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Bus company pays $5 million to settle wrongful death 

Published: February 8, 2012

Tags: bus, car accident, Missouri, wrongful death

A Cincinnati-based school bus company has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit in Missouri where one of the drivers for First Student drove a bus over and killed a teen.

Family wins $2 million wrongful death civil suit against highway patrol 

Published: February 6, 2012

Tags: California, police shooting, shooting, wrongful death

The family of Joey Pinasco – a 21-year-old shot to death by two California Highway Patrol officers – has won a $2 million civil lawsuit against the department in federal court Sacramento.

City to pay $1.2 million to settle civil rights suit over police shooting 

Published: February 2, 2012

Tags: civil rights, Oregon, police shooting, wrongful death

The city of Portland, Ore. has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal civil rights  lawsuit brought by the family of Aaron Campbell, who was shot to death by Portland police two years ago.

Asbestos suit barred by component parts defense 

Published: January 18, 2012

Tags: asbestos, mesothelioma, product liability, strict liability, wrongful death

Machinery manufacturers could not be liable for wrongful death allegedly caused by asbestos-containing parts and insulation used in the operation of their products, the California Supreme Court has ruled.

$91.5 million verdict awarded for nursing home death 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: dehydration, nursing home, nursing home litigation, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011, wrongful death

A West Virginia jury awarded the son of a woman who died of severe dehydration after a brief stay in a nursing home $91.5 million, including an $80 million punitive damages award.

“It was like a house of horrors,” plaintiffs’ attorney Michael J. Fuller said of the facility where 87-year-old Dorothy Douglas was admitted in 2009, only to die a few weeks later.

Jury awards $200 million verdict over nursing home death 

Published: January 13, 2012

Tags: fall, Florida, negligence, nursing home, wrongful death

A Pinellas County, Fla. jury handed down a $200 million verdict this week against a company accused of not doing enough to prevent a 92-year-old woman’s fatal fall at a local nursing home.

$1.3 million settlement reached in wrongful death case 

Published: January 6, 2012

Tags: California, police, police shooting, wrongful death

A $1.3 million settlement has been reached between the City of Fresno, Calif. and the family of Steven Vargas, who was shot and killed by Fresno Police Sgt. Mike Palomino in October 2009, attorneys and city leaders announced.

Multidistrict Litigation panel rejects Plavix consolidation 

Published: January 4, 2012

Tags: Bristol-Meyer Squibb, MDL, multidistrict litigation, negligence, Plavix, Sanofi-Aventis, wrongful death

Twelve product liability lawsuits over the blood thinner Plavix will not be consolidated in federal court.

Mother can sue for wrongful death of unborn child 

Published: December 28, 2011

Tags: stillbirth, wrongful death

A mother who gave birth to a stillborn male could maintain a wrongful death action against her medical providers, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled in answering a certified question from a U.S. District Court.

Court gives new life to Busch wrongful death suit 

By: Noah Schaffer
Published: December 28, 2011

Tags: Missouri, wrongful death

The wrongful death lawsuit against former beer baron August Busch IV was given new life on Tuesday when a Mo. appeals court ruled that the parents of the woman who died of a drug overdose at his mansion could join the legal action.