Wrongful Death Articles

The Texas Court of Appeals recently upheld a $3 million verdict in a wrongful death case involving police brutality, stun guns and a paranoid schizophrenic who was off his medication. A Texas mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Harris County in 2009 following the death of her 52-year-old son after he was tased 18…

The 39-year-old firefighter who died after falling from the stands as he attempted to catch a ball at a Texas Rangers game was laid to rest on Monday. It was reported that hundreds attended his funeral in central Texas and thousands more lined the street of the small town, watching as a fire truck led…

A number of families received a closure of sorts this past week when an out-of-court settlement was reached with families of 11 of the 17 victims from a 2008 Texas bus crash. On August 8, 2008, a charter bus carrying 55 passengers went over the side of a highway bridge, near Sherman, Texas. Seventeen passengers…

Just over a week ago, a drilling rig accident in Dawson County left two workers dead. The fatal workplace incident is currently being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). On Saturday, June 11, two twenty-something workers died after sustaining serious head injuries when part of a drilling rig malfunctioned, and each man…

Every parent’s worst nightmare is the death of child. For one Harris County woman that nightmare became a reality when her 8-month-old daughter was killed in a car accident last month. On May 29, at around 1:40 p.m., a Chevrolet pickup truck crashed into the side of a Chevrolet Suburban carrying 16 passengers at the…

A construction worker died last Wednesday after being severely injured as he was working with a crew to demolish the historic Flagship Hotel in Galveston, Texas. The Flagship Hotel, located at 2501 Seawall Blvd, was originally built on the pier over the Gulf of Mexico in 1965 following Hurricane Carla. The pier itself, first constructed…

The widow of a man killed last year when a plane crashed into an office building housing Internal Revenue Service offices has settled her wrongful death lawsuit against the pilot’s estate. The widow’s late husband was a 68-year-old IRS employee and one of two people killed last February as a result of the crash. The…