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Monthly Archives: November 2024
Mental Health Insurer Sued for Wrongful Death After Denying Coverage to California Resident
A 23-year-old man was a resident at an addiction treatment facility when he got the news that his insurer would no longer cover his stay. Against the urgings of his doctor and his mother, his health insurance company forced him out onto the street after only three days at the facility. The 23-year-old died… Read More »
Family Files Wrongful Death After Security Allegedly Suffocates Patron at Casino
The family of a man who was killed by private security staff at a casino has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the casino for taking the life of their loved one. According to the lawsuit, private security staff suffocated the decedent while restraining him. The family sued Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens in… Read More »
Hospital Told Woman’s Family She Was Discharged When She Was Actually Dead
A California family has filed a personal injury lawsuit against a hospital after the hospital told the family that the woman had been discharged. The woman had actually died. Her body was kept in cold storage for a year, according to the civil lawsuit filed by the family. According to the lawsuit, the decedent… Read More »
Jury Returns Verdict of $58 Million for Injured Foot
Does that figure sound incredible? It should. $58 million for a jury verdict is rare in even wrongful death cases. In the case of a foot injury, it’s even rarer. But you have to understand how the law works when it comes to personal injury lawsuits. Plaintiffs are compensated related to their damages. If… Read More »
Wife Files Lawsuit Against SpaceX After Husband Sustains Head Injury
The wife of a worker whose skull was fractured during a 2022 rocket engine malfunction has filed a personal injury negligence lawsuit against Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The incident occurred on January 18, 2022. According to reports, SpaceX has at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries including crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye injuries,… Read More »
California Jail Sued Over Death of Inmate
A California jail is facing its sixth wrongful death lawsuit since March of 2021. The most recent lawsuit was filed by the family of a man who died by suicide in the Monterey County Jail. An attorney representing the family said that the death of the decedent was entirely preventable and that jail staff… Read More »
Parents File Suit, Allege Medical Malpractice, After Child is Born with Severe Brain Damage
In April, a California jury heard opening statements in a medical malpractice and birth injury lawsuit that alleged serious delays in performing a C-section delivery left a child with extensive and permanent brain damage. The plaintiff, the child’s mother, sued Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in 2018 on behalf of her son. She claimed… Read More »
L.A. Animal Services Rehomed a Pit Bull that “Nearly Took Off a Woman’s Arm”
The Los Angeles City Council authorized a record $7.5 million settlement resulting from a pit bull attack on a 74-year-old woman from Van Nuys. According to the lawsuit, in May 2020, a pit bull named O’Gee attacked a jogger in Los Angeles. At the time, a city animal control officer noted the vicious nature… Read More »