In March 2015, 28-year-old Stephanie Gurney fell to her death from a SBA Communications tower in San Angelo, Texas. At the time, details surrounding the situation were unclear. According to reports, the woman’s climbing abilities were being assessed for possible employment with Jostan Communications. Jostan…
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A Law Vegas man filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Summerlin Hospital and numerous doctors and nurses alleging failure to diagnosis and treat of his wife for tuberculosis despite obvious symptoms during and after her pregnancy. The suit alleges that wheezing and fever should have…
Florida has become the seventh state to declare medical malpractice award limits unconstitutional. The decision was spurred by a 2011 medical malpractice lawsuit in which a 20-year-old woman died while being treated by a U.S. Air Force doctor at Fort Walton BeachMedicalCenter. The suit was…
An April 2, 2010 explosion at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, WA was the deadliest refinery incident in the U.S. since a 2005 explosion killed 15 people and injured 180 at a BP refinery in Texas. The blast occurred while maintenance work was being performed…
On July 23, 2008, a 33-year-old iron worker was in the basket of an aerial lift when a crawler crane’s boom collapsed onto the basket, crushing the man to death. An autopsy revealed that he died from blunt chest and abdominal trauma due to being…
It is a well-known fact that wearing a seat belt greatly increases the chances of surviving a serious auto accident or avoiding serious and life-altering injuries. Regardless, millions of people continue to consciously get on America’s roadways without buckling up. Early this month, when the…
While the investigation continues into the death of a woman who fell from a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas, one question being raised is why Texas is one of at least 17 states that has no state or federal agency responsible for enforcing…
On July 14, on Sylvan Lake in suburban Detroit, MI, three children were being pulled in a tube by their father driving a jet ski when another boat moving perpendicularly struck the tube. The boat driver said he saw the personal watercraft, but not the…
Commenting on the George Zimmerman verdict in today’s America is a dangerous activity. Writers are misinterpreted, misquoted and have words twisted or taken completely out of context. Some people will automatically hate those who offered their opinion of the case. Having said this, as a…
The law varies from state-to-state on whether a family member can pursue a wrongful death lawsuit in cases where an unborn child is killed as a result of another party’s negligence. The...
