The widow of a veteran Oakland Tribune journalist who was struck and killed by a San Francisco Muni train four years ago has been awarded a $900,000 wrongful death settlement. The San Jose Mercury News reported the Municipal Transportation Agency’s …
The family of an Iraq War veteran who was fatally shot by a police officer wanted to settle a lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque for $1 million before a judge ruled in February that the veteran was unlawfully killed. …
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a Meridian apartment building and its property management company after an 18-year-old Marine died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his girlfriend’s apartment last November. KTVB-TV reported attorneys filed the …
A Sacramento Superior Court jury has returned verdicts of wrongful death and elder abuse against the nation’s largest assisted living company. The Sacramento Bee reported the trial now enters the punitive-damages phase for Emeritus Corp, a Seattle-based company with annual …
A county official says a dispatcher followed general protocols when she pleaded with an independent living facility nurse to perform CPR on a woman who later died in California. The statement came Monday after the facility defended the nurse, saying …
The family of a man shot to death by Kauai police a year ago in Hawaii has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the department, Kauai County and the officer involved in the shooting. The suit was filed by the …
A judge says she is inclined to allow a lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s mother against concert promoter AEG she claims is responsible for her son’s death to go to trial on a single claim. Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos issued …
Parents of a soldier who died after taking a dietary supplement called Jack3d (pronounced `jacked’) have sued the makers and retailer for wrongful death in California. U-T San Diego reported Michael Sparling’s family sued Wednesday in San Diego. Sparling died …
The children of a woman killed by her husband at the home of a friend can’t collect damages from the homeowner because she engaged in a kiss and provocative dancing, Alaska Supreme Court ruled. The homeowner, who was shot and …
The mother of a Gonzaga University student who died on a kayaking trip sponsored by the city of Spokane is suing the university and the city. The lawsuit was filed by Susan Gormley, the mother of 18-year-old Christopher Gormley of …
