A St. Louis wrongful death claim is a legal action families can bring when someone dies because of another person’s actions or negligence. These cases can arise after car accidents in St. Louis, unsafe products, medical mistakes, or many other kinds of harm. Families turn to these lawsuits as a way to seek some…
When someone dies because of another person’s negligence or wrongful action, the law calls that a wrongful death. In these cases, surviving family members may have the right to seek justice and recover financial support. Understanding who can actually file a wrongful death lawsuit in St. Louis, Missouri is important. It helps families know…
In the evening of July 19th, 2018, a thunderstorm rolled across Branson, Missouri and the surrounding region. A duck boat carrying 31 passengers was caught in the squall, sank, and resulted in 17 deaths. We discussed this tragedy in our blog, and the story continues today with the recent filing of the first wrongful…
On Thursday evening, July 19th, a duck boat carrying 31 people capsized and sank, leaving at least 17 dead and several more injured. Witnesses say the boat struggled to make it to shore as the weather took a turn for the worse, causing waves to break over the boat, rocking and tilting the vessel…
The St. Louis personal injury law firm of Meyerkord & Kurth recently settled a wrongful death case for an elderly patient who fell at a community hospital because its staff engaged in a “never event”. Tragically, in April of 2015 a 90-year-old woman was admitted to a community hospital, diagnosed with pneumonia and died…
In a high publicizedwrongful death lawsuit, the parents of an 18-year-old Ferguson boy are suing the city of Ferguson, the former police chief and the officer who fatally shot their unarmed son during a confrontation. The parents say the wrongful death of their son resulted in the loss of financial support through their son’s…
A construction worker is dead after a tragicconstruction site accident in San Diego. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office said the 38-year-old man died from injuries from a two-story fall in Chula Vista. The accident occurred just a day before Thanksgiving on the 4000 block of Fifth Avenue. Officials say the worker fell…
The Massachusetts family of a high school teacher who was brutally murdered by her 14-year-old student filed awrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday. The lawsuit is against the town, the school system, and a cleaning company whose workers cleaned away evidence. The 24-year-old teacher was killed in October of 2013 inside Danvers High School. The…
More details emerge after a University of Connecticut student was run over in a tragiccampus accident, but police still need more answers. According to authorities, the female student died after she was struck by a university fire department vehicle. Police say the 19-year-old girl’s body was found by fire department personnel an hour and…
A construction worker was killed in a tragicwork zone accident this week in northwest Indiana. Authorities say the worker was struck and killed when an SUV drove into a construction area Wednesday morning on I-65. According to Indiana State Police, a 23-year-old female driver of a 2013 GMC was traveling northbound on I-65 when…