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My Son Died of an Overdose in Rehab... My 15 year old was sent to a rehab for drinking and smoking pot. He never did any narcotics. The day before he was supposed to come home he got a new roommate ...
Workers Compensation Death Benefits? A family member died in California. He worked 21 years for his company in a high stress management job and had a fatal heart attack during work. He has ...
Plavix Dangerous Side Effects Question... My mother died 3 months after the doctor changed her high blood pressure medication to Plavix. She died in 2002 which was before the black box warning ...
Never- Ending Settlement Proceedings... I am writing on behalf of a friend of mine who has been the plaintiff in an ongoing and apparently never-ending wrongful death lawsuit. What I am wondering ...
Missed Cancer Diagnosis Caused My Father's Death... My father was treated for curable non-hodgkins lymphoma and severely neglected during his treatment. His oncologist was rarely available during doctor ...
Truck Driver Killed in Rear End Accident... While my Dad was driving in his company truck on the interstate, another trucker pulled out of the emergency lane at about 15 mph in front of my dad, causing ...
Death from Inadequate Treatment at a Nursing Home... My husband was taken to our local medical hospital, he had fallen because of the walker he was using (had big wheels on front which caught in kitchen tile)...
Died in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)...
My father died in the hospital's SICU (Surgical Intensive Care Unit) 1 week post-op with internal bleeding (somewhere) and had:
-Hgb of "4"
-Septic/...
Delaying Settlement Negotiations in Wrongful Death Case... My mother suffered injuries when a pharmacy delivered medication to her and she overdosed. She recovered from that incident but then slowly declined until ...
Pursuing Injury Settlement After Death of Family Member?
This is a question relating to a slip and fall case in the state of Florida...
The person who fell and was injured died 13 months after the accident ...
Motorcycle Passenger Killed in Accident... Myself and a passenger were riding on my motorcycle when a car pulled out in front of us. I was unable to stop and hit the car on the drivers side door....
Who gets the money from a wrongful death suit? My son's wife threw him out of their home in Colorado. He was living in WV when he was shot and killed. If we would win a wrongful death suit, would she ...
Daughter Died While in Foster Care... My daughter was put in a foster home while on a visit with her father due to the fact he molested her, she took drugs and he deemed her a bad child. They ...
Suffocated in ICU... My mom recently passed away in an ICU (Intensive Care Unit) in Dallas. She was awaiting a liver transplant. My mom was a fighter and was staying as strong ...
Mother Hit by a Car and Killed... My mom died last year after getting hit by a woman driving her car. My mom was in the hospital fighting for her life for 5 hours. She suffered several ...
Lawsuit Against the City for Car Crash Deaths... My son and his friends all passed away in a car crash. The city came in and repaved street that the accident occurred on while the accident was still under ...
My mother fell and broke her neck when left alone in a nursing home... My elderly mother was staying at a nursing home. This past Tuesday night my mother fell and broke her neck while being left alone on the toilet. While ...
Fall on Commercial Property Results in Death... My mother fell on commercial private property and was injured, about 2 weeks later she died. I think that the fall resulted in her death. I need to know ...
Serious Car Accident Results in Fatality... My daughter was allowed to drive without a license by my ex-wife. She was in a serious car accident and was killed. I feel my ex-wife is responsible for ...
Wrongful Death of Pet Cat... My kitty had Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). We ordered a medicine from the UK that could give him a chance to survive or at least live longer. We ...
Kidney Failure Misdiagnoses... My mom was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2006. She started dialysis. At the time she was living at home and doing everything any normal person would ...
Negligence resulting in death of elderly woman... My mother was walking down a path outside of her independent living facility. The path was lined with large stones and abutted a small embankment. The ...
Killed by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel... My father was hit and killed by a truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel. The driver admitted he fell asleep. My father had broken down on the side ...
Wrongful Death Case at a Nursing Home Rehab Center... My mother went in to a facility for rehab from a broken hip. She was on a visit from the east coast. My sister along with the nursing home held a once ...
Claim Involving Automobile Accident Deaths... I was in a roll over car accident in 1994 involving myself and the automobile accident deaths of my family members. My oldest sister and her oldest son ...
Do We Have an Insurance Claim for Accidental Death in the Hospital? My father, age 82, fell down on the sidewalk downtown and was taken to the emergency room by ambulance. They found he had broken his right arm in two places ...
Seeking alternative representation in wrongful death case... We've had a Wrongful Death Case that's been ongoing since approximately 2005. Thursday of last week, January 27th our council informed us they were not ...
Nursing Rehab Center's Negligence Causes Death... April 15th 2010 my 74 year old mother fell while living in a nursing rehab center. Two days prior she was given a walker by the physical therapist although ...
Wrongful death due to a faulty defibrilator... My mother passed away a couple of days before my birthday because of a medtronic defibrilator that shocked and killed her while she was sleeping. She was ...
How Much for a Wrongful Death? I was inquiring about the average settlement for a wrongful death case. My brother and future sister in law both passed away due to the motor vehicle accident....
Wrongful Death Jurisdiction and Question of Liability Our son was in a car accident in Missouri, we live in Wisconsin. One young man was killed in the accident. Our son was not the driver, and we do not ...