The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a decision concerning an appeal emanating from the Ohio County Circuity Court in West Virginia, has held that the Werner Enterprises, a Nebraska-based trucking company, was not engaged in illegal spoliation of evidence as part of an ongoing wrongful death lawsuit. Incredibly, even the trial courts in […]
West Virginia Wrongful Death Lawsuits Rejected Due to Failure of Victims’ Loved Ones to File Claims Quickly
TIMET Corporation Responds to OSHA Statements and Penalties Assigned to the Company
In light of being assigned a $42,000 dollars in fines and sustaining a public rebuking by OSHA in the process, Timet Corp company spokespersons offered statements concerning the ongoing engagement between OSHA and Timet Corp relating to a boiler explosion on March 27th at the company’s Caernarvon Township facility. Located at 900 Hemlock Road, the […]
Father of Five Children Killed in Minneapolis House Fire Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
On Valentine’s Day in 2014, a massive residential fire was reported in Minneapolis at the 2800 Colfax Avenue around five in the morning. Responding fire officials were directed towards a three-story duplex unit, which according to later reports, was the location where Troy Lewis and his seven children had made residence since the passing of […]
Serious OSHA Violations Found in Morgantown Workplace Explosion Death
In the aftermath of an investigation begun nearly seven months ago, OSHA has fined Timet Corp. of Morgantown, West Virginia $42,000 dollars in light of a September 25th inspection of a former workplace accident site at the company, which remained unfixed despite causing the death of Jacob Lopez, age 27 of Ephrata, during a boiler […]
Construction Company Wins $3.5 million Suit against City of Birmingham
CW Woods Contracting Services Inc., a business with 27 years of construction industry dealings in the state of Alabama and elsewhere, has been awarded over $3.5 million in claim against the city of Birmingham for construction project related litigation stemming from proposed work in 2013. The specific project in question entailed three large-scale sites in […]
Pennsylvania Turnpike Car Accident Kills PSU Student, Injures Six Others
A single car accident in Chester County along the Pennsylvania Turnpike has resulted in the deaths of one passenger, as well as injuries to sixth others. The accident, which happened in the early afternoon on Sunday, resulted in the death of Vitalya Sepot, 19 years old and an active member of Pennsylvania State University, who […]
Demolition Project in Tom’s River Strip Mall Results in Death of One and OSHA Investigation
A roof collapse during a strip demolition project in Ocean County, New Jersey has left one individual dead. The site of the building collapse, which caused the death of Raymond Crosby, was the former scene of the Berkeley Township Shopping Center situated near State Route 9. Though the causes of the collapse are still being […]
Ceramic Space Heater Fire in Greenbrier County, West Virginia Causes Death of Elderly Man
A fatal house fire has led to the death of a James Posten, an 86-year old man from Meadow Bluff. According to fire officials in Greenbrier County, the blaze commenced in the early morning hours last Monday in the mobile home owned by Mr. Posten on Beetle Bug Boulevard. While the West Virginia Fire Marshall’s […]
North Carolina Scaffolding Collapse Results in Three Worker Deaths, Labor Department Fines
Three companies have been had fines levied against them by the North Carolina Department of Labor in conjunction with scaffolding collapse of a construction project in Raleigh, North Carolina. The scaffolding collapse, which was originally in place as part of an ongoing downtown Raleigh construction project concerning a high-rise building, resulted in the death of […]
Tulsa Physician’s Failure to Diagnose and Failure to Provide Adequate Care Causes Infant Death and Leads to $5 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict.
Physician Dr. Michael Chang was found liable for $5 million in damages in light of a medical malpractice suit stemming from his failure to properly diagnose and treat a pediatric patient for Kawasaki disease, resulting in the patient’s death. The parents of the child, Nao Vang and Lo Vangseng, filed the lawsuit after their infant […]
