Wrongful Death Claims Are Piling Up Due To COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has raged across Florida and the United States. Despite the fact that many places around the country are beginning to reopen, the death toll continues to rise. As of this writing, there have been more than 60,000 total COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Unfortunately, many of these deaths have occurred to […]
Are Criminal Charges Needed In Order To Sue?
A year after a deadly boat accident, the state attorney’s office has finally decided that the boat driver will not be criminally charged, but the family of the victim is still pursuing their lawsuit against him. This situation leaves many wondering: are criminal charges needed in order to sue someone for negligence or a wrongful […]
Chain-Reaction Crash Proves Fatal
Just north of Miami, a truck carrying concrete barriers pulled out of a construction zone and merged onto Interstate 75. After joining traffic the truck was hit by a Mitsubishi car that got lodged under the rig and dragged almost a quarter of a mile down the road. While still in motion, another car, a […]
VA Hospital Makes Public Apology for Deaths Caused by Negligent, Delayed Care
According to CNN, the director of a VA hospital in Augusta, Georgia has publicly apologized for the deaths of three veterans at a facility that were caused by delays in care. Another public apology from an official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was also prompted by a CNN investigation that detailed the deaths […]
Fifty People Killed in Tragic Plane Crash in Russia
According to NBC News, 50 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed in central Russia on November 24. NBC News reported that a 23-year-old Boeing 737 that had recently left Moscow exploded after a failed attempt to land at the Kazan International Airport. Flight U363 took off from Moscow’s Domodedovo airport and crashed just […]
NTSB Discovered Plane Engine in Fatal Crash Caused a Previous Plane Accident as Well
A year and a half after a plane crashed into a supermarket, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released an updated report indicating the engine on the plane was also used in another fatal plane crash. Last year, a single-engine Seawind 3000 plane crashed through the roof of the DeLand Publix supermarket on International Speedway […]
Driver in Fatal Miami Hit & Run Surrendered to Authorities Months after Accident
A driver in a Miami hit and run turned herself into police months after the fatal pedestrian accident occurred. In March of this year, a woman was walking in the neighborhood of Brickell when she was struck and killed by a drunken, negligent driver. “All these months we wondered, how is it that the person […]
He Never Saw it Coming: Airplane Kills Jogger on the Beach
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) attributes a freak accident that took a Georgia man’s life to an airplane’s damaged crankshaft. The damaged part caused the pilot to make an emergency landing on Hilton Head Island last year and land on top of a man jogging on the beach. In a story at ajc.com, a […]
Insurance Company Tries to Sue Its Own Insured to Recover Settlement Pay-Out
Is it bad faith for an insurance company to sue its insured in an attempt to recover what it paid out in a settlement on behalf of the insured? Attorneys for the insured think so in one particular federal court case, which the insurance company is now backing away from without comment. In November 2008, […]
Children of Prominent New Jersey Couple Settle Lawsuit – Insurance Company Settled the Policy Limit of $11 Million During Mediation
Miami, Florida December 3, 2007 – The lawsuit filed in Miami Dade County on behalf of Michael Klein and Lisa Klein, for the wrongful death of their parents Alan B. Klein, 52 and Deborah M. Klein, 49, both from Cherry Hill New Jersey, was settled during mediation on November 30,2007 for $11 million. Deborah and Alan Klein were […]
