All articles tagged with #wrongful death
The parents of 17-year-old Larissa Rodriguez filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Glazer's Beer and Beverage, alleging Alani Nu energy drinks contributed to her fatal cardiomyopathy from excessive caffeine, citing inadequate warnings on the cans and marketing aimed at youth; they seek $1 million in damages and expect additional defendants.
Former Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner and his family filed a federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania against a Costa Rican resort and its owners, alleging safety standard failures after 14-year-old Miller Gardner died from carbon monoxide poisoning during a vacation; the suit seeks damages for wrongful death and related claims, and notes that other guests also fell ill and that CO monitors were allegedly not used in the mechanical room or guest rooms.
King County jurors awarded $24 million to the family of Mike Trujillo after stem-cell injections at a Seattle clinic in 2019; the panel found two doctors negligent, and Trujillo—diagnosed with ALS in 2017—died the day after the treatment, raising questions about the clinic’s marketing and patient safety.
A Florida federal judge upheld a jury verdict finding Tesla 33% responsible for a 2019 fatal Autopilot crash in Key Largo, ordering $243 million in damages—including $42.6 million in compensatories to the victims’ families and $200 million in punitive damages—with Tesla planning an appeal.
The family of Dr. Massiell Garay Sanchez has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Dollar Tree and a store manager, seeking more than $50 million, alleging the chain failed to secure dangerous areas and assist a missing customer after the anesthesiologist died in a walk-in freezer at a Miami store; investigators say there was no foul play, and surveillance video exists but has not been released; the case will go to a jury trial.
Families of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, two Trinidadian men killed Oct. 14, 2025 when a U.S. missile struck their boat during Trump-era anti‑drug strikes, have filed the first federal lawsuit against the administration. They accuse the strikes of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings, invoking the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute, with the case filed in a Massachusetts federal court and representing a broader debate in Congress over the campaign.
Stanford and the family of Katie Meyer, the former Stanford women’s soccer goalkeeper who died by suicide in 2022, settled a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the university. The agreement includes the creation of a Katie Meyer Leadership Award for Stanford student-athletes, retirement of Meyer's jersey, adoption of Katie Meyer's Law principles to aid students in disciplinary proceedings, and a joint effort to boost mental-health resources for student-athletes; the parties did not disclose any monetary terms.
Family of Cuban immigrant Geraldo Lunas Campos says a fellow detainee witnessed guards choking him to death in ICE custody at Camp East Montana in El Paso on Jan. 3, while officials say the death was suicide. They have asked a court to block the deportations of two witnesses who could testify in a forthcoming wrongful-death suit.
Parents of 15-year-old Cosmo Silverman, who died after being pinned between cars in Campbell Hall School's parking lot, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school, citing negligence and unsafe parking lot design, and claiming safety improvements were only made after the incident.
The Los Angeles Angels settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Tyler Skaggs' family before a jury verdict, avoiding potential liability in a case related to Skaggs' fentanyl overdose in 2019, with the terms of the settlement remaining undisclosed.
Lawyers for the Los Angeles Angels and Tyler Skaggs' family are in settlement talks amid a wrongful death trial related to Skaggs' 2019 fentanyl overdose, with negotiations intensifying but no agreement reached yet, as the jury deliberates on damages.
The parents of a 16-year-old who died by suicide after being sextorted on Instagram are suing Meta in the UK, alleging that the company's design flaws and safety failures contributed to his death, marking the first such case in the UK and highlighting rising sextortion cases globally.
Mike Trout testified in a wrongful death trial, describing his friendship with Tyler Skaggs and his suspicions about team employee Eric Kay's drug problem, which contributed to Skaggs' overdose death in 2019. Trout noted Kay's erratic behavior and suspected drug use but denied knowing about any distribution to players. The trial centers on whether the Angels were responsible for failing to act on Kay's known drug issues, which led to Skaggs' tragic death.
The civil trial against the Los Angeles Angels alleges the team failed to follow its drug policies and ignored signs of drug abuse, contributing to the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs from a fentanyl overdose in 2019, with the family seeking $118 million in damages.
Tesla has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit related to a 2019 crash involving Autopilot, following a series of legal cases that question the safety of its driver assist system, with the company facing increased scrutiny and pending lawsuits over Autopilot-related incidents.