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Wrongful Death

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If you have lost a loved one as a result of the negligence or intentional conduct of a company or a person, WE are here to help. WE represent individuals and families in wrongful death cases involving:

  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Tractor Trailer Accidents
  • Work or Job Site Accidents
  • Failed Smoke Detectors
  • Mobile Home Fires
  • Dangerous Products
  • Exposure to Chemicals or Toxic Dust
  • Defective Child Seats
  • Deadly Pharmaceutical Products

WE understand the pain, stress and difficulties experienced by families when a loved one is taken by the negligence or intentional conduct of companies or people. WE can help you recover damages allowed by law, including medical expenses, mental anguish, lost wages and pain and suffering, as well as, where appropriate, punitive damages.

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Wrongful Death News (National)

Jury says SDG&E negligent in helicopter crash - Seattle Times
A jury has found San Diego Gas & Electric negligent in the deaths of four Marines who were killed when their helicopter hit an unlit utility tower on Camp Pendleton in 2004. Jurors awarded more than $55 million in damages in a wrongful-death lawsuit ...

Lawyer gets 3-23 months in parking-lot death - Philadelphia Daily News
But not for long enough to satisfy the survivors of Patton's girlfriend, Heather Demou, who died in a fall from his truck during a parking-lot squabble last year. Patton, 53, a former state prosecutor, yesterday was sentenced in Bucks County Court to ...

Chevron plays offense in wrongful death suit - MSNBC
Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company and the East Bay?s largest publicly traded company, has gone on the offensive weeks before the opening of a civil trial in which it faces charges of wrongful death, civil conspiracy, torture and ...

Reiser children file wrongful death suit - San Francisco Gate
The children of convicted wife-killer Hans Reiser have filed a wrongful death suit against their father. The lawsuit ? filed last Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court ? says the children, Rory and Niorline Reiser, suffered a great loss with ...

Doctor cleared in wrongful death lawsuit - Grand Forks Herald
MINOT, N.D. A former Williston surgeon who came to aid another doctor's bleeding kidney patient has been cleared by a jury in a wrongful death lawsuit. A jury in Minot cleared Dr. Inder Khokha on Aug. 22, after a weeklong trial. The patient involved ...

Hans Reiser's Children File Wrongful Death Suit - FOX Reno
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Already serving a state prison term of 15 years to life for murdering his estranged wife Nina, computer engineer Hans Reiser has now been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his two children. The suit, filed in Alameda ...

Oakland sued for $10 million in man's death - Inside Bay Area
OAKLAND ? The family of Mack "Jody" Woodfox, the 27-year-old man killed by an Oakland police officer in July, filed a federal lawsuit against the city Tuesday, claiming the officer in question was improperly trained. The wrongful-death lawsuit came ...

Reiser's children file wrongful death suit against father - Inside Bay Area
The two children of computer programmer Hans Reiser have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against their father in connection with the murder of their mother, Nina Reiser. The lawsuit claims Rory and Niorline Reiser ? who currently live in Russia with ...

Hans Reiser's children file wrongful death suit against their father - Santa Cruz Sentinel
The two children of computer programmer Hans Reiser have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against their father in connection with the murder of their mother, Nina Reiser. The lawsuit claims Rory and Niorline Reiser, who live in Russia with their ...

Family launches wrongful death suit - Calgary Sun
WINNIPEG -- The family of a 22-year-old man beheaded aboard a Greyhound bus has launched a wrongful death lawsuit against his alleged killer, the bus company, and the federal government. Lawyers for Tim McLean Jr.'s family said the goal of the suit ...