Category Archives: Wrongful Death
Publix Hit with Coronavirus Lawsuit
A grieving family has filed a lawsuit against Publix after their loved one died of the novel coronavirus. According to the lawsuit Gerardo Gutierrez, 70, died on April 28 after contracting COVID-19 from another employee of the Publix where he worked. The lawsuit further states that employees were prohibited from wearing masks and gloves… Read More »
Dive Boat Company Sued After Woman Dies
This is fairly awful, so prepare yourself. A woman and her husband were on a dive boat when this incident occurred. The dive boat operator, who was only operating the boat for the third time, accidentally through the boat in reverse as he was trying to maneuver. He lost control of the boat, causing… Read More »
Walmart Sued After Employee Dies of Coronavirus
A grieving family has filed a lawsuit against Walmart after their loved one, who was a 15-year employee of the retail giant, died of COVID-19. The family claims that Walmart knew that the premises had become infected with COVID-19 and neglected to tell staff members about the danger. Fifty-one-year-old Wando Evans told managers that… Read More »
Driver Charged After Hit-And-Run Fatality with Cyclist
The driver of a white pickup truck has been charged after leaving the scene of an accident where he struck a cyclist. Twenty-eight-year-old Jacob Aaron Weinert was killed after being struck by a two-door white pickup truck at the intersection of U.S. 301 and Sligh Avenue in Tampa at 4:40 a.m. on his way… Read More »
Widow Sues After Truck Driver Crushed Beneath Steel Beams
The wife of a truck driver killed in a Florida warehouse has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that owned the warehouse. The truck driver was crushed beneath several steel beams after a stack of steel beams weighing about 7,000 lbs. fell on the trucker after it was unsecured. The trucker was… Read More »
Lawsuits Emerge From Boat Fire That Killed 34
Thirty-four people lost their lives on the California diving boat Conception. Could a law limiting the liability of the boat owners prevent them from successfully filing claims against the boat’s owners? According to one maritime legal expert, claims against boat owners and companies fail about 50% of the time due to regulatory limitations of… Read More »
Purdue in Bankruptcy Amid Opioid Deaths
Purdue Pharmaceutical stands accused of falsely advertising their opioid-based medications such as OxyContin as “less addictive” than older alternatives. Doctors handed out this medication to millions of Americans who believed that they were receiving a safer alternative. However, nothing could be further from the truth. And in the midst of one of the worst… Read More »
Alan Goldfarb Secures $15mm Medical Malpractice Result for Miami Woman
Attorney Alan Goldfarb secured at $15mm result for a 44 year old woman who went to Hialeah Hospital for asthma. She was misdiagnosed by a house physician who also didn’t call for help from the Emergency Room when she took a turn for the worse. Her health rapidly deteriorated and sadly passed away within… Read More »
Royal Caribbean hit with $3.38M Verdict
The family of a man who died on a Royal Caribbean Cruise liner recently won a verdict to the tune of $3.38 million. The man, who was with his family to celebrate his 70th birthday, suffered a cardiac event aboard the cruise liner. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, who filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claimed… Read More »
Family of Slain Motorcyclist Pushes for Stiffer Vision Standards
The family of Sean Parke, a Fort Myers teen who was killed in an auto accident, is pushing for stricter laws concerning vision tests and drivers. The young man was hit when a 78-year-old motorist, who is legally considered blind, struck his motorcycle in 2014. Although Florida is technically considered a no-fault state as… Read More »