Wrongful Death Articles

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…

On March 22, 2013, a large flight information sign at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama fell on a family returning home from a Florida vacation. The flight information sign, which was made of metal and glass and weighed as much as 400 pounds, was part of a $200 million airport renovation. The falling…

On July 10, 2014 Andrew Orvis suddenly fell from a dock into Lake Conroe at the Piney Shores Resort. Andrew’s father was able to quickly retrieve his son from the lake and administer CPR in time for Life Flight to arrive. Unfortunately, Andrew was pronounced dead at the hospital. Although Orvis’ autopsy reports are still…

David Lee White and Lomax Phillips were working on an overpass when the wagon lift they were in collapsed. The men fell 90 feet to their death. Mr. Phillips’ wife and two children filed suit against Mr. Phillips’ employer, which is the contractor hired by the state for the construction project. The manufacturer of the…

In the most unfortunate of circumstances, a loved one is lost due to the negligence of a third party. Remedy or recovery for such a loss is addressed by bringing forth a Wrongful Death action which is addressed in Section 71 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. The surviving spouse, children, and parents…

The unlawful acts doctrine has been overruled by the Texas Supreme Court. In a 6-3 decision, the court said that there is no longer use for the unlawful acts doctrine. In the past, the doctrine barred plaintiffs from recovery in suits in which plaintiffs were involved in the commission of a crime at the time…

The aftermath of the horrific train wreck in northern Spain has reached home in Houston, claiming the life of 58-year-old Myrta LaSalle Fariza. She had called the Houston-area home for the past 35 years and was originally from Puerto Rico. Fariza was onboard the passenger train that derailed last week after taking a corner at…

There’s a deadly bull at the Ranching Heritage Center on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. A 14-year-old boy playing hide-and-seek with at least two other teens didn’t see the bull while he was running and impaled himself on one of the statute’s sharp horns. The teen tripped over a light on the…