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Oral Arguments In Ragland Wrongful Death Suit Set To Begin read story More than a decade after the death of a UK football player, the victim's family and the man who admitted shooting him are back in court. The family of Trent DiGiuro won a wrongful death suit against Shane Ragland in 2008, but Ragland appealed the $63 million judgement. Family members say they believe there have been more than 50 hearings in the 15 years since DiGiuro was killed. Ragland was ...
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Appeals court to hear arguments in wrongful death lawsuit against Shane Ragland read story Ragland is appealing a $63 million judgment. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the 1994 death of UK football player Trent DiGiuro. |
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Former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Is a Defendant in Wrongful-Death Suit read story Former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips, now a partner at Baker Botts, is a defendant in a wrongful-death suit brought by parents of a teenage girl killed in a March 2009 accident. The plaintiffs allege that their daughter attended a party at the Phillips' home on the night of the accident and that Phillips and his wife were home and "were well aware that minors were getting drunk ... |
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Appeals are ensured for death cases read story China has taken a new move to prevent wrongful convictions in death sentence cases and limit the number of death sentences by ensuring the appeals process for the condemned. |
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Fraternity in Death read story LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a fraternity and its members from a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a post-party fatal crash. |
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Fayette County settles wrongful-death lawsuit for $250,000 read story Fayette County has paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the sheriff's office and county officials of causing the death of a woman by mishandling the service of a civil-protection order on her estranged husband. |
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Mother: Monorail Death Was Preventable read story ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- New legal documents show the mother of the young man killed while driving a Walt Disney World monorail thinks the theme park could have prevented her son's death. |
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Legal Briefs read story Jury selection has begun in the wrongful death case of a man who died after his car plunged from the Golden Nugget parking garage. The family is suing the downtown resort, claiming the parking structure was unsafe. |
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Family sues over death of kickboxer read story ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The children of an eastern Missouri man who died after he was injured kickboxing has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the gym and trainer who managed his match. |
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Fayette County settles death suit read story Fayette County has paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the sheriff's office and county officials of causing the death of a woman by mishandling a civil-protection order against her estranged husband. |
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