Archive for November 10, 2006

Second Suit Filed over Brazil Plane Crash

A United States law firm has filed a suit alleging pilot negligence and defectively designed equipment contributed to the September crash of a Gol Airlines flight in the jungles of Brazil.

Family of Boy Killed by Truck Agrees to $2 Million Settlement

The family of a 9-year-old boy who was fatally run over by a flatbed tractor-trailer recently agreed to a settlement worth a little over $2 million with the truck driver and his employer.

Lawsuit Filed over Taser-Related Death in Northern California

A wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit has been filed by the family of Jaime Teran Coronel, a man who died in Jan. 2006 after police stunned him with a Taser.

Nutraquest Plan for Exiting Ephedra-Related Bankruptcy Approved

Chief U.S. District Judge Garrett Brown in Trenton, New Jersey, on Nov. 3 approved diet drug maker Nutraquest's bid to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection forced three years earlier by multiple ephedra-related lawsuits.