Archive for September 13, 2005

Drug Dealer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder

A drug dealer from Connecticut sentenced to life in federal prison plus five years for his participation in the 1996 murder of a rival drug dealer.

Alcoholism Not Automatic Grounds To Modify Alimony and Child Support Payments

A Delaware appeals court ruled that alimony and child support can be based on potential earning capacity instead of current wages only when it has been definatively proven the person lost his or her job because of substance abuse.

Amputee Files Medical Negligence Lawsuit Against Texas Hospital

A Texas farmer who contracted a flesh-eating infection that eventually required the amputation of his right leg filed a medical malpractice lawsuit last week naming his physician and Scott & White Memorial Hospital as defendants.

Illegal Immigrants Covered by Worker Compensation in Maryland

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland's highest court ruled that illegal immigrants can receive worker compensation benefits if injured on the job.

Parents of Boy Killed at Rye Playland Plan to Sue

The Parents of a 7-year-old boy killed at Rye Playland in White Planes, New York are planning to file a lawsuit against the park and Westchester County.

Lawyer daughter to sue over father's death in unsolved Washington motorcycle crash

A Washington state attorney whose father was killed in a motorcycle accident plans to sue the men she says caused the crash, and the law enforcement agencies that have so far failed to identify them

Florida jury awards mother $6 million for death of son in motorcycle accident

A Palm Beach jury this week ordered a $6 million payment by an insurance company to the mother of a man killed in a May 2002 collision between his motorcycle and a car.