Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Kern County Death

  David Rowell | August 20, 2007 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A 76 year old Kern County woman died from West Nile virus, the third West Nile death in Kern County this year. Although there is nothing to suggest wrongdoing by Kern County officials, that is not the case in Butte County. In Chico, a woman whose husband died from West Nile has filed a wrongful death suit against the City, claiming that the City knew of an increased risk of infection because of...

• Chicago Woman Sues City over Son's Wrongful Death

  David Rowell | August 14, 2007 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A Chicago woman whose son was killed during a police chase has sued the City for wrongful death, claiming the officers executed her son. The mother of 18-year-old Aaron Harrison alleges her son was unarmed when an officer chased and shot him in an alley on Chicago's West Side on Aug. 6. Police have said Harrison pointed a 9 mm handgun at the officer and was shot after he ignored orders to drop...

• Wrongful Death Lawuit Filed Against Anderson Hospital

  Shannon Weidemann | July 18, 2007 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Illinois. A man died there in March of 2006 and his family claims the hospital was negligent in his treatment and that led to his death. According to Kusmierczak, Anderson negligently and carelessly failed to notify Scott's physician of no bowel sounds prior to starting him on a clear liquid diet on the date of...