Wrongful Death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Prince’s family members has been quietly dismissed in recent months, suggesting family members have reached settlements with defendants including the Minnesota doctor who saw Prince in the weeks before his death and the Illinois hospital that treated him for an opioid overdose seven days before he […]

A Florida family has won a big judgement in the wrongful death of a family member – but its unlikely that they will ever collect it. Kalil McCoy was just 20 years old in 2011 when she was shot in the head by a friend, 19-year-old Frederick Lee Wade when the two got in an […]

A South Carolina family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against American-Airlines for not attempting an emergency landing which they believe resulted in the death of their daughter, according to BET. Brittany and Cory Oswell boarded a flight from Honolulu to Dallas when she began to get sick according to court documents. Hours into the flight, Brittany, who […]

  AT&T has yet to hand over subpoenaed phone records in Venus Williams‘ wrongful death case, TMZ reports. The tennis star is accused of causing a fatal car accident resulting in the death of Jerome Barson. Attorneys for his estate first subpoenaed AT&T back in January, but have yet to get any action, per docs […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — O.J. Simpson is cashing in on autographs since his release from prison and should pay the money toward a wrongful death judgment that now exceeds $70 million, according to a lawyer for the family of Fred Goldman whose son was killed in 1994 along with Simpson’s ex-wife. Attorney David Cook is […]

Michael Brown‘s parents have very quietly settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city of Ferguson, Missouri for a reported $3 million. The lawsuit has apparently flown under the radar but has not been settled in the Brown’s favor. STLtoday.com reports:  A federal judge on Tuesday approved a secret civil settlement of the wrongful-death […]

The parents of Kendrick Johnson filed a wrongful death lawsuit after their son was found rolled up in a mat in 2013.

Normally, I write about fights inside the boxing ring folks, but this is one major fight that’s taking place outside the ring that has huge consequences as it pits television judge Glenda Hatchett and her son, Charles S. Johnson IV, against one of the largest medical institutions in Los Angeles: Cedars Sinai Hospital. On April […]

Normally, I write about fights inside the boxing ring folks, but this is one major fight that’s taking place outside the ring that has huge consequences as it pits television judge Glenda Hatchett and her son, Charles S. Johnson IV, against one of the largest medical institutions in Los Angeles: Cedars Sinai Hospital. On April […]

Lawyers representing Ferguson, Mo. in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Michael Brown have asked a judge to unseal any of Brown’s juvenile records. The motion, filed June 7 and scheduled to be heard next week, seeks “records concerning prior investigations and dispositions of juvenile court adjudications, informal adjustments, certifications, abuse and […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Walker’s daughter sued Porsche for wrongful death Monday, claiming the sports car that her father was in when he was killed suffered from numerous design defects. The lawsuit filed by Meadow Rain Walker seeks unspecified damages for defects that her lawyers claim kept the actor trapped in the Porsche Carrera […]

The parents of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager whose lifeless body was mysteriously found rolled up in a wrestling mat at his high school two years ago, have filed a $100 million lawsuit against 38 people —including local, state and federal law enforcement officials and three classmates. Kendrick, 17, a member of the wrestling team […]