Two families will split $100,000 in a settlement of a wrongful death suit brought after two coal miners were killed in a high-wall collapse. The Times-News of Cumberland, Maryland, reports that the families of 51-year-old Dale Jones of Lonaconing and …
A trucker’s widow has settled her 2011 wrongful death lawsuit with H&M International Transportation Inc.’s insurance company and a driver. Filed Feb. 8, the agreement with Rita Marie Bruce shows Brookwood Insurance Co. paid her $59,957 on behalf of her …
Relatives of two women killed by an off-duty Clackamas County, Ore., sheriff’s sergeant are seeking $8 million in a lawsuit that alleges the county, the sheriff and two top aides knew the man was dangerously unstable. The Oregonian reported that …
The widow of a Blanding, Utah doctor who killed himself after his June 2009 arrest in a Utah ancient artifacts trafficking case has filed another wrongful death lawsuit. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Jeanne Redd names the FBI, the Justice …
A New Hampshire woman and her two children have won $8.5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against a trucking company. A federal court jury in Concord concluded last Thursday that Loignon Champ-Carr Inc. negligently caused the death of 38-year-old …
Settlements have been approved in the six remaining wrongful-death lawsuits filed by the families of miners who died in the 2006 Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia. Circuit Judge Charles King also signed off on several other settlements of lawsuits …
The father of a slain Braintree, Vermont, girl is accusing the suspect’s ex-wife of playing a role in her death by not protecting her. The Vermont Supreme Court heard an appeal from James Bennett on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Bennett says …
The families of two young people who died after falling into a tank at a dairy farm in Michigan’s Barry County have filed wrongful death lawsuits against the farm. The lawsuits were filed last week in Barry County Circuit Court …
The last wrongful death lawsuit remaining from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has been resolved with a settlement, according to an attorney for the family of a passenger on a plane that was flown by hijackers into the World Trade …
A Hinds County judge says he will rule soon on a motion by the University of Mississippi to move a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a former Ole Miss football player to Lafayette County. Arguments were heard …
