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2 families file wrongful death suit following Palm Springs tour bus crash that killed 13

Just four days after a tour bus crash killed 13 people near Palm Springs, the families of two of the dead have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bus company and its owner-driver who was among the fatalities. Lawyers for the families of 63-year-old Gustavo Garcia and 50-year-old Tony Mia, both of Los Angeles, filed the lawsuit […]

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Death of man who fell from 14-inch deck results in $37,500 settlement

The family of a 77-year-old man — who died after falling backward while trying to step onto a deck — has agreed to settle its $4.3 million lawsuit against a Seaside vacation condominium for a fraction of that amount. The family of David Lloyd Roach dropped its lawsuit in exchange for $37,500. The civil trial had

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Mother sues helmet manufacturer after son dies from injury in football game

The mother of a Bogan High School football player who died last year is suing the manufacturer of his helmet and the Chicago Board of Education, according to a lawsuit filed last week. Andre Smith, 17, suffered blunt force trauma to his head during a football game on Oct. 22, 2015, and died the next

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HISD Principal Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Freak Accident Kills Woman

It wasn’t until the next morning, well after the crash, that Bertha Lazcano’s family found out what happened to their mother and wife. The 58-year-old mother of four and grandmother of two was driving home on U.S. 290 the evening of September 11 when the truck in the lane next to her hit a construction

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Group home operator to pay $7.2M in wrongful-death case

OKLAHOMA CITY — A jury has found that the operator of an Oklahoma City group home acted recklessly in connection to a man who died soon after he was relocated to the home. Mitchell Boles, 52, lived at a state-run center for the developmentally disabled in Pauls Valley for 40 years, The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2dSIM8T ) reported.

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Samsung exploded in my pants and badly burned me, man alleges in suit

A California man is suing Samsung Electronics America in Bergen County, claiming he was severely burned when his cellphone exploded and caught fire in his pants, according to court documents. The phone, a black Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, was imported through the plant at 85 Challenger Road and sold March 11 at a Best Buy store

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Another injury lawsuit filed against former Kindred nursing home in Cheyenne

CHEYENNE – A personal injury lawsuit filed recently in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming says the former Kindred Transitional Care Rehabilitation nursing home in Cheyenne negligently monitored and failed to properly care for a patient who stayed there in 2014. The lawsuit was filed in July by Dianna Bratberg, the appointed personal representative of

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A Single Concussion May Have Lasting Impact

A single concussion experienced by a child or teenager may have lasting repercussions on mental health and intellectual and physical functioning throughout adulthood, and multiple head injuries increase the risks of later problems, according to one of the largest, most elaborate studies to date of the impacts of head trauma on the young. You cannot be an athlete, parent of an

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