Articles Posted in Wrongful Death

You may recall hearing recently about the federal $75 million cap on damages British Petroleum might benefit from in the Gulf oil spill, well there’s a similar cap for the passenger rail industry. Under federal law, railroad companies cannot be liable for damages that exceed $200 million, and Metrolink has offered that amount to victims…

The San Diego Union Tribune has a story today about last weekend’s tragedy at the California 200 off-road race in Lucerne Valley. Four of the eight killed were residents of San Diego County, as was the driver of the truck that veered into the crowd. Yesterday, a federal investigation was officially launched to determine how…

Caroline McElhaney would have been 53 years old in two weeks. The mother of three, grandmother of five won’t see her next birthday because of the poor judgment of a negligent driver on Interstate 15 near the Ninth Avenue exit. Yesterday during the morning commute, the southbound driver of a 1999 Dodge Ram was coming…

A volunteer on the museum ship Star of India was killed on Sunday after he fell approximately 40 to 50 feet from one of the ship’s pasts. According to witnesses, 68-year-old Gregory Gushaw on the starboard side of the forward mast performing training exercises with other volunteers when he fell. He apparently struck his head…

The day before summer began, a 5-year-old boy from the Rolando area drowned in his neighbor’s pool. On Sunday afternoon, neighbors learned that Nicholas Norman was found floating face down in a home on the 4000 block of Loma Alta Dr. Neighbors told investigators that the little boy was at home with his father and…

A Del Mar man was struck and killed Friday while trying to cross Centre City Parkway with a group of people. Escondido police said that 29-year-old Wesley Askins III died when he was struck at about 10:25 p.m. near the cross-street of Brotherton Road. Askins was thrown several yards by the collision, and was pronounced…

A major car accident on Interstate 8 has claimed the lives of two people, and seriously injured a third. The accident occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. Monday morning near what is called the Ocean Beach Freeway, where I-8 enters into the Mission Bay area. Details surrounding the accident are unclear, but witnesses say that one…

Fatal motorcycle accidents fell by 16 percent in the first nine months of 2009 after rising steadily for the previous decade, a report just issued by the Governors Highway Safety Association found. The reasons for the sudden plunge in motorcycle deaths are unclear, but there was some speculation that current economic conditions were keeping motorcyclists…

An Indiana man has sued the Internal Revenue Service for the wrongful death of his wife, who committed suicide in 2007. James Simon has alleged in his lawsuit that the U.S. Government, through the IRS, intentionally and negligently inflicted emotional distress when it negligently obtained a search warrant and invaded the privacy of the family.…

A San Diego paramedic died Thursday while responding to an auto accident on SR 163. According to reports, the paramedic was hit while setting out flares at the location of a multi-vehicle freeway accident on th e 163 near Washington Street. All lanes of northbound 163 were shut down as a result. The preceding cause…