The number of wrongful death lawsuits brought against the owners of a West Virginia (WV) mine more than a year after an explosion that killed 29 miners has climbed to 13. Now legal experts say the number of wrongful death claims could increase further, in the wake of this week’s critical independent report into the safety record of…
A Virginia resident, age 13, died suddenly in a car accident in Chesapeake, VA, according to WVEC.com and her obituary. The girl was crossing at the intersection of Cedar Road and Country Club Boulevard around 4 pm, when a vehicle traveling east struck her. The 13-year-old was taken to Sentara Norfolk General and died several…
How can you know if your loved one’s heart attack was unpreventable or the result of a medical error? This week we covered the story of Gail Brown, a Virginia widow who believes that her husband’s death from a massive heart attack should have been prevented by his doctors and his hospital. While her husband,…
A $5 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Virginia Commonwealth University by the mother of a 6-year-old boy who died after undergoing anesthesia for dental treatment. The lawsuit in Richmond Circuit Court, alleges the defendants “negligently diagnosed, treated and cared for Jacobi Isiah Hill, 6, who died soon after the procedure on May…
A 19-year-old college student was killed while trying to push his disabled vehicle to the side of the road in Herndon, Virginia (VA). The victim was on his way to work at Red Robin when this accident happened. He was in the eastbound right lane of Leesburg Pike near Dranesville Manor Drive when he was…