Wrongful Death

• Daughter of Woman Who Died in Kings County Hospital Filing Lawsuit

  Jeff Rasansky | July 10, 2008 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The daughter of a woman who died at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital Center has called for the criminal prosecution of the workers who did nothing to help. Esman Green turned over and over on the...

• Two Incidents of Negligence Appear in National News

  Jeff Rasansky | July 01, 2008 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Two separate deaths have risen more than a few eyebrows about the responsibilities of healthcare systems. Recently, a video was released of a woman dying on the floor of an emergency psychiatric...

• Crane Accident Kills Construction Worker in Dallas

  Jeff Rasansky | June 12, 2008 5:04 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A construction worker was killed this afternoon after a hook broke off of a crane at a construction site on Maple Avenue in Dallas. The crane operator was raising the hook when the cable snapped...

• Day Care Owner Found Guilty in Death of 6-year old

  RLF Staff | March 05, 2008 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  According to the Associated Press, a jury has found a former McMinnville, Tenn. day care owner guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a 6-year-old and the abuse of her two older brothers. On Tuesday, March 4, the jury recommended a life sentence for 41-year-old Sherri Mathis, with sentencing scheduled for April 23.The jury found guilty verdicts on nine criminal counts, including two...

• Nursing Home To Pay $100,000 Fine for Patient's Death

  RLF Staff | February 25, 2008 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A California nursing home received its second state citation in two years following the death of a 94-year-old woman who wandered away from the nursing home last November.The California Department of Public Health fined the Palomar Heights Care Center $100,000 in January for not providing adequate supervision.A nurse told police that the elderly woman was checked and found sleeping 12 minutes...

• Medication Mistakes Cause Thousands of Deaths each Year

  RLF Staff | January 25, 2008 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  When a prescription is needed, there are several places the patient can end up with the wrong medication. The doctor could prescribe the wrong medication in the first place. When you give the prescription to the pharmacy, the person taking the prescription could misread the medication's name or dosage or mistype the information in the computer. The pharmacist could misread the information or...

• 15 confirmed cases of asbestos exposure in west texas

  RLF Staff | August 15, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  So far, 15 West Dallas workers and residents show signs of asbestos-related illnesses such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and cancer. The cause is asbestos exposure from a local mineral processing plant. These findings came from chest X-rays on former workers, family members and current and former local residents. Doctors have reviewed 252 of the 421 exams. fifteen of those displayed signs of an...

• Boot-Camp Death Settlement - Family to Get $5 Million

  RLF Staff | March 16, 2007 6:29 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist requested a $5,000,000 settlement for the parents of Martin Anderson, a 14-year-old who died at a Panama City boot camp last year, allegedly due to injuries from the boot camp's guards. The settlement needs to be approved by the state legislature and came shortly after incriminating evidence was released to the public.The state payout would settle only a portion of the...

• Unarmed Man Killed by State Trooper - $1 Million Settlement

  RLF Staff | February 27, 2007 6:05 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  Joseph Erin Hamley, who had cerebral palsy, was shot while officers searched for a Michigan prison escapee. Police have signed an agreement with Hamley's estate that's dependent on the state's approval of $1 million for the settlement.Arkansas governor Mike Beebe requested $1 million of the state's surplus funds to be appropriated for a settlement to the family of a man shot and killed by a...

• Oklahoma Patient Death Lawsuit Settled

  RLF Staff | January 24, 2007 7:32 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  State officials have agreed to pay $135,000 to settle a lawsuit from the death of a Cerebral Palsy patient.According to a story from KFDA CBS 10 in Amarillo, state officials have agreed to pay $135,000 to settle a lawsuit from the death of a Cerebral Palsy patient who drown after being left unattended in a bath tub at a center for the developmentally disabled.Click here to read the full story.