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Wrongful Death

Wrongful Death Lawsuit By Injury Victim Of Abuse

by brettb on July 31, 2010

According to media reports, the family of an injury victim who claimed that he was abused by a priest has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh. The wrongful death action stems from the injury victim committing suicide allegedly as a result of the abuse.

The injury victim killed himself in May while at the Austen Riggs Center in Massachusetts, a few months after he learned the diocese would no longer pay for his treatment.

The injury victim claimed he had been sexually molested for several years by a priest for the dioceses.

Here at San Jose Injury Attorney blog we make it a point to normally not provide the name of injury victims involved in wrongful death, personal injury, traumatic brain injury, or workplace injury matters.

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Personal Injury Jury Awards $29.1 Million In Tobacco Case

by brettb on May 21, 2010

As reported by Bloomberg News, a jury in a personal injury lawsuit has awarded the widow of a longtime smoker $29.1 million against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

The personal injury and wrongful death lawsuit was file din Florida by the widow of a chronic smoker.  The injury victim started smoking at the age of 13 and died due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2008.  The jury verdict in the widows wrongful death action was unanimous and included $4.1 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages.

To date, there have been move than $230 million in verdicts for smokers and their families since February 2009 awarded by Florida juries.

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Wrongful Death Action Filed In Death Of Firefighter

April 25, 2010

According to media reports, a $35 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the city of Baltimore over the death of a firefighter trainee killed during a training exercise.
The injury victim, Racheal Wilson, died during an exercise in which she and other cadets entered a burning row house. The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that [...]

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Lawsuit Filed Over USS Cole Attack

April 20, 2010

According to media reports, a $200 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Sudan over the deaths of 17 sailors on the USS Cole during an al-Qaida attack in 2001.
The lawsuit accuses the Sudan of giving support to those responsible for the attack. Thirty-three immediate survivors of the victims were awarded $8 million in [...]

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Wrongful Death Suit Dismissed

April 20, 2010

According to the New York Times, a federal judge in Los Angeles recently dismissed without prejudice an eight-year-long wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city over the fatal shooting of former rapper Christopher Wallace, also known as the Notorious B.I.G. In the lawsuit, Wallace’s mother accused the Los Angeles police department of conspiracy and attempting [...]

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Jury Awards $2.99 Million In Mesothelioma Lawsuit

April 16, 2010

As reported by the Daily Press, a jury in Newport News, Va., has awarded the wife of a former Navy officer $2.99 million in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleged that the officer died of the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma.  It also asserts that the injury victim in this wrongful death action acquired mesothelioma by breathing [...]

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Toyota’s Legal Tactics Questionable

April 11, 2010

According the San Jose Mercury News, Toyota’s legal tactics in personal injury and product liability lawsuits are questionable to say the least. And according to an Associated Press investigation the company has openly engaged in deceptive and ethically questionable legal strategies when sued by injury victims.
The San Jose paper points out the story of [...]

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Legal Update – Wrongful Death Action Filed

February 18, 2010

According to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Washington state, The city of Everett was negligent in the death of a 51-year-old man who was shot by a police officer outside a local restaurant back in June, a lawsuit filed by family members claims.
According to the lawsuit, Niles Meservey was leaving the restaurant in his [...]

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Wrongful Death Lawsuits Against KBR Can Proceed

February 9, 2010

Wrongful death lawsuits against KBR (the engineering and construction company) were filed as the result of a 2004 truck convoy in Iraq where six civilian drivers and KBR employees were killed.
The wrongful death actions allege that KBR should have stopped the convoy before the ambush took place and the drivers were injured and killed.
A federal [...]

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled

December 4, 2009

The family of a injury victim has settled its wrongful death lawsuit with the state of Wisconsin for $85,000.  The injury victim, an ABC Sports cameraman, was killed when he fell from a platform at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
In July the Wisconsin Supreme Court had ruled that the stadium’s director of facilities could be [...]

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