Sentences with phrase «of wrongful death pay»

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New York City reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner on Monday, agreeing to pay $ 5.9 million to resolve a wrongful - death claim over his killing by the police on Staten Island last July, the city comptroller and a lawyer for the family said.

Serving as trial counsel for a major seatbelt manufacturer against multiple claims including wrongful death and quadriplegia; the jury found the client not liable, although the client's co-defendant was held liable and ordered to pay a judgment of US$ 18 million.

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.

The good news for people who think that they may a wrongful death claim is that the attorneys of Sutliff & Stout take all of their wrongful death cases on a contingency fee basis, which means that survivors will not pay anything in legal fees unless their case is successfully resolved and they recover compensation.

A wrongful death claim is a personal injury lawsuit filed by a surviving family member or dependent with the strict intention of making them «whole again» for their loss through financial compensation paid by the individual or party responsible for the death of their loved one.

Last year, the pharmaceutical giant was ordered to pay $ 72 million for the wrongful death of the victim.

The Court specifically considered whether the exclusivity provision of the Act barred an employee's parents wrongful death claim where the employee was injured at work but no workers» compensation payments were paid for the injury.

If you have lost a loved one due to a suicide linked to Accutane, our wrongful death attorneys in Florida, can assist you and your family in a recovery of damages that can help pay for funeral expenses and compensation to help during this tragic time in your life.

If you have further medical bills to pay for, thanks to the medical procedure that went wrong, find out if you can claim compensation to cover these bills today with the legal support of the accident lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. Accidents that have resulted in wrongful death in Kansas or Missouri Sometimes an accident that happens can go from bad to worse and your accident claim can turn into a wrongful death claim before you know it.

• Offer substantially less compensation to the RI injured victim than the value of the claim • Refusal to pay any compensation of a valid negligence and injury claim including wrongful death, RI slip and fall and Providence construction accident claims • Refuse a legitimate or reasonable request for documents, pictures or evidence they have compiled.

In wrongful death cases, many times helpful resources become available and paid for as part of legal compensation, offering families and dependents a way to cope with the loss of their loved ones in a healthy way.

Second, for paid counsel, the legal costs of submitting many wrongful death claims was comparatively lower than traditional litigation.

In the case of car insurance, if there is a lawsuit for wrongful death, and a payment is ordered by the court, then the car insurance will pay.