the defendant's summary judgment motion, ruling…

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MIT & the Suicide of Elizabeth Shin (April, 2000)

By Leland Williams On Feb 26, 2010 In Student Suicides, Wrongful Death

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…

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Dartmouth College Coed Skiing Death Settlement

By Leland Williams On Feb 25, 2010 In Sports Deaths, Wrongful Death

APNewsBreak reported a wrongful death settlement reached between the parents of a sophomore coed and Dartmouth College relating to a ski lesson the young…

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BVI Tour Bus Crash Kills Local Man

By Leland Williams On Feb 24, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death

The Democrat & Chronicle reported on February 23, 2010, that a Rochester man was killed while vacationing in the British Virgin Islands, when the…

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