Blog Category | Wrongful death
April 03, 2024
How Grief Could Affect A Family’s Right To Compensation
The unexpected death of a family member creates a variety of practical challenges. Families typically need to plan a funeral or memorial service. They may need to communicate with creditors, employers and utility providers. Families need to make up for lost income and to redistribute household responsibilities. In addition to...
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2024
What Losses Can Families Recover With A Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
It is incredibly difficult for those who have just lost a loved one to come to terms with what has occurred, often especially when it was an unexpected passing. Many people look for someone to blame for the situation as they struggle with both real-world consequences and emotional repercussions of...
Read MoreJune 13, 2023
Who Can Sue For Wrongful Death In New Jersey?
A loved one’s sudden death can turn your life upside down, especially if the decedent was the household’s sole breadwinner. The pain becomes unfathomable when you learn that your loved one’s death was attributable to another person or entity’s negligence. Fortunately, the law allows you to pursue damages through a...
Read MoreDecember 30, 2022
How Do You Calculate Lost Wages For A Wrongful Death Claim?
If someone in your family dies unexpectedly, your family will need to make multiple adjustments. For example, your budget may contract dramatically because you can no longer count on their contributions to the household. A wrongful death lawsuit can provide the surviving dependent family members of an individual who recently...
Read MoreJuly 06, 2022
Accident Facts That May Indicate You Have A Wrongful Death Case
Details matter significantly when auto accidents are being adjudicated in New Jersey, and especially in wrongful death legal actions. Most auto accident cases fall within standard liability parameters, but there can also be a basis for a wrongful death legal action when there is specific evidence of gross negligence exhibited...
Read MoreApril 07, 2022
Who Can Receive Damages In A Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
One of the worst things that could ever happen to a person is the loss of a loved one due to wrongful death. If you’re a New Jersey resident in this situation, you need to know who is eligible to recover damages in such a lawsuit. What is a wrongful...
Read MoreMarch 22, 2022
The Types Of Compensation Available In Wrongful Death Actions
How does one get beyond the death of a loved one due to another party’s negligence? Such a task may prove to be one of the most challenging in life. However, one may never recover from the hardship and grief caused by a tragic development. Whether the death occurred in...
Read MoreApril 23, 2020
The Full Cost Of A Wrongful Death
Losing a loved one to the reckless or negligent actions of another person is one of the most tragic events someone can ever experience. While the toll of losing someone so close to them is heavy, many people are not aware of the other costs of losing someone to wrongful...
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2014
Uber Named As Defendant In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A growing car service called Uber uses a convenient mobile device application that allows a taxi to quickly pick up fares from patrons and take them to their destinations. Despite offering low-cost cab services to busy cities throughout New Jersey, Uber is facing controversy after a recent accident that led...
Read MoreJanuary 17, 2014
Wrongful Death Suit Filed In New Jersey Police Shooting
Paterson, New Jersey, has been named as a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection to a 2012 police shooting. The lawsuit was filed by the brother of a 38-year-old man who was shot dead by a Paterson police officer. The plaintiff alleged that the police officer’s negligence...
Read MoreDecember 18, 2013
Recent Bronx Train Crash Raises Questions About MTA Safety
Most New Jersey residents are aware of the recent Metro-North train accident in the Bronx that killed four passengers and injured dozens more. The train engineer and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have been widely blamed for the accident, and the engineer has been suspended without pay. According to investigators,...
Read MoreOctober 24, 2013
Wrongful Death Suit Against Polar Plunge Event Proceeds
The death of a loved one can be unbearable, particularly if it’s possible that the victim’s life might have been saved. When this happens, a wrongful death suit may provide the victim’s family with compensation for their loss. Recently, a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 35-year-old New Jersey...
Read MoreOctober 11, 2013
NJ County Freeholder Sued For Wrongful Death In Car Crash
Recently, the family of a 24-year-old man from Tom’s River, New Jersey, who was killed when his motorcycle collided with an Ocean County freeholder’s car, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the freeholder. The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that the freeholder was negligently driving when his car struck the motorcycle....
