Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Firefighter Dies In Morning Collision In Chicago

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 23, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  As reported earlier today, a fire truck collided this morning with a school bus while it was in route to a call. The crash took place in Chicago at the intersection of 59th Street and Princeton Avenue. It has now been reported that 44 year old William Grant, a Chicago firefighter, was killed in the crash. There were other reported injuries including the bus driver who had dropped off the...

• Gastric Bypass Gone Wrong - $1 Million Verdict

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 19, 2007 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Michigan man underwent gastric bypass surgery and died as a result of medical error. The doctor that performed the surgery on the man connected the wrong organs together, which resulted in the man's death shortly after the surgery was complete. The man's widow was awarded over $1 million as a result of his death.Many may first hear a $1 million verdict and cringe because of the large number....

• Five Year Old Dies of Suspicious Head Trauma

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 16, 2007 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  As previously reported, a five year old girl from the Maine Township area was removed from her home Tuesday evening after police found her suffering from serious head trauma. The girl has since died from her injuries, but the investigation is ongoing as to what caused her head trauma.The child was with her parents and six other children when she was removed from her home Tuesday evening. The...

• Does Lower Wacker Need More Improvements?

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 16, 2007 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Three college students were killed in a car accident early Wednesday morning after their car hit a cement pillar on Lower Wacker Drive. Witnesses said that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed but there have been no reports yet determining the cause of the accident. It could be possible that the City failed to properly renovate the road. Parts of Lower Wacker were renovated in 2002,...

• Three NIU Students Killed in Fiery Car Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 15, 2007 12:06 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Two NIU students and one Purdue student were enjoying their spring break and were returning from dinner early Wednesday morning when they were killed. The three were driving on Lower Wacker Drive in Chicago when the car went out of control and crashed into a support pillar. The car burst into flames moments later and the three were unable to be rescued.Autopsies were planned on the victims and...

• Wrongful Death of Woman Working at Metra Station

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 15, 2007 7:35 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A Riverside woman was killed while she was working at the Berwyn Metra station last year. A Range Rover drove up the embankment outside the station and crashed into the wall of the station where Kathleen Talmage was working at the time. The lawsuit claims that the city had plenty of notice that the street, Windsor Avenue leading up to the train station was dangerous and needed to be better...

• Family Files Suit After Son Is Killed In Train Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 14, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A New York family lost their son to a train accident in June of 2005. The man was driving his car early in the morning on a sunny June day when his car collided with a train. He never saw or heard the train coming. The sun glare blinded him and made the oncoming train invisible.The family filed a wrongful death suit against the train company saying that they were careless and negligent and...

• Accident in Atlanta Killing Seven Is Not the First Here

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 12, 2007 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Atlanta bus accident that occurred two weeks ago killing seven, including five Ohio baseball players, is not the first accident on this Atlanta interstate. Catherine Hartman also was a victim of this road nearly five years ago in 2002. The accident occurred back in 2002 when Hartman believed the exit ramp was a commuter lane. She still suffers from her injuries today.It is believed that...

• Four Die In Helicopter Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Four people were killed Thursday afternoon while on a helicopter tour in Hawaii. The helicopter reported problems only two miles after it had taken off. The helicopter crash is one of many that have occurred in Hawaii and in Alaska and are the reason for a recent push on new helicopter safety regulations.The National Transportation Safety Board issued a request for tougher regulations on tour...

• Hospital Gives Wrong Drug and Lies About Cause of Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 11, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A South Carolina man died in November 2002 after he was given the wrong drug before he underwent surgery. The man died from cardiac arrest but the family did not know this until after the man's body was exhumed and autopsied. Originally they believed he died of natural causes but when the truth leaked out the autopsy confirmed the real cause of death. The man was given Lidocaine instead of...