Category: Wrongful Death

Wrongful death is a catch-all term the law uses to describe any lawsuit involving the death of a family member. Everything from intentional homicide, to avoidable medical injuries, to an accident at a construction site is referred to as a “wrongful ...

A 24-year-old woman was tragically killed in a truck accident earlier this morning in Center City Philadelphia. The accident occurred as she was riding her bicycle around 7:25 A.M. at 11th and Spruce streets. She was hit by a trash truck, though ...

Philadelphia trial lawyer Dion Rassias of The Beasley Firm, LLC discusses the recent lawsuit against Phillip Morris for the sale of Marlboro cigarettes in association with a woman’s premature death. Phillip Morris, a subsidiary of Altria Group Inc. ...

The Superior Court has granted a new trial in a strict products liability case arising out of the tragic death of an infant in a car crash. The baby had been securely fastened into an infant car seat in the back row of the family’s Volvo 850.   ...

A deadly 2012 plane crash was found to have resulted from negligence on the part of an air traffic controller by a federal judge in Virginia. A $5.4 million judgement was awarded to widow Joyce Gardella, whose husband Paul Gardell ...

On April 8, 2015, a jury in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas awarded $4.875 million to a medical malpractice victim represented by Marsha Santangelo, M.D., Esq., of The Beasley Firm. The case involved a 50 year old woman who went to Dr. Er ...

The headline started with the phrase “$109 Million Personal-Injury Award,” but two phrases from the article better summed up what really happened: “Mommy is on fire,” and “the power line that had killed her had collapsed in the family’s y ...

In September 2010, a 24 week premature little boy was born in an Illinois hospital. Due to his prematurity, he had to receive all of his nutrition from intravenous (IV) fluids and electrolytes. The newborn was doing very well after birth until a grav ...

We investigate a lot of wrongful death and medical malpractice cases here, which means we spend a lot of time requesting and reviewing the decedent’s medical records. When it comes to potential medical malpractice lawsuits where a family member has ...

On Monday morning in the Briarwood area of Queens New York, as the school bus was traveling west on 87th Avenue, a taxi driver allegedly ran a red light and collided with the school bus. The accident caused the bus to roll on its side. According ...