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2013
City Treasurer Sues Thrift Store For Daughter’s Death
Dealing with the loss of the loved one often means fighting for answers. When a fatal incident occurs, family members will seek to understand how it occurred and if anyone was responsible for their death. Recently, the City Treasurer of Philadelphia and her husband filed a lawsuit against the operator...
Read MoreSeptember 05, 2013
Settlement Reached In Crane Crash Wrongful Death Suit
A settlement has been reached between the family of a 30-year old Burlington Co., New Jersey man killed in a crane incident and the construction company that owned the crane for $1 million. The man was killed in an April 2012 accident at a Manhattan construction site when the 170-foot...
Read MoreAugust 29, 2013
Two Bars Sued In Beating Death Of Man Hailing A Taxi
The community as a whole relies on bars and other places where alcohol is sold or consumed in New Jersey to carefully check to ensure patrons are of the legal drinking age and that they are not already intoxicated. The failure to do so could lead to lawsuit. The family...
Read MoreAugust 14, 2013
Estate Of Ballerina Killed In DUI Crash Files Wrongful Death Suit
Recently, the estate of a 22-year-old aspiring ballerina killed in a DUI accident filed a wrongful death suit against the responsible driver and two Philadelphia bars that allegedly served him alcohol. The ballerina was originally from Bulgaria, and was a third-year student at the Rock School for Dance Education. The...
Read MoreAugust 01, 2013
Family Of Atv Crash Victim Files Suit Against Driver And Bar
The family of a 20-year old Hackettstown, New Jersey woman killed in an ATV crash caused by a drunk driver has filed a wrongful death suit against both the driver and the bar that served him alcohol before the crash. The wrongful death suit alleges that the bar continued to...
Read MoreMay 31, 2013
Families Of Accident Victims Lose Wrongful Death Hearing
Recently, the families of two victims of a fatal car accident in Mannington, New Jersey, lost a wrongful death case against the county in an arbitration hearing. The wrongful death claims stem from a 2011 incident in which a 21-year-old woman and a 22-year-old woman were killed when their car...
Read MoreApril 24, 2013
Wrongful Death Suit Filed In Abortion Clinic Case
The family of a 41-year-old woman, who allegedly died in a Pennsylvania abortion clinic operated by a doctor charged with murdering seven infants that were born alive, has filed a wrongful death suit against the doctor. The suit alleges that the doctor contributed to the woman’s wrongful death by giving...
Read MoreApril 19, 2013
New Jersey Parents Sue Volunteer Cops In Wrongful Death Suit
The parents of a 31-year old Garfield, New Jersey man who was killed in a crash while being chased by a pair of volunteer police officers recently filed a $30 million lawsuit against the city of Paterson, New Jersey and its police department. The wrongful death suit stems from an...
Read MoreMarch 20, 2013
Family Of Hit-and-run Victim Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Drivers
The family of a 54-year old man who was killed in a hit-and-run accident involving two separate drivers in Trenton, New Jersey, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the two drivers responsible. The wrongful death suit stems from an October 2011 incident where the man was first struck by...
Read MoreMarch 15, 2013
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Over Deadly Freight Train Accident
Recently, the families of two victims of a freight-train accident that spilled toxic chemicals in Paulsboro, New Jersey have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the railroad company for negligently allowing the train to be derailed and spill dangerous chemicals near the plaintiffs’ homes. The wrongful death suit stems from...
Read MoreMarch 06, 2013
Company Agrees To Pay Fine After Explosion Causes Fatalities
Recently, UGI Utilities agreed to pay a $500,000 fine to the victims of a 2011 gas explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania that killed five people. The families of the victims had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company, claiming that the company did not adequately maintain its cast iron mains...
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2013
Girlfriend Of NJ Teen Shot By Police Files Wrongful Death Suit
The girlfriend of a 19-year old man shot to death by Bergen County, New Jersey police has filed a federal wrongful death suit against the police department in Newark. The wrongful death suit alleges the police resorted to deadly force without justification or provocation. According to reports, the man fled...
