April 9, 2025
The parents of a freshman Bucknell University football player who died after his first day of football practice in 2024 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school, its administrators, and athletic coaches who, they allege, could have prevented …
April 1, 2025
Relatives of a man who died when a sightseeing helicopter crashed and sank in a New York City river have settled a lawsuit for $90 million, agreeing to reduce a jury award in order to foreclose appeals and end the …
March 28, 2025
A Pennsylvania cement company has agreed to pay $12 million to the family of an ironworker who fell to his death while attempting to set up a temporary catwalk at the company’s plant in Stockertown. In July 2021, the decedent …
November 14, 2024
The family of a security guard who was shot and killed at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, sued the facility for $35 million on Tuesday, accusing it of negligence and failing to respond to the dangers that the gunman posed …
November 5, 2024
A judge ruled Thursday that Karen Read won’t have to give a deposition in her wrongful death lawsuit until after her criminal trial in January. The brief from Judge William M. White Jr. on Thursday effectively delays the lawsuit, which …
October 7, 2024
Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend until her criminal trial in connection with his death is done. The lawsuit filed last month blames the death of …
August 27, 2024
Karen Read, whose recent high-profile trial for the death of a Boston police officer she was dating ended in a mistrial, is now facing a wrongful death suit brought by the late officer’s family that alleges she created a “false …
July 15, 2024
A lawsuit was filed Thursday against Hershey, Walgreens and several others in the case of a Massachusetts teen who died after he participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge that was widely promoted on social media. Harris Wolobah, a 10th …
July 12, 2024
Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer is being sued for wrongful death and negligence after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian earlier this year. The lawsuit was filed by Ashley Sanchez, the daughter of 47-year-old Israel Sanchez, who died …
July 3, 2024
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $68.5 million in damages to the widow and son of a 38-year-old construction worker who was killed in 2021 in a fall from a fifth-floor balcony at a luxury townhouse site. Siarhei Marhunou’s widow, Hanna, …