Archive for October 24, 2005

Lawsuit Filed by Parents of Brain-Damaged Girl Settled

Indiana - A settlement was reached with Toyota and Church Brothers Collision Repair in the lawsuit filed by the parents of Olivia Bailey, 3, who sustained brain injuries resulting from a defective automatic window accident.

Ohio trucking company settles lawsuit over city worker killed by drunk driver

An Ohio trucking company will pay $3.25 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over a city worker killed when the drunken driver of an overloaded dump truck knocked him out of a lift bucket.

Priority in Adoption -- Biology or Time

The 5th District Court of Appeals in Daytona Beach, Florida will decide if a child's bond to his or her caretakers or biological ties to relatives should determine who has priority in custody and adoption matters.

Death of Patient Prompts Lawsuit Against Nursing Home

A nursing home in Aurora, Denver faces a wrongful death lawsuit from the sons of an elderly patient who died after allegedly receiving nearly no food or drink for nine days.