Sentences with phrase «death of plaintiffs»

According to documents filed in the lawsuit, Mustang Machinery Ltd., and Caterpillar Inc., were to be held responsible for the death of the plaintiff's husband because they failed in their duty to ensure the proper Operator Presence Sensing System was in operation and they collectively failed to -LSB-...]

Finally, an injured party who is seeking recovery from multiple defendants can request the capped amount from each at - fault party, unless the incident resulted in the death of the plaintiff.

This resulted in the death of the Plaintiff.

Death Cases There are two components to a case involving the death of a plaintiff, the survival action and the wrongful death action.

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Not exact matches

Publication of the editorial came on the same day as two other events of note, first, the release of a new book, Back in the Game, in which sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher and award - winning journalist Joanne Gerstner repeatedly and pointedly criticize the media for «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own life.

«Yes, judge, I completely agree with plaintiff's counsel that I could have prevented the death of Mrs. Jones» baby by offering her induction at 42 weeks.»

One of the plaintiffs part of a lawsuit challenging Governor Cuomo for not holding a special election after Rep. Louise Slaughter's death says he was recruited to join the suit by a representative for the Republican candidate...

Jurors listened to concluding statements made by both plaintiffs and defendants on Tuesday, June 14, marking the final stage of the two - month - long manslaughter trial on the deaths of two firefighters in a 2007 blaze at the former Deutsche Bank tower at 130 Liberty St.. The summations came after final testimonies made on Mon., June 7, -LSB-...]

The plaintiffs claimed that the new policy violated the Dickey - Wicker Amendment, established in 1996, which states that federal money can not be used for «research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death.»

She is currently representing the plaintiffs and a class of purchasers of a high - end pet food, Evanger's, that was falsely advertised as «human grade» and «USDA inspected» that led to the sickness and the death of one of the plaintiffs» dogs.

«Do we have the scene of death and destruction that the plaintiffs alleged or not?

Since the plaintiffs claimed that burning of fossil fuels puts deadly CO2 into the atmosphere, causing all their forecasted death & destruction, then why didn't the oil companies ask the judge for a restraining order to prevent the plaintiffs from burning any more fossil fuels at least until the case was settled one way or the other?

Plaintiffs began filing lawsuits across the country claiming the filters caused harm and death, alleging manufacturers» negligence, failure to warn, design defects, manufacturing defects, breach of implied warranty and negligent misrepresentation on the part the companies and their subsidiaries.

A wrongful death lawsuit is essentially the same as a personal injury lawsuit, however, the plaintiff is typically the spouse or family member of someone who was died due to another party's negligence.

He has always focused his practice on the representation of plaintiffs in complex wrongful death and catastrophic injury matters.

«Plaintiff lawyer ads targeting prescription drugs are frightening people out of taking prescribed medicines, and in some cases, even scaring them to death,» said ILR President Lisa A. Rickard.

In a wrongful death case, the victim's family acts as the plaintiff on behalf of their loved one.

Of the 769 plaintiffs, most are former patients, but 94 are surviving family members who filed wrongful death cases.

The parents of the victim sued for wrongful death, and after a lengthy trial the jury awarded a $ 26 million verdict for the plaintiffs.

Wrongful death litigation is guided by Massachusetts statute, and the specific rights and elements of damage that will be recognized will often be affected by the relationship between the plaintiff and the victim.

This is an important point because the way a wrongful death case is handled in Missouri or Kansas when representing the plaintiffs is very different from the side of the defense.

So we know how to represent our clients using our experience in wrongful death law on the side of the plaintiffs rather than the defense.

Despite significant medical testimony in support of plaintiff's case and in spite of enormous emotional impact of the death of a young woman who left a widower and a young son, Kevin obtained a defendant's verdict and then was able to protect the verdict at the Appellate and Supreme Court level.

A Virginia lawyer who ran afoul of discovery requirements in a major wrongful - death trial by allegedly encouraging a client to clean up his Facebook account has paid his $ 544,000 share of a $ 722,000 legal fee award to opposing counsel and seen an $ 8.5 million award to his client and other plaintiffs in the case upheld by the state supreme court.

