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Jessica Lunsford was killed in 2005 by a registered sex offender living about 100 yards from her home. John Couey was convicted of killing her and has been sentanced to death. He claims he held the girl captive for days in his bedroom closet before killing her. Mark Lunsford feels the sheriff's office did not do enough to find his daughter. He is now planning to sue the Citrus County...

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On Tuesday, December 19 a man died after riding a roller coaster at the Walt Disney World Resort.Jeffery Reed, 44, was unconscious at the end of the Expedition Everest ride at the Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom.Disney personnel provided medical assistance to Reed, and he was transported to Celebration Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Orange County Sheriff's officials said. Inspectors...

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A wrongful death lawsuit filed in 2003, by the family and children of a cancer patient that died when she was given the wrong prescription, was settled Friday when the jury awarded $25.8 million.In 2002 the woman was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, to treat breast cancer. The prescription she was given was ten times stronger than what her doctor had prescribed.The mother of three passed...

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A Florida family, who filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit involving a pain patch made by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, won a $5.5 million verdict, Tuesday.The family of a 28-year-old sued Janssen Pharmaceutical Products LP along with ALZA Corp. claiming their pain patch, Duragesic, was responsible for his death on December 17, 2003.The suit claimed the manufacturers of the patch failed to...

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The parents of a high school football player have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Henderson county school board and others that they feel are responsible for their son's death. The 16-year-old died after football practice in full gear on a very hot day. New filings in the suit that revealed the damage requests were filed Friday in response to questions from the defense. A medical...

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Police contend it was self-defense, but the family says officers were wrong to shoot. Now, the family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit for potentially millions of dollars against the City of Tampa and the officers involved.Police say the man ran a stop sign on Riverhills Drive in May of 2005. They also say he refused to give his real name or his license when asked. When he wouldn't exit the...

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Edward Waters College and the family of a student that was fatally shot, in 2004, following an essay he wrote critical of campus safety, has reached a $2.75 million wrongful death settlement.Additionally, the settlement, agreed upon last month, requires the college to award an annual scholarship in honor of Johnathan Wesley Glenn,Glenn, 18, a college freshman, was standing outside of his dorm...

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After a dismissal in a Florida lawsuit on Monday, Taser International Inc. has a 41-0 record in wrongful death lawsuits and injury lawsuits filed against them, say company officials.The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered an order to dismiss with prejudice an in-custody death product liability lawsuit that was filed against Taser, a Scottsdale-based maker of stun...

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Police officers and jailers must hear a lot of excuses. But, some excuses should make them take notice. For example, a pregnant woman who claims to be bleeding and on the way to the hospital should not be ignored. Woman: Cops Ignored Pleas for Help at Arrest, Baby Died Next DayA woman whose premature baby died the day after she was arrested has sued the Kansas City Police Department and two...

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What good is a first aid kit if nobody is trained to use it in an emergency? Worse, what good is it if kept hidden in a closet? A wrongful death lawsuit in Florida is asking similar questions about an automatic external defibrillator which could have saved a 12-year-old boy's life.Indian River County school district sued over boy's deathINDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- The parents of a 12-year-old boy...

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The causes of airplane crashes are rarely singular. They tend to be combinations of multiple errors and defects. This story from Kentucky.com shows just some of the individual causes that came together in Lexington to take the lives of 49 people.Attorneys say revelations in crash investigation help lawsuitsThe plane crashed on takeoff from Lexington's Blue Grass Airport after the pilots taxied...

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Firearms and children continue to find each other. And, the combination is deadly.Six year old finds gun in glove compartmentA six-year old Chicago boy, Jaylen Parker, died at the University of Chicago Hospital after shooting himself in a car belonging to his grandmother, a 17-year Cook County correctional officer, while she was retrieving the boy's younger brother from the Mighty God Christian...

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Promotions sometimes get a little out of hand. We have seen the huge pileup that occurs when wads of money are dropped from the balcony onto the crowd below. And, the mad dash when the doors are flung open for the midnight sale. But, this promotion was dumb, dumb, dumb. Woman Dies after Water Drinking ContestDid this radio station not consider the implications of their stunt? Via...

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The New York Times is running an editorial today about the limits of spectator actions during America's public trials. We are proud that our criminal and civil court systems are open to the public. But, can we allow the public to intervene as a factor in the outcome? Can we permit public access to morph into what the Times calls lobbying?Lobbying the Jury We are disappointed that the Supreme...

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You be the judge.Did this nurse cross the line between a breach of the standard of care and criminal misconduct? Former St. Mary's nurse charged in death of patient Nursing and hospital officials were outraged Thursday after the state filed a felony charge against the nurse whose medication error caused the death of a teenager at St. Mary's Hospital in July.It's the first time a health- care...

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