Wrongful Death

• Vacation Fun Turns Deadly -- Parasailers Die in High Winds at NC Beach

  Pierce Egerton | August 31, 2009 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  U.S. Coast Guard officials say a disconnected rope is to blame in a parasailing accident that killed two women in Ocean Isle, NC, on Friday. Among the victims is Cynthia Woodcock from...

• Charlotte Girl in Critical Condition After Pool Accident in Milford, Massachusets

  Lawrence Egerton | August 20, 2009 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Another pool related accident has left an 11 year old Charlotte, NC girl in critical condition at the UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. The girl had been swimming unsupervised on the first...

• Ocracoke Fireworks Explosion Victim Survived by Young Child

  Pierce Egerton | July 08, 2009 3:45 PM | 5 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  In an even more tragic turn to the Ocracoke fireworks explosion, that took the lives of four people last Saturday, it has been brought to my attention that the woman who died in the explosion was a...

• Ritter Wrongful Death Cases Raises Interesting Questions

  Dan Deuterman | March 16, 2008 8:13 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A jury this weekend ruled that two ER doctors who treated actor John Ritter after he collapsed on the set of his sitcom weren't at fault in his death.Ritter's family had filed a multimillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit against the physicians, who treated Ritter for a heart attack, not the torn aorta he had. The hospital where he was treated has already settled with the family of the Emmy...

• Nuns Face Wrongful Death Lawsuits in New Orleans Lafon Nursing Home Deaths during Hurricane Katrina

  Dan Deuterman | August 22, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  They don't face criminal charges, but that doesn't mean nuns who ran the Lafon Nursing Home in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck are in the clear. That's because they're facing wrongful death lawsuits regarding 22 nursing home residents who died in the horrible conditions in the aftermath of Katrina. New Orleans resident Maria Johnson sued Lafon in the death of her 79-year-old mother....

• Mother of Man who Died in Immigration Custody to File Wrongful Death Suit

  Dan Deuterman | August 21, 2007 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The mother of an HIV-positive man who died while in immigration custody plans to file a wrongful death suit against the United States government, according to news reports.The mother alleges that immigration officials denied medical treatment to her son while he was in custody.This immigration wrongful death case highlights a disturbing trend.23-year-old Victor Arrelano, died while in custody at...

• Legal woes not over for Tolly Carr, TV anchor convicted in drunk driving death

  Dan Deuterman | August 17, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The cirminal trial of Tolly Carr is over, but the former television anchor still faces a wrongful death suit. The suit was filed in May in Forsyth County against Carr, a former anchor of WXII in North Carolina, and three Winston-Salem bars the lawsuit says served Carr the night in March that Casey Bokhoven, 26, was killed. On Monday, Aug 13, Carr, 32, pleaded guilty to charges of felony death by...

• Parents sue 3M, Wal-Mart over huffing death

  Dan Deuterman | June 19, 2007 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The parents of a California teenager who died after inhaling an aerosol dust remover have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against 3M Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for selling the substance. The suit says both companies knew 3M Dust Remover was popular among teenage inhalant abusers, but continued selling it for years without adequate warnings or other deterrents. When inhaled, dust remover...

• Judge dismisses wrongful death suit in Natalee Holloway case

  Dan Deuterman | June 04, 2007 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The AP is reporting that a California judge has dismissed the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Natalee Hollaway against two brothers who are suspected to be involved in her disappearance and apparent death.The judge cited lack of jurisdiction as the reason for the dismissal.The parents of Natalee Holloway cannot sue in Los Angeles because the case has no California connection and...

• Workers' Comp Death Benefits Funneled To Insurers

  Dan Deuterman | June 01, 2007 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A recent investigation by the Houston Chronicle revealed that that $17 million in workers' compensation benefits have been denied to families of workers killed on the job. Under Texas law, when a worker is killed on the job, and does not have a spouse, dependents or any family members that can prove they were financially dependent on the worker, the death benefit money is moved to the Subsequent...