Wrongful Death

A pedestrian was involved in a deadly incident last week on Route 51 in Pennsylvania. According to police the 50-year-old man was trying to cross the road when he was hit by a car. After the fatal accident, the vehicles...

It is a sad reality that there is such a thing as a wrongful death lawsuit. Most would obviously prefer that their loved one not die due as a result of another person's actions. Because people are killed regularly at...

The family of a Pennsylvania man who died while in police custody recently learned it would be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the borough, former police chief and captain it believes are responsible for his death. The...

In September 2010, a then 17-year-old teenager was driving a car that crashed in Pennsylvania. That crash killed his passenger, a 16-year-old girl. Police believe that at the time of the motor vehicle accident the driver was intoxicated.Prior to the...

Each day individuals in the Pittsburgh area die in accidents that are due to the negligence of another person. There are many settings in which these accidents occur. One of the most common is in car accidents. These accidents are...

When a person or people die because of the actions of another person, that person who has caused the deaths to occur may face criminal charges. The legal actions may not end there however. When the death is a result...

A young teen appears to have died in a pedestrian accident that occurred last week in a town located a little over an hour outside of Pittsburgh. Though the specific details of the accident are not known, according to the...

A multi-car accident closed a portion of Interstate 80 on Saturday evening. The Venango County coroner reported that three people died as a result of the collisions. Pennsylvania State Police reported that up to 70 vehicles were involved including several...

Earlier this month we wrote about the trial of a man who was accused of causing the death of three passengers in a car accident. The man was behind the wheel of the vehicle when the accident occurred on Parkway...

This past weekend a fatal car accident occurred in Penn Hills. The accident involved two vehicles that collided on Verona Road.Prior to the accident it appears that a vehicle driven by a 28-year-old woman was speeding and driving erratically on...

A gas explosion, or any accident, that causes death, is a tragic event. If there is factual evidence that the tragedy could have been avoided, the question of wrongful death becomes relevant. A gas explosion in Pennsylvania around a year...

A man from Erie, Pennsylvania will go to trial to face charges stemming from a fatal car accident on Jan. 6, 2012. The man stands accused of a litany of charges for the car accident, including: aggravated assault by vehicle...