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Boats are a very popular recreational activity but while they can move at the speed of a car, they lack many of the important safety features including brakes, airbags and seat belts. This combination can ultimately end in death or serious personal injury. As you may have guessed, boating accidents occur most frequently in the […]

It’s a parent’s worst nightmare– your child is killed coming home from school. Taking his normal route home from his local Newport Beach, California elementary school, 8 year-old Brooks McCann was fatally struck by a CR&R Inc trash truck as he was crossing the street on his bike. OC Weekly reports on the recently filed […]

Here’s the issue: you were injured at a friend’s house or in a car accident with them and while you don’t want to sue them for your injuries, but you also need the money. What do you do? This scenario is a common one and the answer will make you happy– you don’t have to […]

Unarmed 21 year-old Nephi Arreguin was shot and killed back in 2015 while in his car in Cerritos, California by a police officer that was responding to a suspicious person call. The family of Arreguin aruged that the use of a firearm was unprovoked; the city argued that the deceased drove at the officer. Whatever […]

Slip and fall accidents are no joke and the seriously dilapidated sidewalks throughout all of Los Angeles are not only causing major injuries that the city is financially responsible for but they are also making certain routes nearly impossible to navigate for their handicapped citizens. Albeit slowly, the sidewalks in Los Angeles are about to […]

Jennifer Aniston’s highly anticipated 2015 backyard nuptials to fellow actor Justin Theroux was followed by a friend-filled honeymoon at the Four Seasons in Bora Bora. Unfortunately, the lively celebration honeymoon ended in death when the naked body of 28 year-old assistant Carmel Musgrove washed up on shore after a day and night of alcohol and […]

Settlement or trial is a common question for a range of legal issues, including California wrongful death cases. This important decision effectively does the same thing in bringing about a legal resolution to the case but they do so in dramatically different ways. The distinction can be confusing to a non-lawyer and not surprisingly, the decision […]

No surprise here. Fresh of the involuntary manslaughter conviction of 20 year-old Michelle Carter, the family of her then boyfriend Conrad Roy III have filed a multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit against her. The texting suicide case got a ton of media attention over the summer and culminated in Carter’s 15 month prison sentence. Conrad’s […]

Let’s quickly clarify something before we get down to the details- reality television star Dog the Bounty Hunter (real name: Duane Lee Chapman) is not personally suing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie but what he is doing is throwing his celebrity support behind a family that is suing Christie, among others. Twenty six year-old  Christian […]

Back in 2012, seven year-old Angelica Arreola and her parents and sister were walking home from Ritter Elementary School in Watts, California when a car hit the family in a designated crosswalk and quickly drove off. Arreola’s father was killed on impact and she died later that year from the injuries sustained from the fatal car […]

Two border officers and the US government were recently held responsible for the 2013 death of sixteen year-old Mexican Cruz Velazquez Acevedo after the border officers forced the teenager to drink a liquid that contained a methamphetamine that killed him. Apple juice. That was what Cruz Velazquez Acevedo told the drug suspecting border officers he […]

Elder neglect and wrongful death. Those are the basis for a recent lawsuit filed against Valley Convalescent Hospital in Bakersfield, California following the death of 80 year-old Robert Hopkins. The suit alleges that Hopkins had multiple falls (from both his bed and wheelchair) as a result of poor supervision with the final fall being the […]

We write a lot about more common wrongful death scenarios on our blogs but a recent case out of Joliet, Illinois serves as a reminder that every case is unique and not all deaths happen instantly. The quick backstory on this personal injury turned wrongful death case: 87 year old Elaine Catuara was enjoying a […]

When you lose a loved one as a result of the negligence of someone or something else, filing any type of legal action is probably one of the last things you want to do. But the unfortunate reality of the matter is that the law places very strict deadlines on when cases need to be […]

Back in 2015, fourteen-year old friends Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos went out on a fishing trip near their homes in Tequesta, Florida and never returned. The highly publicized sixteen day search for the duo was unsuccessful and now, on the two year anniversary of their disappearance, the mother of Perry Cohen has filed a […]

Tennis superstar Venus Williams may not have engaged in any criminal action when her car struck and killed someone, but that does not mean that she can not be named a defendant in a civil wrongful death case. The distinction can be confusing. Many wrongful death lawsuits can also have a separate but related criminal […]

You have surgery to feel better– so what happens when something goes terribly wrong? Whether a surgical death happens in the operating room or months (even years) later, it can be an incredibly frustrating and confusing time for the family and loved ones of the deceased. Medicine is complicated (there’s a reason there’s so much […]

Former football star and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez died earlier this year when he hung himself in his Massachusetts high security prison cell. Having been convicted of one murder and very recently acquitted of two others, the three grieving families have all filed wrongful death lawsuits against the estate of Aaron Hernandez. One year before […]

Homicidal guardianship scam– those very loaded three words are the basis behind a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the late Casey Kasem’s widow against three of his children from a previous marriage. Long-time radio personality Casey Kasem died back in 2014 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and there has been some major family […]

Three years ago the killing of Ferguson, Missouri teenager Michael Brown set the city on fire and sparked a nationwide conversation about protests about race relations and police enforcement. 18 year-old African American Michael Brown was unarmed at the time he was shot and killed by a white police officer when the two got into […]

According to the Los Angeles Coroners report, 34 year old Playboy model and Snapchat star Katie May died as a result of injuries sustained from a neck manipulation by a chiropractor. That chiropractor is now the named defendant in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by her estate. People.com reports that West Hollywood-based chiropractor Eric Schwartz of Back […]

Fresh off the heels of the very public Michael Brown wrongful death settlement, another high profile wrongful death suit of a similar nature has been filed by the family of Alton Sterling against the city of Baton Rouge. Similar to Brown’s suit, Sterling’s family is claiming that the city’s police force has a pattern of racist […]

Did you know that over half of American households own at least one pet? These loveable creatures take every size, shape and personality and are much more than just a pet, they are family. Unfortunately, dogs do not come without their legal issues. A recent study reported in the National Law Review found that when […]