Monthly Archives: September 2018
Wrongful Death Lawsuits When Police Officers Shoot a Young Child
Wrongful death doesn’t just encompass losing a loved one due to a medical mistake or car accident that was someone else’s fault—sometimes, people that we trust, such as police officers, can also be involved in wrongful death. Many families lose loved ones due to police shootings every year, and a number of these families… Read More »
Federal Jury Awards $18.4 Million to Patient Not Properly Tested For HIV
In June, a federal judge awarded almost $18.5 million in damages to a man whose previous doctors failed to test him for HIV in spite of obvious risk factors (being gay and a paramedic) that made him more susceptible to HIV/AIDS. Reportedly, the man originally went to the hospital in 2007 due to facial… Read More »
Federal Jury Awards Families $385.5 Over DaVita Dialysis Product GranuFlo
In late June, a federal jury ordered dialysis machine giant DaVita Inc. to pay three families $385.5 million for the wrongful death of three patients after the jury found that the company failed to adequately warn kidney doctors that their product–GranuFlo—increased patients’ risk of suffering from cardiac arrests. According to the former associate director… Read More »
Report on Florida Roller Coaster That Derailed Demonstrates Negligence
On July 10, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services released its preliminary investigation report on last month’s derailment of the Daytona Beach roller coaster that sent six people to the hospital. While on the ride in June, two people were ejected from the front coaster car and fell 34 feet to the… Read More »