«To summarize, plaintiff now has no negligence claim and no medical malpractice claim, all despite the fact that (a) defendant - hospital openly admitted negligence, (b) a jury determined that this negligence constituted the proximate cause of plaintiff's death, and (c) a jury awarded plaintiff a $ 20 million verdict,» wrote Markman in his ruling.

He has worked extensively in both plaintiff and defense of personal injury and wrongful death litigation.

To prevail, the plaintiff's attorney must show that the defendant failed to operate his or her vehicle according to a specific standard of care at the time of the accident and that this failure caused the victim's death.

Lisa Arrowood and Jeffrey Catalano represented the plaintiffs in this case which was a suit against a doctor for negligence in the death of a basketball player.

Craig joined Conroy Simberg after working at a Plaintiff's civil litigation firm in Broward County, where he worked on a broad spectrum of personal injury claims, wrongful death, and contract law.

In California tort litigation arising from a wrongful death, the question often arises as to whether plaintiff claimants bear legal responsibility for the pre-death medical expenses of their...

In addition to those expenses, plaintiffs in wrongful death lawsuits may also be compensated for the loss of income and benefits the victim provided.

The Michigan Supreme Court called it a «medical and legal dereliction,» further stating, «To summarize, plaintiff now has no negligence claim and no medical malpractice claim, all despite the fact that (a) defendant - hospital openly admitted negligence, (b) a jury determined that this negligence constituted the plaintiff's cause of death, and (c) a jury awarded plaintiff a $ 20 million verdict.»

Finally, Massachusetts allows a plaintiff to seek punitive damages in wrongful death cases when gross negligence of the driver is proven.

Areas of Practice Litigation & Appeals Medical Malpractice Motor Vehicle Accidents — Plaintiff Personal Injury — Plaintiff Products Liability Law State Appellate Practice White Collar Crimes Workers» Compensation Law Motor Vehicle Defects Premises Liability Wrongful Death

Although many of the plaintiff's claims were now lost, the Court of Appeals did conclude that the wrongful death claim should survive summary judgment.

Plaintiff parents sued Thomas, a teenage driver, the owner of the car, and his daughter for negligence and loss of consortium, alleging that defendants were responsible for the car accident that resulted in the deaths of their teenage children.

As a result, the plaintiff will more likely than not suffer a premature and preventable death as the direct result of this delayed diagnosis.

In motor vehicle personal injury or wrongful death cases where the responsible driver was allegedly intoxicated, the injured plaintiff may want to consider seeking an award of punitive...

As plaintiffs attorney Elizabeth N. Mulvey, a well - known and highly regarded Massachusetts trial lawyer, questioned pediatrician Robert P. Lindeman in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston regarding the death of a 12 - year - old patient, she «startled him» with the question, Was he Flea?

A Pennsylvania Superior court held that a trial judge did not violate the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) by refusing to split up a plaintiff's wrongful death and survival claims arising out of the death of a nursing home resident.

The Illinois Appellate Court reversed the portion of the circuit court's order denying the request to stay the plaintiff's wrongful death claim.

On appeal, the sole issue was whether the judge in the circuit court erred in denying the defendant's request to stay the proceedings in the plaintiff's wrongful death claim pending the outcome of the arbitration proceedings.

The case was sent back to the circuit court for the entry of an order staying the proceedings in the plaintiff's wrongful death claim until the conclusion of the arbitration of the plaintiff's arbitrable claims.

His major areas of practice involve plaintiff personal injury, including car accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, slip and falls (premises liability), and construction accidents.

In the state of New York, there are five elements plaintiffs need to establish a claim for wrongful death.

But the plaintiff's attorney showed jurors a list of 416 similar incidents compiled by Ford in 1992; pointed out how two states asked Ford to redesign its gas tanks in response to similar incidents resulting deaths; and showed that Ford had sent warnings on how to safely pack the trunks of Town Cars.

We have over 35 years of experience bringing plaintiffs the justice they deserve in personal injury lawsuits, including car accident cases and wrongful death cases, among other areas.

In a wrongful death claim, the plaintiff has to prove that there was a violation of the standard of care, as well as a causal relationship between the injury and the decedent's death.

Our attorneys have over 100 years of collective experience exclusively representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims.