Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Staircase Collapse Leaves Two Children Dead

  Scott Kappes | July 17, 2008 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Around 7:40pm last night the sounds of children playing quickly turned into screams when a staircase at a southwest Houston apartment complex collapsed on three children playing underneath it....

• Another Crane Accident Leaves Two Workers Dead

  Scott Kappes | March 26, 2008 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Yesterday two construction workers were killed and five others were injured when a portion of a crane fell 30 stories at a Miami high-rise condominium. The 20-foot portion of the crane that fell smashed through a nearby home being used by the contractor for storage. One worker inside the home was killed. With the terrible Manhattan crane collapse only ten days ago, the all too familiar scene has...

• Teen Dies From Complications During Breast Surgery

  Scott Kappes | March 25, 2008 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  An 18 year-old senior at West Boca Raton High School in Florida tragically passed away over the weekend after complications during breast augmentation surgery. Stephanie Kuleba, a well-liked cheerleader, was having corrective surgery to repair a symmetrical breasts and an inverted areola, when she suffered a fatal reaction to anesthesia used during the surgery. Doctors believe the cause of death...

• Magnetic Toys Pose Dangerous Health Risk If Swallowed

  Scott Kappes | February 05, 2008 1:18 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  "Don't swallow magnets," is the advice that four year-old Braden Eberle is giving to other children. Braden recently spent six days in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove magnets from his intestines. Last April Braden swallowed a piece from a Magnetix toy set. Braden somehow had gotten one of the magnets loose from one of the rods and swallowed it. His mother, Jill, was not that...

• Defibrillator Leads Get More Attention

  Scott Kappes | December 13, 2007 5:20 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  This week Boston plays host to the ICD Lead Performance Conference. This conference is dedicated to the wires that connect implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) to the heart. These little wires were tossed into the public eye back in October when medical device giant, Medtronic, recalled one of its most popular leads due to an elevated risk of breakage. Reports of the defective wires...

• Walgreen's Sued for Wrongful Death

  Scott Kappes | October 24, 2007 4:57 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A wrongful death case has been filed against drug store giant Walgreen Co. after an allegedly incorrect prescription caused a woman to have a miscarriage. The incident occurred outside St. Louis where Chanda Givens tried to fill a prescription for Materna, a prenatal vitamin, and was allegedly given Matulane, a strong chemotherapy drug, instead. The lawsuit claims that Givens became ill soon...

• $1.5 Million Verdict Awarded in Wrongful Death Case

  Scott Kappes | September 13, 2007 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Yesterday a jury handed down a $1.5 million verdict to the family of Aurilano Salas for a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed after his 2001 death. The verdict was only 15 percent of the $10 million that the plantiffs attorney suggested as "reasonable compensation." Salas was had no spleen and suffered from many life threatening conditions. He became ill at work and was transported to Christus...

• Widow Sues Buffer Maker for Wrongful Death

  Scott Kappes | September 04, 2007 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A southeast Texas woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturers of the floor buffer that she claims killed her husband. She believes that the buffer was unreasonably dangerous and these defects lead directly to the death of her husband. Anne Harper filed the suit against OPC/Floor Blazer and American Honda Motor Co. last Thursday alleging that the propane motor on the buffer...

• Judge Upholds $20 Million Award

  Scott Kappes | August 25, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Wednesday a Tulsa County Judge upheld a jury decision to award $20 million in wrongful death case. The suit was filed against Deanza Jones, a foster parent for the 7 month old baby. The attorneys in the case claim that the previously healthy baby was grossly neglected in the foster home, which lead directly to her death. Those lawyers maintained that 17 days after Aurora was placed in Jones'...

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Teacher's Minister Husband

  Scott Kappes | August 23, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The parents of a former Waco schoolteacher have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband. The widower, Matt Baker, is a former pastor at a Baptist church in Lorena, but has since moved to Kerrville with his two daughters where is an part-time youth minister and teacher. The death of the 31 year-old, Kari Lynn Baker, was originally ruled a suicide; however, her parents claim that new...