Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Navy to Pay $2 Million in Wrongful Death

  Shannon Weidemann | August 02, 2007 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Navy rented a bus that hit a car and killed a man in 2004. The bus did not have any power steering fluid. The wife of the man killed sued the Navy and the bus rental company for wrongful death. The jury found the Navy and Eddie's Bus Service responsible for his death and awarded the widow $3 Million in damages. Peter Williams was stopped on River Road on Sept. 9, 2004 - waiting for a...

• Lawsuit Filed Against Baton Rouge for Fatal Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | April 05, 2007 2:34 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Several lawsuits have been filed against the city-parish of Baton Rouge for road conditions that caused a fatal car accident. On March 5, 2006 two men were killed and a woman suffered serious injuries. The accident happened on Sullivan Road near Sparkle Road. The Cantys' lawsuit maintains the passenger side tires of Canty's car went off the road because of "defective conditions and (road)...

• Nursing Home Death Being Investigated

  Staff Writer | November 17, 2005 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The Louisiana state attorney general is looking into the death of a woman who passed away during an evacuation from Huntington Place Senior Community prior to Hurricane Katrina's landfall. Thelma Wall, a resident of the nursing home, died on an unairconditioned bus used to evacuate occupants from the Chalmette facility, which has been sued for wrongful death four times since the year 2000. Two...