Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Big Dig Epoxy Company Targeted in Lawsuit

  Courtney Mills | August 09, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Powers Fasteners Inc., the company that provided Boston's "Big Dig" tunnel project with defective epoxy for ceiling tiles, was indicted Wednesday, August 8, 2007, in the death of a motorist. The motorist was killed when several of the massive ceiling panels lining the Big Dig tunnel came crashing down on her car from above.The president of Powers Fasteners, Jeffrey Powers, claimed that Powers...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Two Comair Victims

  Shannon Weidemann | January 25, 2007 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Comair Flight 5191 crashed on August 27, 2006 in Lexington, Ky. It took off from a runway that was much too short, killing 49 people.The parents of two of the victims have filed wrongful death lawsuits at the U.S. District Court in Kansas City. Paige Winters, age 16, and her riding instructor Thomas Fahey, age 26, were in Kentucky looking for a new horse and returning home on the Comair...

• Medical Providers Sued for Selling Diluted Chemotherapy Drugs

  Staff Writer | March 21, 2006 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Several medical providers have been sued for selling patients diluted chemotherapy drugs in Boone County, Missouri.As one may recall, a few years ago a local Kansas City pharmacist, Robert Courtney was sued for similar actions. Mr. Courtney was also indicted and is serving time in prison for his wrongful conduct.You can read the full story in the Kansas City Star.It is beyond my level of...

• Defective Product Suits Cost Ford Millions

  Staff Writer | February 16, 2006 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Ford's litigation policy of refusing to settle defective product claims reportedly cost the automaker over $255 Million. Hopefully these large jury verdicts will send a message that the public is not going to tolerate corporate irresponsibility any longer. You can read more about this story in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.I believe that large corporations adopt this type of strategy hoping that...

• Kansas City Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | January 14, 2006 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The city of Kansas City has agreed to a settlement of $300,000 with the family of a college student killed when the car he was riding in skidded on a patch of ice caused by a water main break. The student was home for Christmas Break from UM-Columbia in December 2004.The plaintiffs' attorney said neighbors had reported the water main break earlier in the day and warned that the water flowing...