Monthly Archives: January 2023
Trial Begins Over CTE Death Of Former NCAA Player
The NCAA is facing a lawsuit filed by the wife of a former NCAA player. The allegations are familiar. The wife claims that the NCAA failed to protect her husband when he was an athlete at USC. She believes that the concussions he suffered while playing football there led to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)… Read More »
Assisted Living Facility Faces Third Wrongful Death
An assisted living facility accused of serving cleaning fluid to two of its residents who later died, is now accused of causing a third death. This death occurred prior to the cleaning fluid incidents and involved staff allowing a memory care patient to wander off the grounds through the front door. The last lawsuit… Read More »
Positional Asphyxiation Cited In Death Of 7-Year-Old Boy
The foster parents of a seven-year-old boy have filed a lawsuit against a state treatment facility after the boy died of what a coroner ruled a homicide. The official cause of death was positional asphyxiation, which is occasionally the subject of lawsuits filed against police departments that hogtie suspects. As a result of the… Read More »
Wrongful Death Filed After 10-Year-Old Dies In Man-Made Lake
A family has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a man-made lake with an exposed drainage pipe. According to the lawsuit, a 10-year-old girl was sucked into the drainage pipe as she was swimming in the man-made lake. All the pipe needed was a grate to prevent this tragedy, the details of which… Read More »
