Recent Posts in wrongful death Category
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By Jim Burns
60 year-old Fresno resident suffered a tragedy when he saw his mother seriously injured in the same car accident in which he was also seriously injured. Unfortunately, he would lose his mother later ...
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Posted on May 19, 2011 By Jim Burns
Client’s husband, a fireman, was riding his motorcycle on his way home from the station when a pick up truck operated by an inexperienced driver turned left directly in front of him. ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2009 By Dunnion Law
A Hollister family refused to believe the motorist who blamed their father for causing his own death when in fact, it was the motorist who cut their father off causing a horrific accident which led to ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2009 By Dunnion Law
The family of a 19-year-old fraternity pledge killed in an apparent hazing incident has filed a lawsuit against Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina, the Theta Chi fraternity, fraternity members ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2009 By Dunnion Law
A Montana fishing lodge was negligent in the death of a 58-year-old woman who died in a fire in 2006, a lawsuit filed by the woman's estate claims. According to the lawsuit, the owners of the business ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2009 By Dunnion Law
July 27, 2009 The California Highway Patrol there was an accident on the I-405. The accident that took the life of one driver occurred in the early morning on the I-405 at Irvine Center Drive ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2009 By Dunnion Law
Two West Virginia bars that served a patron later involved in deadly auto crash knew or should have known that he was impaired, a lawsuit filed by the families of those killed or injured in the crash ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2009 By Dunnion Law
The Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort and others have agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a 13-year-old boy killed in a 2005 avalanche on Mount Charleston. ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2009 By Dunnion Law
The number of Hispanic workers who die on the job has risen, even as the overall number of workplace deaths has declined, according to federal statistics. 1. Hispanic worker deaths increased from 533 ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2009 By Dunnion Law
June 26, 2009 - Tracy, CA. An early-morning car crash Friday on MacArthur Drive killed one woman and badly injured her 3-year-old son. As of Friday afternoon, the boy is in fair condition, Tracy ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2009 By Dunnion Law
JUNE 28, 2009 - Seaside, CA A 48-year-old Seaside woman died after a car she was driving struck a center divider on Highway 1 early this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2009 By Dunnion Law
JUNE 26, 2009 - MIAMI, OK - MIAMI, OK -- The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is dealing with a major incident on the Will Rogers Turnpike. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority tells The News On 6 that eight people ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2009 By Dunnion Law
06/26/09 - AP CROWN POINT, Ind.—Authorities say an Indiana couple and their three children died when their pickup truck was crushed between two semitrailers and caught fire. State police say traffic ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2009 By Dunnion Law
JUNE 24, 2009 - FRESNO - Three passengers in a Honda Civic were killed Wednesday night when their car was struck head-on by an alleged drunken driver southeast of Fresno, the California Highway Patrol ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2009 By Dunnion Law
JUNE 25, 2009 - MANTECA — An 18-year-old woman died and four others were injured in an early morning crash today south of Manteca, the California Highway Patrol confirmed. Officer Ramsey Zakhary said ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2009 By Dunnion Law
VICTORVILLE, Calif.-A Victorville jury has found the California Department of Transportation partially at fault for a car crash that killed two teenage girls and must pay about $6.3 million in ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2009 By Dunnion Law
Two Carpinteria residents are killed in a rollover accident on Highway 1 in Ventura County. The accident happened just before 3:00 p.m. Wednesday on northbound Highway 1 near Hueneme Road. The ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2009 By Dunnion Law
One person has died in an accident on southbound Highway 101 just nort of Refugio Road in Santa Barbara County, east of Gaviota. According to the Santa Barbara California Highway Patrol the accident ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2009 By Dunnion Law
June 22, 2009 - A 48-year-old man was killed when his vehicle rear-ended a big rig in Placer County, authorities said. Jeffrey Koorenny of Winnemucca, Nevada died at the scene of the accident, which ...
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Posted on Jun 19, 2009 By Dunnion Law
JUNE 21, 2009 - Three people riding in a Volkswagon Jetta died when their vehicle was sandwiched between big rigs , authorities said. Sabas Rosario, 32, Guadalupe Rosario, 34, and Mayra San Juan, 18, ...
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Posted on May 16, 2009 By Dunnion Law
MAY 19, 2009 - Four people were killed Tuesday morning in a collision on Southbound Highway 101 involving a white Honda and a Chevy truck, the CHP reported. The fatal Greenfield crash occurred at ...
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Posted on May 15, 2009 By Dunnion Law
MAY 15, 2009 A 72-year-old woman was killed when an ATV rolled over on top of her Friday morning in Livermore, in Alameda County. The victim, identified as Joann Lesico, had been feeding cattle with ...
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