Lawyers USA Online » wrongful death http://lawyersusaonline.com Your Business Partner Fri, 24 May 2013 20:05:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Business owner can’t be sued for fatal shooting  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/24/business-owner-cant-be-sued-for-fatal-shooting/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/24/business-owner-cant-be-sued-for-fatal-shooting/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 20:04:41 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92961 A business owner could not be sued for the death of a neighbor who was shot in an attempt to stop a robbery of his business, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled.

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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/24/business-owner-cant-be-sued-for-fatal-shooting/feed/ 0 Plaintiffs had capacity to sue U.S. for flight controller’s negligence  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/14/plaintiffs-had-capacity-to-sue-u-s-for-flight-controllers-negligence/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/14/plaintiffs-had-capacity-to-sue-u-s-for-flight-controllers-negligence/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 17:26:01 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92754 The mother and adult daughter of the victim of an airplane crash had the capacity to sue the federal government for the alleged negligence of a flight controller, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a dismissal.

The plaintiffs are the mother and adult daughter of
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/14/plaintiffs-had-capacity-to-sue-u-s-for-flight-controllers-negligence/feed/ 0 Fraternity may be liable for pledge’s death  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/10/fraternity-may-be-liable-for-pledges-death/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/10/fraternity-may-be-liable-for-pledges-death/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 17:51:30 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92713 A national fraternity may be liable for the death of a pledge from acute alcohol intoxication, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.

The plaintiff’s son was a freshman at Wabash College when he pledged at the Beta Psi Chapter of the national fraternity, Delta
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/05/10/fraternity-may-be-liable-for-pledges-death/feed/ 0 Apartment owner isn’t liable for guest’s drowning  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/24/apartment-owner-isnt-liable-for-guests-drowning/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/24/apartment-owner-isnt-liable-for-guests-drowning/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:11:44 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92503 The owner of an apartment complex had no liability for the drowning of a tenant’s guest in a swimming pool, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.

The defendant owned an apartment complex with a swimming pool. The property’s regulations required guests to be accompanied by
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/24/apartment-owner-isnt-liable-for-guests-drowning/feed/ 0 Jury: School board owes $90M for teen’s death  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/22/jury-school-board-owes-90m-for-teens-death/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/22/jury-school-board-owes-90m-for-teens-death/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:16:41 +0000 Beth Moszkowicz http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92453 A Prince George’s County, Md.,  jury has awarded more than $90 million to a family whose 13-year-old daughter was struck and killed four years ago while crossing the street as she was trying to reach a school-bus stop.

The parents of Ashley Davis, who was a freshman at Crossland High
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/22/jury-school-board-owes-90m-for-teens-death/feed/ 0 Wrongful death proceeds not subject to child support claim  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/17/wrongful-death-proceeds-not-subject-to-child-support-claim/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/17/wrongful-death-proceeds-not-subject-to-child-support-claim/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:21:57 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92411 Settlement proceeds from a wrongful death action were not subject to a claim for a child support arrearage owed by the decedent, West Virginia’s highest court has ruled in affirming judgment.

The plaintiff’s former husband was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2010. The man’s estate sued for wrongful death
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/17/wrongful-death-proceeds-not-subject-to-child-support-claim/feed/ 0 Benchmarks: Driver in fatal accident must relive his nightmare  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/27/benchmarks-driver-in-fatal-accident-must-relive-his-nightmare/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/27/benchmarks-driver-in-fatal-accident-must-relive-his-nightmare/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:01:15 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92094 Attorneys want to cross-examine a Chicago Transit Authority driver using videos that captured a pedestrian being crushed underneath the wheels of his bus back in 2009.

Last week, an Illinois court ruled that the driver must relive his nightmare, even if viewing the accident videos for the first time will
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/27/benchmarks-driver-in-fatal-accident-must-relive-his-nightmare/feed/ 0 Statutory beneficiary can sue for legal malpractice  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/13/statutory-beneficiary-can-sue-for-legal-malpractice/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/13/statutory-beneficiary-can-sue-for-legal-malpractice/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:13:20 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=91877 A wrongful death statutory beneficiary could pursue a malpractice claim against the lawyer for the personal representative of the wrongful death estate, the New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.

The plaintiff’s ex-wife was injured when her car was struck from behind. The couple’s daughter was
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/13/statutory-beneficiary-can-sue-for-legal-malpractice/feed/ 0 Estate isn’t bound by nursing home’s arbitration clause  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/07/estate-isnt-bound-by-nursing-homes-arbitration-clause/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/07/estate-isnt-bound-by-nursing-homes-arbitration-clause/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:36:56 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=91780 The estate of a nursing home resident was not bound by an arbitration agreement executed upon her admission, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming judgment.

The plaintiff admitted his mother to the defendant’s nursing home. At the time, the plaintiff signed an admission contract as
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/07/estate-isnt-bound-by-nursing-homes-arbitration-clause/feed/ 0 After verdict, defendant settles wrongful death suit for $105 million  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/06/after-verdict-defendant-settles-wrongful-death-suit-for-105-million/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/03/06/after-verdict-defendant-settles-wrongful-death-suit-for-105-million/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:09:50 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=91742 A lawyer who won one of the largest jury verdicts last year for the family of a woman killed by a power line that fell into her backyard, has settled the case post-verdict for $105 million.

The jury verdict of $109 million ranked as one of Lawyers USA’s Top
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