Wrongful Death

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed After High School Death

  Shannon Weidemann | May 26, 2007 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Taser Reports Dismissal for Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | April 08, 2007 8:02 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Arrest Causes Miscarriage

  Bob Carroll | February 01, 2007 5:46 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• The Hidden Defibrillator That Could Have Saved A Child's Life

  Bob Carroll | February 01, 2007 5:30 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Let Me Count The Ways Mistakes Killed The Comair Passengers

  Bob Carroll | January 21, 2007 6:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• The Glove Compartment Is Not A Gun Safe

  Bob Carroll | January 19, 2007 6:37 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Wrongful Death By Sales Promotion Contest

  Bob Carroll | January 15, 2007 6:40 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Lobbying From The Back Of The Courtroom

  Bob Carroll | December 13, 2006 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Nurse Charged Criminally For Causing Death Of Pregnant Patient

  Bob Carroll | November 19, 2006 7:21 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  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...

• Comair Sues U.S. And Lexington Airport

  Bob Carroll | October 14, 2006 6:12 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  You are an airline. One of your planes took off from the wrong runway and, as a result of this grossly negligent action, forty-nine people died. What are you to do?You could sue the federal government and the airport to make sure other parties that bear responsibility pay their fair share of the compensation which will have to be paid to the families of the victims. In a novel tactic that is...