Wrongful Death

Attorneys representing the families of four victims who died in a dive boat fire in Southern California in September have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the boat's owners. The tragedy claimed the lives of 34 people. According to the lawsuit, which was filed in...

Fraternities are expected to provide social and charitable opportunities to college students. Unfortunately, however, hazing and physical humiliation of pledges and other students has tarnished their luster and has even led to deaths. The parents of a 20-year-old UC...

Doctors, like the rest of us, are not 100 percent objective. In fact, 12 million patients in this country were misdiagnosed because of bad judgment. Implicit bias was, according to research, involved in many claims for wrongful death or disability.Judgment errors were...

A boating trip off the coast of Santa Barbara on Labor Day turned deadly after a fire broke out and caused 34 fatalities. The first wrongful death lawsuit for this fire was filed in federal court in Los Angeles earlier this month.The vessel, the Conception, caught...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued its report of traffic deaths for 2018. It had positive news regarding car crash deaths involving vehicle occupants which dropped from 2017. But fatal accident deaths involving large trucks, pedestrians and...

News broke of a fatal accident near Los Angeles, in which a father was killed and an additional four people were injured. There had been a hunt for the woman, who had allegedly fled to Mexico, after fleeing the scene of the crash.She was recently apprehended, two...

The most important aspect of our lives is the relationship we build with friends and family members. While those relationships will not last forever, it's really difficult when they are cut short prematurely due to a loved one's fatal accident. Getting the news that a...

It's possible that a loved one's death was one of the most unexpected, and most traumatic things, that has ever happened to you. Picking up the pieces after such a loss can take time and effort. It may be in the best interests of loved ones left behind to file a...

A recent accident which police have tied to street racing between at least two teenagers left both a man from the greater Los Angeles area and his dog dead. The man was out with his pet for a morning jog when at least one of the vehicles involved in the street race...

When people in the Los Angeles area hear about a wrongful death lawsuit being filed, they may have questions about exactly how such a lawsuit is possible. Afterall, in most lawsuits, the person bringing a claim actually needs to be alive. However, a wrongful death...