A wrongful death case is a type of legal case that can be filed by the heirs of a person who was killed by another’s reckless or illegal actions. Under law, wrongful death cases are to provide compensation for family …
We are thrilled to announce that the California Basic Handbook, published by Continuing Education of the Bar, came out today. Micha Star Liberty, who wrote the chapter on Personal Injury, is honored to be counted amongst the other very accomplished …
Alexis Kaniewski and her father Bogdan were riding their bikes in a Glenview-area forest last month. Bogdan suffered a heart attack and died there in the woods.
But Kaniewski, who filed a civil lawsuit against the Glenview fire and police …
If you have five malpractice lawsuits filed against you, and pending criminal charges, there may be something fundamentally wrong with your level of patient care. You’d think that people would avoid making such grave mistakes, but apparently it happens.
Dr. …
The son of a Las Vegas couple suffered seizures and died six months after getting an immunization shot, but his parents can’t sue for damages due to a federal appeals court ruling Tuesday.
Instead of fighting against injustice and their …
Our civil justice system is in jeopardy.
Governor Jerry Brown released this week a revised $91-billion budget proposal that would cut funding for many major state programs, including the court system. These cuts are not new for the California legal …
A federal lawsuit, Burch v. School Board of Citrus County, Florida was filed recently by the Florida Civil Rights Association against a Florida School District, which allegedly accused two black women of cheating on an adult skills test in 2010. …
Dartmouth College recently settled a lawsuit with the family of a student who died in 2004 after sustaining severe head injuries during a university skiing class. According to the lawsuit, Christina Porter skied into a tree without a helmet during …
The city of Everett, Wash., was negligent in the death of a 51-year-old man who was shot by a police officer outside a local restaurant in June, a lawsuit filed by family members claims. According to the lawsuit, Niles Meservey …
Following a three-week trial regarding police misconduct which lead to the wrongful death of her son, Shirley Nagel was awarded $3M. Ms. Nagel’s son was a schizophrenic man and the jury concluded that unreasonable and excessive force was used in …
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