Read MoreNovember 26, 2012
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Doctor In Death Of Prostitute
A lawsuit has been filed by the mother of a murdered sex worker from New Jersey against a doctor who took her in the night of her disappearance. The wrongful death suit alleges that the doctor negligently caused the woman’s death by giving her drugs to calm her down and...
Read MoreNovember 13, 2012
Slain Girl’s Mom Suing Mental Health Clinic For Wrongful Death
Early last month, this blog discussed the case of an Alzheimer’s patient killed by a fellow resident at a nursing home in New Jersey. This story demonstrated how tragedies can occur when such facilities breach the duty of care they owe to clients by failing to keep violent individuals properly...
Read MoreOctober 01, 2012
Elderly Murder Victim’s Family Sues Nursing Home For Negligence
The family of an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient in Whippany, New Jersey, who was murdered by a fellow patient, is suing the home for failing to properly care for her. The family alleges that the victim had informed staff at the home that the male resident was stalking her and that...
Read MoreSeptember 05, 2012
Sister Of Murder Victim Sues Private Corrections Operator
Recently, the sister of a 21-year-old Garfield woman who was allegedly murdered by an escapee from a halfway house filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the private company that operates the halfway house. The lawsuit alleges that the company acted with negligence in allowing the paroled inmate to escape and...
Read MoreAugust 09, 2012
Wrongful Death Of The Elderly An Increasing Problem
An increasingly common problem is the failure of hospitals to put a stop to mistreatment of elderly patients. This mistreatment can lead to the wrongful death of the elderly patient. Recently, a New Jersey woman discovered that her 93-year-old mother, a nursing home patient with Alzheimer’s disease, had sustained injuries...
Read MoreJuly 10, 2012
Road Rage Causes Fatal Car Accident In Washington Township
Accidents involving motor vehicles can vary a great deal in severity; some individuals walk away without a scrape, while others do not walk away at all. No matter the circumstances, the friends and family of fatal accident victims are deeply hurt by their loss, and in many cases, a crash...
Read MoreApril 19, 2012
Mount Laurel Man Fatally Injured By Car As He Walked Along Road
Previously, we’ve discussed how negligence too often plays a role in personal injury and wrongful death. But sometimes the determination of fault in a fatal accident has to go beyond the initial police report. In fact, families in New Jersey sometimes have to seek help in accident reconstruction after the...
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2012
Family Of New Jersey Woman Says Defective Drink Caused Her Death
Readers in the Mt. Laurel area will be saddened to hear of an elderly New Jersey woman who, according to a recent wrongful death claim, died from drinking the recommended dosage of a herbal health drink. The family of the 88-year-old said that for three months she consumed the supplement...
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2012
Deadly Crash Kills A New Jersey Motorcyclist
An accident can be an alarming and life-altering experience. Furthermore, because cars and motorcycles are fast and powerful machines, the consequence of even a simple accident can be deadly. Unfortunately, there are some negligent and careless drivers on the road, and accidents seem to happen all too often. Last weekend,...
Read MoreDecember 21, 2011
Train Accident: Personal Injury Claims Life Of Wrightstown Man
Train accidents may not be very common in Burlington County, but when they do happen, they typically cause serious personal injury and even death. Recently, a 26-year old Wrightstown man was walking on train tracks near Florence when he was hit by a light-rail train. He suffered severe personal injuries...
Read MoreDecember 15, 2011
Calls For Grand Jury Investigation Into Death Of 19-year-old
Though criminal activity is never excusable, neither is excessive force by the police. Laws are in place to prevent illegal actions by citizens and the authorities must respect the rights of criminals when they are taken into custody. If police officers step too far, they can fatally wound a criminal...
Read MoreNovember 03, 2011
Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against College Of New Jersey
It is hard to imagine much worse for a parent than receiving a call that their child has gone missing. Whether in Burlington County or anyplace in New Jersey, the immediate fear strikes the core of anyone’s being. The first hope is that there was no personal injury, but when...
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