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• Sister of Accident Victim Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | November 30, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The sister of a Fort Wayne man that lost his life in a car accident, in February, has filed a wrongful death suit against the driver of the car responsible for causing collision that led to her brother's death.The accident happened when a woman driving a minivan, ran a red light and struck a pickup truck, causing the driver to lose control and crash into a parked 2007 Pontiac which killed her...

• Two Killed in Car Accident While Trying to Avoid Deer

  Chrissie Cole | November 23, 2007 2:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A fatal car accident in Knox County, Indiana, claimed the lives of an elderly brother and sister of Freelandville, Indiana, on Thanksgiving Day.Indiana State Police, in Evansville, say the woman, 88, died at Good Samaritan Hospital while her brother 85, died after being transported by air ambulanced to Wishard Hospital, in Indianapolis.The accident happened just after 5:15 p.m., Thursday, on...

• Family to Sue Police Department Over Dog Bite

  Chrissie Cole | November 19, 2007 2:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  The family of a man who suffered a dog bite when he was bit by an Evansville Police Department K-9 during an arrest, is planning to sue the police department.The man, 33, is facing misdemeanor charges for failure to appear and is being held at Vanderburgh County Jail for a parole violation for missing a parole check in meeting.Officials say he jumped out of a window when officers arrived and was...

• Opposing Laws may Determine Medical Malpractice Case

  Chrissie Cole | November 12, 2007 10:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Conflicting laws may decide if the estate of an Allen County woman can sue a Fort Wayne nursing home for medical malpractice that resulted in her death. The arguments went before the Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday.The woman, 68, was living in the Bethlehem Woods Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, in September 2001, when workers at the facility allegedly left her on a bedpan for over six...

• Merck Settles Vioxx Claim for Nearly $5 Billion

  Chrissie Cole | November 09, 2007 1:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Merck & Co. has agreed to pay out a record breaking settlement of $4.85 million to settle over 26,000 state and federal lawsuits involving patients who used Vioxx, a popular pain reliever.While this is one of the largest civil settlements in history, it represents only a fraction of the company's potential liability, which experts believe is between $10 billion and $25 billion.Vioxx was...