Widow of Police Officer Who Committed Suicide Denied Workers’ Compensation July 24, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The widow of an East Hartford police officer who committed suicide on the job is not entitled to survivorship benefits...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Review Stabbing Death Ruled Homicide Then Suicide August 6, 2024 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing...
Motel Has No Duty to Prevent Guest’s Suicide, Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules September 6, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A motel and its employees have no duty to prevent a guest’s suicide even when family members warn that the...
Calls for Suicide Barriers Went Unheeded Before Fourth Hudson Yards Death August 3, 2021 By Michael Oreskes The architects say they had designed safety partitions to deter suicides. The Community Board repeatedly urged Hudson Yards to install...
Mom Sues Over Teen’s Suicide at Maine Youth Detention Center April 21, 2021 The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at a youth detention center in Maine has filed a...
JPMorgan Found Not Responsible for Broker’s Suicide February 27, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. by the estate...
Cement Company Negligence Charge Dismissed in Florida Teen Suicide Suit May 27, 2015 A judge in Florida has tossed a portion of a lawsuit that alleged negligence against a cement company in the...
Settlement Reached In California Boy’s Suicide After Bullying June 5, 2014 The mother of a Central California teenager who committed suicide after years of anti-gay bullying has reached a $750,000 settlement...
Widow Sues Tennessee Veterans Hospital Over Husband’s Suicide October 14, 2011 By Kristin M. Hall The widow of an Iraq war veteran from Tennessee claims in a lawsuit that the Veterans Affairs was negligent in...
Oregon Firefigher’s Family Sues City Over His Suicide July 18, 2011 The family of a firefighter who committed suicide after being asked to resign has sued the city of Salem and...