Wrongful Death

The lawsuit filed by Gwynn's family is seeking unspecified damages. His family says the company purposely targeted Gwynn to market their products to African-Americans.

The closing arguments have begun in the wrongful death case against AEG Live, the entertainment conglomerate that promoted and produced what was to be the ‘This Is It’ shows Michael Jackson was preparing to play at the time of his death. Much of the testimony over the last five months has focused on Jackson’s drug […]

A federal appeals court says Oscar Grant‘s father can sue the Northern California transit officer who shot and killed his son on a train platform. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected former officer Johannes Mehserle‘s claim that he was acting in his official capacity when he killed the younger Grant during a 2009 […]

Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled a wrongful death claim for an amount believed to be more than $1 million against the homeowners association of the Sanford subdivision where their teenage son was killed. Their attorney, Benjamin Crump, filed the paperwork at the Seminole County Courthouse, a portion of which was made public today. In the […]

Conrad Murray has broken his silence about NOT testifying in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial … and he did it by SINGING on live TV. Murray — who is serving a 4-year sentence for killing MJ — called into “Anderson Cooper 360” moments ago from jail. At first he sang the same old tune … insisting he […]

The family of Junior Seau has sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker’s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed Wednesday in California Superior Court in San Diego, blames the NFL for its “acts or omissions” that hid the dangers of […]

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