The family of Zelda Rothman has sued the Southern California Gas Company alleging that a gas leak exacerbated Ms. Rothman’s health. Ms. Rothman was suffering from lung cancer when natural gas began to leak from a well in Aliso Canyon approximately three miles from her home. According to the complaint, due to the gas leak,…
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Wednesday September 30, 2015 at 8435 Tidwell Rd., a black Chevrolet Camaro swerved from the road to avoid slamming into another car. Instead, it smashed into a Ford Escape while the owner was pumping gas into it. This caused the Ford Escape to strike the owner and suffer many injuries. He was quickly taken to…
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The family of Heather Cater, a 22-year-old newlywed, filed a wrongful death lawsuit after Mrs. Cater was struck and killed by 19-year-old Deonte Jones, who was fleeing from the sheriff’s deputies. A settlement agreement has been reached. Mr. Jones is currently facing charges of capital murder, leaving the scene of an accident with injury or…
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The family of a 6-year-old girl killed when she was struck in a crosswalk by a car settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the popular “ridesharing” service Uber. According to the lawsuit, the driver was logged into the smartphone app for “Uber X”-a “peer-to-peer” version of the service-indicating that he was available to pick up…
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Uber has settled with the family of six-year-old Sofia Liu who was killed by one of their drivers on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco. At the time of the accident, the driver was logged into the Uber app on his phone, but he was not currently carrying any passengers. Uber originally tried to argue…
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James Ednie’s sister, appointed as the wrongful death representative for Mr. Ednie, filed suit in federal court against FedEx Ground Package Systems, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations and its various subsidiaries, and CLR Transportation. She alleged the defendants negligently caused or substantially contributed to Mr. Ednie’s death. Mr. Ednie died in a head-on collision. A westbound…
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Over four years ago, Gregory Fleniken was found dead in his room at the MCM Elegante Hotel in Beaumont, Texas. For a while, police were baffled as to the cause of death and the curious circumstances garnered national attention. The coroner initially thought the cause of death was a heart attack. After considering additional evidence,…
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On April 10, 2014, a FedEx truck collided with a chartered bus. Several high school students, their chaperones, and the bus driver were killed. Senio Taiao, the husband of Talalelei Lealao-Taiao, the bus driver, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against FedEx. The crash occurred when a FedEx truck, pulling two 28-foot trailers, drove across a…
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