Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Parents of Shooting Victim to File Wrongful Death Suit Against Columbia Police

  Chrissie Cole | August 28, 2007 1:30 AM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Parents of a Columbia man shot to death in a standoff with Columbia Police and Richland County Sheriff deputies last month have retained a lawyer and are preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit.Officers tried to reason with him. In the end, the man armed with a knife, was shot and killed by a deputy. During the standoff, prior to his death, he had set fire to his house twice and was shot and...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled for $1.7 Million

  Christina Cole | March 29, 2007 6:21 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC Category: Wrongful Death
  

  In a wrongful death lawsuit settlement, the family of a 73-year-old man who died when he received the wrong drug during surgery, will receive $1.775 million.According to the Widow's attorney, Piedmont Medical center will pay the bulk of the settlement (approximately $1.275 million). The remainder of the settlement will be paid by the doctor''s and their insurance and other medical personnel...

• Family Suing U.S. for Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death

  Christina Cole | March 16, 2007 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsSpartanburg, SC Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In November 2004, Patricia, a former sergeant, went to Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon for simple hernia surgery. Only, when the surgeon went in to operate, he punctured her liver.The doctor's failure to run pre-operative tests caused her to lose half of her body's blood supply, causing her to be in a coma for the next four months."It's basically a mistake that should have never...