In January, 2007 Marvin E. Schur, age 93, froze to death when the Bay City Electric Light & Power and Bay City, MI itself, limited his electric usage…
A 51 year-old man was crushed to death when he climbed in the back hopper of a Heil Formula 7000 garbage truck and attempted to clear debris which was…
Comments attached to the Huffington Post report of a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 were uniformly critical of plaintiff lawyers who sued…
In an article published November 6, "http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/nyregion/at-stat...">Scant Scrutiny of 1,200 Deaths in State Care", New York…
In late October, 2011, it was reported that the widow of a National Enquirer photo editor settled her $50 million lawsuit against the US government for…
When the family of Samuel Ives, 11, set up their campsite in a remote area of the Uinta National Forest, they did not know that earlier that same day,…
The Monroe County Sheriffs Office completed its investigation into the accident which killed Jennifer Simson, age 34, last February 25, in a parking lot…
In a March 30, 2011, article Sheriff's inquiry continues into death of Jennifer Simson, the Democrat & Chronicle reported that the Monroe County Sheriffs…
Along with her husband and three children aged 4 and under, family and friends, the community at large mourns the death of Jennifer Simson, struck and…
Over 225 individuals have notified the City of New York of their intentions to file suit over blizzard-related losses, most for property issues, seven…
The Bureau of Land Management, which owns the Mojave Desert lands where the fatal road race occurred will investigate whether the race promoter kept its…
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…
What if your husband, a pilot, crashed in his single-engine plane, crawled from the wreckage, and though badly injured, activated an emergency signal…
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…
The Federal Tort Claims Act [FTCA] is a statute enacted by the U.S. Congress, which partially waives "sovereign immunity".Under 28 U.S.C.ยง1346(b), government…
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…
It has been reported by the Northwestern (MA) District Attorney, Elizabeth Scheibel, that school officials in South Hadley High School knew of and failed…
Disappointment turned deadly at the University of Alabama Huntsville campus, during a biology faculty meeting on Saturday, February 13, 2010, when Amy…
Did the NYC Firefighters dispatch center workers have a duty to help Eutisha Rennix last December 9, as she lay on the floor of a bagel shop where she…
