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New York Wrongful Death Filings by County - Second Installment

By Leland Williams On Aug 20, 2010 In Wrongful Death

As mentioned before in this blog, for a wrongful death action to be properly initiated, a personal representative needs to be duly appointed for the decedent's…

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Left in Van, Autistic PA Man Dies of Hyperthermia: Criminal Charges

By Leland Williams On Aug 19, 2010 In Wrongful Death

As an update to my August , 2010, entry about the wrongful death of an autistic man who was left for hours in a locked minivan, on a record hot day, by…

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Philly Ride the Ducks: Part III - Wrongful Death Suits Filed

By Leland Williams On Aug 19, 2010 In Boating Accidents, Punitive Damages, Violation of Safety Measure(s), Wrongful Death

Lawyers for the families of the two young Hungarian tourists who died after the collision between the duck-boat and a garbage barge have filed suit in…

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8 Dead in CA Desert Off-Road Truck Wreck

By Leland Williams On Aug 16, 2010 In Sports Deaths, Wrongful Death

Bad luck killed the eight spectators watching the annual "California 200" off-road race in the Mojave Desert on August 14. Almost all of the eight were…

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Sean Bell $3.25 Million WD Settlement in Police Shooting

By Leland Williams On Aug 16, 2010 In Government Liability, Wrongful Death

The facts of the Sean Bell wrongful death case are especially compelling. An unarmed Mr. Bell was gunned down on a street in Queens by police officers…

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Left in Van, Autistic PA Man Dies of Hyperthermia

By Leland Williams On Aug 13, 2010 In Wrongful Death

Having written two wrongful death entries about persons dying of hypothermia, one a lost skier, the other a Buffalo woman whose utilities were shut offfor…

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Genesee County Fatal Crash: Deadly Combo of Youth, Speed and Alcohol

By Leland Williams On Aug 9, 2010 In Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death

Two young men and a young woman died when a car they were in slammed into a utility pole on a curve in the road, in Oakfield, Genesee County, early Saturday…

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"Botched" Skier Rescue Attempt: Wrongful Death Liability?

By Leland Williams On Aug 9, 2010 In Sports Deaths, Wrongful Death

The Associated Press reported "NY Skier's Heirs File Claim Against Idaho Rescuers" that the Teton County Sheriff's Department, Teton County and Idaho…

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Central Park Tree Fall Tragedies: When NY Boughs Break

By Leland Williams On Jul 24, 2010 In Premises Liability, Wrongful Death

According to the New York Post article Tree-limb snap kills baby in Central Park, a tree branch fell on a mother holding her child, posing for a photo,…

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Ride the Ducks, Part II: NTSB Investigates

By Leland Williams On Jul 12, 2010 In Boating Accidents, Violation of Safety Measure(s), Wrongful Death

As mentioned in the most recent entry about the Ducks/barge collision, on Friday, July 9, a team of eleven National Transportation Safety Board investigators…

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Philly Ride the Ducks Vehicle Sinks After Hit By Barge: Two Dead

By Leland Williams On Jul 10, 2010 In Boating Accidents, Violation of Safety Measure(s), Wrongful Death

An empty, unmanned and unmotorized barge being pushed by a tugboat on the Delaware River, struck and sank a popular tourist vehicle in Philadelphia last…

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Wrongful Death Blog - Six Month Report

By Leland Williams On Jul 1, 2010 In Wrongful Death

At the outset, I had no idea of internet interest in the topic "wrongful death", but I did know that many survivors lives are unfortunately altered by…

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Rochester Single Vehicle Car Crash Kills Two: Passenger WD?

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

Saint Peter, and accident investigators, would ask the two men, ages 28 and 39, what they were doing at the time of their deaths, in a GMC Yukon, on Saturday,…

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Hypothermia in Buffalo - Date of Death - Limitations Period

By Leland Williams On Jun 29, 2010 In Wrongful Death

In April, 2007, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, ruled in the case of Donna Fordham-Coleman v. National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, on…

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"EMRG" Plane Crash Confusion - Government "Discretionary Function"?

By Leland Williams On Jun 24, 2010 In Airplane Crash, Government Liability, Wrongful Death

What if your husband, a pilot, crashed in his single-engine plane, crawled from the wreckage, and though badly injured, activated an emergency signal…

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Weather Buoy Broken - Fishermen Perish - US Not Liable Under FTCA

By Leland Williams On Jun 18, 2010 In Government Liability, Wrongful Death

I first read this case in law school. It shows the difficulty of successfully suing the US government for tort liability, including wrongful death.Brown…

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Wrongful Death - $750,000 Punitive Damages Award

By Leland Williams On Jun 9, 2010 In Punitive Damages, Wrongful Death

Punitive damages may be awarded in a variety of legal causes, including wrongful death cases. The purpose of punitive damages is to punish the defendant,…

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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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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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