Matt Megginson was going about his day at Burris Logistics operating a standup forklift when his life ended far too soon. Reports indicate the forklift pinned him down and led to his death. To the credit of his coworkers, they administered first aid immediately but the damage had been done. Mr. Megginson was pronounced dead…
There has been a $450,000.00 settlement of a wrongful death claim arising from the Portsmouth Naval Hospital due to a doctor’s failure to reinsert a breathing tube, according to published reports. A 43-year-old wife of a retired U.S. Navy petty officer had a boil on her thigh which became infected and was referred to Portsmouth…
The unease and fear in Dan Dorsch’s voice is palpable. His last words were “I’m in, in a descent,” then nothing. Mr. Dorsch was the pilot of the Pilatus PC-12 which crashed in Raphine, Virginia (VA). Four people died, including Mr. Dorsch. The Federal Aviation Authority investigation revealed a portion of the plane panel broke…
Julie Lehman never returned home from a July 21 trip to her local Wal-Mart in Chadron, Nebraska (NE). Visiting the store with her 17-year-old son Steffan, Lehman slipped on a wet patch of floor near the restrooms, suffered a serious brain injury when hitting her head after falling and died a short time later from…
Judge Robert Blackburn, a U.S. District court judge based in Denver, dismissed a lawsuit centered on a 2005 airplane accident that killed eight people in a Cessna Citation 560 jet owned by Circuit City. Four of the people who died in the plane crash were Circuit City employees and the plane was registered in Richmond,…