Wrongful Death

• What Is Wrongful Death?

  John Cooper | June 15, 2007 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, VA

  A wrongful death claim is made by a family whose loved one has been killed by the negligence or intentional act of another person or company. It is very similar to a personal injury claim, but instead of the harm being a bodily injury, the harm is death. The main difference between a personal injury case and a wrongful death case is the type of damages that can be sought against the at fault...

• Mesothelioma - A Killer With A Specific Cause

  John Cooper | January 03, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, VA

  Mesothelioma is a cancer, which is always fatal, and has only one known cause, namely, exposure to asbestos dust.Because the cause of asbestos is so clearly linked to this horrible cancer, wrongful death cases associated with the disease are easier to win. When a railroad or other corporation exposes its workers to asbestos dust, they know that a good injury lawyer will be able to prove that...

• Family awarded $1.5 million for missed melanoma

  John Cooper | August 18, 2006 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, VA

  A Virginia Beach jury recently awarded a family $1.5 million for the death of a 51 year old caused by the failure to diagnose cancer.The cancer started as a raw spot on a finger. The doctors treated it as just an infection. Only with a second biopsy did the doctors figure out that this was a melanoma. Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. Unfortunately, the pathologist did not...