Wrongful Death

• Basement Fire Kills 5 in Braymer, Missouri

  Brett Emison | January 03, 2010 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Several news sources including The Kansas City Star, NBC news affiliate, KSHB, and Fox news affiliate Fox 4 Kansas City, have reported that five people were killed from smoke inhalation after a sofa...

• Few Details In Kansas City Crane Accident

  Brett Emison | November 11, 2009 12:05 PM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO

  There are still few details of what caused the deadly crane accident in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Star identified the worker killed as Ryan Goodman, of Lee's Summit. The injured steel...

• Big Dig Epoxy Company Targeted in Lawsuit

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

  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

  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...

• Kansas City Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

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

  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...