In February 2023, Carmen Thomas connected with her likely half-sisters after she took a DNA test to find out information ...

A House subcommittee has advanced a bill that would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act so parents could sue and recover damages for their unborn child’s death. The Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee ...

A controversial wrongful death bill that critics say would establish "fetal personhood" has passed its first hurdle in the Florida Senate.

Tesla has settled another wrongful death lawsuit, and it has significant implications based on Tesla’s legal strategy of not settling unless it is at fault. Admitting a mistake is difficult. We humans ...

Families of the victims of a UPS cargo jet crash plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday, according to one of the law firms representing the victims. The UPS MD-11 cargo jet crashed ...

The Grieving Families Act, a proposed broadening of New York’s wrongful death statute, is on a pathway back to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk. In 2024, Hochul had offered a counterproposal before vetoing ...

Karen Read is pointing at “third parties” for the death of John O’Keefe, as her lawyers officially responded to the wrongful death civil suit from the O’Keefe family. Read, who was acquitted earlier ...

In one of the nation’s first wrongful-death claims seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its role in the changing climate, a Washington state woman is suing seven oil and gas ...

One year after an Akron Police officer fatally shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker, his family has filed a federal wrongful death ...

A Downey family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power after an unsecured truck crushed their loved one to death in Brentwood. The family's attorney said ...