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Marilyn Piazza of New York, has brought a wrongful death suit against Disney Cruise Line claiming that the company is at fault in the August 14, 2007, death of Santo L. Piazza, her husband. Mr. Piazza was 78 years old at the time of his death.Mrs. Piazza alleges that her husband died on a Mediterranean cruise in the summer of 2007 as a result of poorly designed raised threshold on bathroom...

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The first lawsuit stemming from the August 2007 mine collapse disaster in Crandall Canyon is formally taking shape. On January 23, 2008, notices of claims were sent to the Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power by attorneys for the surviving heirs of seven miners killed in a pair of mine-wall collapses - along with two miners injured in the ill-fated...

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On July 8, Kourtney McGee of Cleburne was in her second trimester when she went to Huguley Memorial Medical Center of Fort Worth because she was bleeding. She gave birth prematurely to Jacob Dwayne Robinson, who did not survive. Hospital staff told Ms. McGee, the mother, and Milburn "Pete" Robinson, the father, that their child's body would be taken to the morgue.When the funeral director...

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Calais Weber and Cecilia Chen suffered personal injuries when a chemistry experiment burst into a ball of fire at a private boarding school in Hudson, Ohio. The personal injury lawsuit settled for $18.9 million. Calais suffered burns over 46 percent of her body, and Cecilia was burned over 18 percent of her body. In addition to the intense pain, Calais also suffered deep depression. Calais...

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Pedro Mendez was killed on January 2, 2008, when a chartered bus owned by Capricorn Bus Lines Inc. of Houston, and in which he was a passenger, crashed. The crash occurred when the driver of the bus became sleepy, veered off the highway and and tried to pull back onto the highway. The driver overcorrected resulting in the bus zigzagging across the highway. The bus then rolled over before...

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Rochester Meat Co. of Rochester, Minnesota, a meat packing company, recalled about 188,000 pounds of ground beef patties and some other products because of E. coli bacteria concerns. The affected meat was manufactured Oct. 30 and Nov. 6, and was shipped nationally to food distributors for use in restaurants and food service institutions. It was not sold to retailers. The United States...

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Relatives of a 44 year old Marvin Garcia have filed a wrongful death suit against Michah Henry, a military police officer accused of causing a crash that resulted in Mr. Garcia's death on New Year's Day. The lawsuit also names Maloney's Tavern, an Albuquerque bar that allegedly served alcohol to Mr. Henry that night. The lawsuit is seeking monetary damages and court costs.Mr. Henry, the...

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Diamond Pet Foods with is based in Meta Missouri, will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners as a result of contaminated pet food that was manufactured in its South Carolina plant. The contaminated pet food resulted resulted in the illness and death of dozens of dogs nationwide including twenty three states, and the recall of twenty brands of cat and dog food. The pet food contained a...

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The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently handed down a ruling that the citizenship of injured workers should not influence their ability to recover for an on the job injury. The court found that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same benefits under the South Carolina Workers Compensation Code as every other worker in state. This decision came on the heels of a case involving an...

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The parents of a Rider University student who died after a suspected hazing incident in the Spring of 2007, filed a law suit againt the university claiming it didn't adequately supervise the fraternity house where excessive drinking occurred. The lawsuit also names Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and four members of the fraternity's now-defunct Rider chapter. Gary DeVercelly Jr. died in March 2007...

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