Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Airplane Crashes - All Twenty On Board Killed

  Courtney Mills | August 10, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A small twin engine turboprop crashed into the sea right after takeoff Thursday from the French Polynesian island of Moorea, killing all twenty passengers aboard. According to the High Commission for the territory, it was the worst aviation accident in French Polynesia's recorded history. The plane was departing for Tahiti, approximately ten miles from the island of Moorea, when it crashed into...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Bar & Driver

  Christina Cole | March 09, 2007 1:54 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A man that was convicted of drunk driving in a fatal car crash is now facing a wrongful death lawsuit. The bar he was drinking at prior to the crash is also facing many lawsuits.In August, he was sentenced to 5 to 7 years in prison by a Bennington District Court Judge. He pled guilty in May to driving while intoxicated on the night his car crashed into a bakery. His passenger driving along side...

• Fired Johnson & Johnson Exec. Files Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | December 31, 2006 7:43 PM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Dr. Joel S. Lippman, former vice president at Johnson & Johnson is claiming in a lawsuit that he was fired for seeking recalls for several faulty products, including the Ortho Evra birth control patch - the subject of currently 1,000 product liability lawsuits.In a civil complaint filed by Lippman he alleges that he was unlawfully terminated after working with Johnson & Johnson for over 15 years...

• Family Files Wrongful-Death Suit

  Christina Cole | December 21, 2006 12:58 AM | 0 CommentsVermont, VT Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The family of man that died last year after the guards found him unconscious in an Allen County Lockup cell filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.Brandon Wade, 41, died at Luther Hospital June 14, 2005. The guards found him unconscious on June 13 and called an ambulance but the lawsuit alleges an ambulance should have been called sooner. The Allen County coroner...