Wrongful Death

Medical negligence by nursing staff is blamed for death when patient aspirates food in rehab program after neck surgery.

Intoxicated man, unarmed, provokes police with broomsticks and rocks. Nonlethal-force options were deployed, but one officer ends up shooting him.

Man dies in hotel room from carbon monoxide poisoning; faulty pool heater blamed.

Estranged wife found guilty of second degree murder of her husband is sued by their minor children.

Young African-American with knives is tasered by one officer and shot by another after family calls police because he is threatening to kill himself.

Construction worker on top of a concrete form panel falls when panel collapses. Liability is disputed among contractors.

Family members killed when their car skids on fluid in roadway; fluid leak blamed on motor home found disabled nearby.  Plaintiffs claim defective design and  manufacture of motor home.

A farmworker is struck by a car at dawn while riding his bike to work.  Alive and lying in the road, he is run over by a truck.

Defendant driver says she's entitled to sudden emergency defense as her vehicle came into contact with gravel on the highway shoulder.

Railroad worker is exposed to asbestos in railroad repair shops long after asbestos protection for workers is mandated.

School district hides evidence of its negligence in selection of bus stop locations and is sanctioned by court before trial. Later argues value of adopted son's death.

Orchard worker on ladder is electrocuted when ladder contacts SCE's overhead power lines.

Mother of two young children develops pneumonia-like symptoms and repeatedly calls Kaiser's nurse advice line. She is not seen by doctors until it is too late. Wrongful death due to medical negligence.

Sister says her deceased brother's UIM insurer isn't paying enough for his wrongful death in a vehicle accident.