Dover, DE – 21-Year-Old Woman Killed in Car Accident on Division St.

Dover, DE (June 4, 2022) – A woman was killed in a car accident that took place in Dover on Friday, June 3rd. The collision was reported around 7:45 p.m. on Division Street. The Dover Police Department was dispatched to the accident scene shortly after the crash occurred. According to a report from authorities, a car
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Frederica, DE – Woman Killed in Head-On Crash on Bowers Beach Rd.

Frederica, DE - Woman Killed in Head-On Crash on Bowers Beach Rd.
Frederica, DE (May 31, 2022) – One person is dead and another is seriously hurt following a major car accident in Frederica on Sunday, May 29th. The crash occurred around 6:00 p.m. on Bowers Beach Road, just north of Skeeter Neck Road. Police say that a 26-year-old man was traveling westbound on Bowers Beach when he
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Newark, DE – Scooter Rider Killed in Crash on Old Baltimore Pike

Newark, DE - Scooter Rider Killed in Crash on Old Baltimore Pike
Newark, DE (May 15, 2022) – The Delaware State Police responded to the scene of a fatal accident on Saturday evening, May 14th. The crash happened around 9:55 p.m. on the Old Baltimore Pike near the intersection with Aspen Drive. According to police, a 37-year-old Newark man was driving a Honda Accord westbound on Old Baltimore
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Help for Overdoses in Delaware

Overdose deaths are high across the nation and in Delaware.  According to the CDC web site, “Nearly 841,000 people have died since 1999 from a drug overdose. In 2019, 70,630 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States.”  This reflects an increase of more than 4% from 2018.  More than 70% of those deaths involved the
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Kobe Bryant’s Widow Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Helicopter Operator

Kobe Bryant’s widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that operated an S-76 helicopter that crashed last month, killing the former NBA star, the couple’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others in Calabasas, California. Vanessa Bryant filed the lawsuit against Island Express Helicopters on February 24 in Los Angeles County Superior Court,
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Georgia Jury Awards $8.6M to Parents of Stuntman Who Died on Set of AMC’s The Walking Dead

A jury in Georgia has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a stuntman who died on the set of AMC’s post-apocalyptic zombie drama The Walking Dead. On December 19, 2019, the jurors found AMC Networks’ entity, TWD 8, and its production company, Stalwart Films, negligent in the death of 33-year-old John Bernecker, who died
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Tobacco Giants Ordered to Pay $157M in Groundbreaking Same-Sex Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Two of the nation’s largest cigarette-makers must pay more than $157 million to a man whose husband died after decades of smoking, a Florida jury has found in the first same-sex wrongful death case against the tobacco industry to go to trial in the United States. A jury in Broward County entered its verdict against
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Family of Delaware Girl Who Died in School Beating Settles with School District

The relatives of a 16-year-old Delaware girl who died after being attacked in a high school bathroom have resolved a lawsuit against the school district where the assault occurred. Roger Landon of Murphy & Landon, lead attorney for the mother of Amy Joyner-Francis, told a Delaware federal judge in a November 13 letter that an
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Helping families recover after a tragic accident

A previous post on this blog discussed how the right to sue for wrongful death falls upon a deceased person’s closes relatives. After all, they are the ones who are most likely to suffer both emotionally and financially when someone dies in connection with a preventable accident caused by another person’s negligence. Some of the
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Dump truck accident kills woman

A fatal accident at a Delaware intersection left a 62-year-old woman dead at the scene of the crash. The accident involved a commercial dump truck. According to police, the driver of the dump truck approached and intersection but disregarded the stop sign. The woman was driving her own car also entered the intersection, where the
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