Driver Killed after Release of Ammonia in CF Terminal
The release of anhydrous ammonia at CF Holdings Inc., in Pine Bend Minn., resulted in the fatality of a company truck driver. Another truck worker was also injured during loading operations after the agent was mysteriously introduced into the environment. Authorities and CF Holdings. Inc. officials are investigating the incident for the catalyst. CF Holdings [...]
Fatal Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse Remembered
Texas A&M University is planning an event to commemorate an incident that resulted in a flurry of lawsuits, namely, the bonfire collapse of 1999. Students and administrators in the College Station Texas area are expected to attend a candlelight vigil at the site where 12 people were killed and 27 people injured. The infamous incident occurred when a 59-foot-tower [...]
Oregan Van Rollover Results in 2 Dead and 14 Injured
A van carrying 16 Colorado church members rolled over on an icy Oregon highway causing death and injury. Many of the passengers were thrown from the van and two of them were killed. The 14 survivors, who were all college aged, were seriously injured, a few of them critically, after the van tumbled off Interstate [...]
Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death
A Sacramento County jury awarded $16.5 million to the family of a twenty-eight-year-old woman who died after participating in a radio station’s water-drinking contest. Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, died of acute water intoxication in January 2007. The challenge was to see who could drink the most water without urinating. The prize for the [...]
Victims of Derailment Settle for $30M
A Southern California rail authority will pay roughly thirty million dollars to settle the majority of the lawsuits filed after a commuter train derailment four years ago. Jerome Ringler, the lead attorney representing the victims of the crash, said on Wednesday that Metrolink had agreed to settle almost ninety percent of the injury and wrongful [...]
Widow Calls on Toyota to Pull Dangerous Floor Mats
Melodie Bohuchot, widow of Troy Johnson who died 2 years ago in a crash suspected of being caused by the Toyota floor mats, is pleading for Toyota to recall and remove them. This comes shortly after a family of four was killed because of the dangers associated with them. To date, Toyota has informed the [...]
Arizonia Sweat Lodge Kills 2; Sickens 19
In Sedona Arizona 19 people were taken to local area hospitals and 2 people died after sitting in saunas at a popular sweat lodge. The retreat, which was located in Angel Valley, provides sauna like “sweat boxes” for their clientele. About 50 of the resort participants who had come to what is billed as a [...]
Helicopter and Plane Collision Prompts Widow’s Lawsuit
After husband Steven Altman, a small plane pilot, died in an August 8 collision with a helicopter over the Hudson river, his widow, Pamela Altman, filed a wrongful death suit. The crash occurred between New York and New Jersey killing a total of 9 people between the 2 aircraft. Steven Altman, his nephew and brother [...]
Company Could be held Accountable for Employee Car Crash
California law could hold a company responsible for an employees car accident that occurred while the workman was acting on behalf of his employer. The law indicates that an employer is liable for any personal injuries an employee sustains while engaged in a special errand on behalf of the business. In this case, a Warner [...]
Family Awarded $6.74 million for Fatal ADM Accident
A Decatur Illinois jury decided that agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland Co. would pay wrongful death restitution to the family of a 26-year-old man who was killed at one of their plants. They awarded the grieving family $6.74 million dollars for the March 2007 death of Francisco Moreno Garcia this past Friday at the Macon [...]