According to the Philadelphia Daily News, the parents of a 2-year-old boy will sue Fairy Tales Daycare and its owners in the boy’s death. On July 1, 2009, the child died after being left in the back seat of a locked van with the windows rolled up and temperatures exceeding…
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Widow Sues Pfizer, Alleging Husband’s Suicide Was Linked To Stop-Smoking Drug
An Indiana woman whose husband committed suicide in January 2008 has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, the manufacturer of Chantix, a smoking-cessation drug her husband was taking. The woman alleges that the company failed to warn consumers that the prescription medication might cause serious psychiatric symptoms such as suicidal thoughts.…
$200,000 Settlement Reached in Death of Student
The family of a Blufton Middle School boy who died after a fight on campus reached a $200,000 wrongful death settlement with the school district and local government. Francisco Belman – 14, died in 2002, several months after being punched in the chest by two fellow students as part of…
Mother sues South Carolina Corrections Department after son dies
The mother of Jason Goss, who was killed while he was an inmate at Wateree River Correctional Institution, has filed a suit against the South Carolina Corrections Department. The suit alleges that the prison failed to protect her son from assault by other inmates, according to an Associate Press Report…
Mobile Home Park Accident Leads To Hefty Default Judgment
Drunk driver Humberto A. Orduna hit and killed Francisco Rivera, Jr., a 20-month old baby, in a Florida mobile home park in 2004. After his arrest for DUI, he fled the country to Mexico – but his actions have incurred a hefty price in the United States, where he was…