In 2004, Mark and Colette Contois treated their son to an afternoon at a paintball park for his 10th birthday where Mrs. Contois was killed after a 14-year-old player accidentally detached a valve on his paintball gun, turning the weapon's CO2 cylinder into a gas-charged rocket that struck Mrs. Contois in the back of the head.
The survival rate of American troops injured in Iraq is at an unprecedented high due to advances in military medicine. However, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) incurred in Iraq have left hundreds of soldiers with a "death-in-life" existence.
Chino Hills, California, resident Kelleigh Falcon, 25, was riding in the front seat of a Ford Taurus in October 2003 when an 18-wheel tractor trailer pulled out in front of the car, which then went underneath the trailer.
An Orange County jury made the award to Cade Feitler, 14, and his family. In February 2005, Peter Infranca allegedly ran a red light at a Costa Mesa intersection, slamming into the car carrying Cade.
A construction worker was accidentally shot in the head by the staple gun he was using while working on a new home in Colorado.
The parents of a 13-year-old girl who died following an ATV accident have filed a lawsuit against the owner of the property where the accident took place, his insurer, and the owners of the ATV.
After being cleared of criminal charges in the boat crash that killed 11-year-old Brianna Lieneck, it is probable that Steven Fleischer will face a civil suit filed by the Leineck family.
The family of Victoria Snelgrove has filed suit against FN Herstal in conjunction with the Boston police department for false marketing touting the safety of the company's pepper-pellet gun.
The parents of a rock climber killed while climbing in Yosemite National Park have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the National Parks Service for $10 million.
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