07
Jul
Family Alleges Negligence and Conspiracy in Death of 42-Year Old
The family of a man who died after routine surgery has sued Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif., alleging that the hospital was negligent and conspired to cover up the negligence with false pathology reports. The hospital claims that the fami...
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Jul
9/11 and American Airlines Lawsuit Settles
The brokerage firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, who lost a significant number of employees on 9/11 have settled with American Airlines.Cantor Fitzgerald, a brokerage company that lost 658 of 950 workers when the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, settl...
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Jul
Widow Resites/default/files Suit in Helicopter Crash
The widow of a prominent tax attorney refiled a $100 million lawsuit against a Florida billionaire regarding the 2012 helicopter crash that killed her husband. Lance Valdez was killed in Great Guana Cay when the helicopter he was in, piloted by Jeffrey Soffer, crashed. Origi...
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Jul
Settlement Reached in Gas Leak Suits
A gas leak at a Jacksonville (Md.) gas station which led to multiple lawsuits has reached a settlement.After a gas leak poured more than 26,000 gallons of fuel into the ground in an area near Jacksonville, Md., where the majority of homeowners get their water from wells, multip...
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Jul
Parents File Suit in Exchange Student Skiing Death
The family of Niclas Waschle, a German exchange student living with a Montana family when he died in a skiing accident, filed suit against the ski resort, the host family and the company that arranged for his exchange student experience. Niclas' mother, Patricia Birkhold-Wa...
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Jul
Parents File Negligence Suit Against Dentist in Daughter’s Death
Evan and Ashley Boyle, the parents of a 3-year old girl who died in early January after going into cardiac arrest during a dental procedure, have filed a negligence lawsuit against the dentist. The parents allege that their daughter Finley received excessive amounts of medic...
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Jul
Propane Blast Prompts Lawsuit
A New Jersey couple has filed a lawsuit against the contractor and the propane gas company they say is responsible for the propane leak that caused their house to explode. James and Evelyn McCarty suffered severe burns and other injuries during the explosion on November...
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Jul
City of Fresno Remains Defendant in Lawsuit
A judge rules that the city of Fresno remains a defendant in a lawsuit regarding the death of a young boy who was hit by a drunk driver, says Frenkel & Frenkel.A judge has ruled that the city of Fresno will remain a defendant in a lawsuit after a child was killed by a...
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Jul
Settlement Reached after Inmate’s Death
Lawyers for a 10-year old California boy whose father died while an inmate in the Santa Rita Jail have reached a settlement with the jail health care provider and Alameda County. According to court records, the family claimed that the man was beaten, tased and not given...
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Jul
Jury Awards $166 Million to 4-Year-Old Boy
The New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services was ordered to pay $166 million to the grandparents of a now 4-year old boy who suffered brain damage after being beaten by his father. According to court records, the department failed to protect the child after a ho...
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