Recent Posts in Wrongful Death Category
Posted on Jun 19, 2018 By David Thomas
TRAGEDY STRIKES FAMILY OF OLYMPIC LEGEND A story all too common and all too tragic unfolded the weekend of June 9-10th, but because it involved U.S. Olympic great Bode Miller, it became national news. ...
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Posted on May 29, 2017 By David Thomas
GRADUATION SEASON: THE SOBERING STATISTICS It’s the time of year where seniors and their families celebrate the end of one chapter in their lives and the beginning of another. With all the pomp ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2016 By David Thomas
THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD...AGAIN This year, 2016, marks the third year in a row that the world is on track for setting a record for the hottest year since the 1880s, when global temperatures were ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2016 By David Thomas
A CHOICE BETWEEN CARE AND THE COURTS A nursing home resident falls and hits her head due to poor lighting in a hallway. The resident slips into a coma from the traumatic brain injury and dies. Her ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2015 By David Thomas
WHEN IS DEATH A WRONGFUL DEATH? A wrongful death is one that is caused by either the willful act of someone that led to a person's death or the failure to take measures that would prevent ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2015 By David Thomas
HAZING: STILL GOING ON, STILL CLAIMING LIVES As the one year anniversary of the death of a nineteen year old fraternity pledge at Clemson University approaches, new details are emerging about what ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2015 By David Thomas
SWIMMING: POPULAR BUT DANGEROUS SUMMER FUN Despite numerous public education and awareness campaigns, outreach efforts to offer swimming lessons and CPR courses, and federal legislation (see below), ...
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Posted on Nov 24, 2014 By David Thomas
Last year in Decatur, Alabama, a 41-year-old man was killed in a horrific accident involving an elevator in a hospital. The man was on staff as a maintenance worker and had been working on repairing ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2013 By David Thomas
According to a study by the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics, between 1992 and 2001 a total of 68 people were killed while riding on an elevator to work. This statistic should really be read as an ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2013 By David Thomas
A wrongful death lawsuit is a somewhat confusing name for a not very confusing legal action. In a wrongful death lawsuit, a person or persons are sued in civil court for the death they allegedly ...
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