Anyone who has had to cope with the death of a loved one in a car accident understands the sense of helplessness and grief that follows the tragedy. But when the death is one of a pattern caused by defects known to the manufacturer, the term accident can seem to some...
Ohio jury awards $39 million in wrongful death lawsuit
A Cleveland area jury recently awarded $39 million in a lawsuit for the death of a construction inspector who was killed in 2010 on I-271 while working on a highway repaving project. In the fatal accident, which occurred very late at night, the 41-year-old...
Jury awards Ohio family $5.4 million after son’s death
An Ohio couple was recently awarded $5,465,000 by a jury in a lawsuit stemming from a 2008 car accident in which their son was killed. Their son, who was in his last semester of college at the time of the accident, was struck by a truck that had failed to stop at a...
Wrongful death lawsuit over child’s killing is ongoing
The gruesome murder of a 9-year-old child in 2009 left the nation horrified. It was even more shocking when her 15-year-old neighbor admitted to stabbing and strangling the girl before slitting her throat. Three years after her daughter's death, the mother of...
Flat tire turns into fatal accident on I-480
On Feb. 2, a husband’s day was interrupted when he was asked to drive to Interstate 480 where his wife was stranded with a flat tire. Like any helpful husband, he complied with the request. As he was standing outside the vehicle on the driver’s side, an...