Wrongful Death

• Fiery Train Crash in Kentucky

  John Hopkins | January 16, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Reports of several train cars crashing in Kentucky have apparently closed highways and forced mass evacuations of schools, businesses and homes in Bullitt County, Kentucky.It appears that several of the derailing train cars were carrying flammable liquids, which resulted in explosions and flaming liquid flowing along ditches at the train crash site. CBS reports that the wreck involved (4)...

• Physician First Do No Harm; but if you do its OK to coerce patients

  John Hopkins | September 29, 2006 11:08 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  The St. Petersburg Times reports a startling event. Physicians who, through less than candid means, convinced voters to limit the damages that victims of medical malpractice can collect; are now going to "convince" their patients to forgive them for their malpractice. The Times reports that the waiver, which physicians will ask their patients to sign, will limit non-economic damages to...

• Family of Cadet Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Staff Writer | August 23, 2006 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The family of a fire academy cadet who collapsed and died while participating in physical training at the fire academy in Jacksonville has filed a wrongful death suit against the city and the college who supplied the PT instructors.Karl Kramer died at the hospital nine days after he collapsed. He was attending the fire academy with the hopes of following in his father's footsteps by becoming a...