When someone in your family dies because of lawbreaking or negligence on someone else's part, your entire family suffers, not just the person who dies. Iowa protects the victims of criminal actions and negligence by letting them file a personal injury lawsuit against...
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Wrongful Death
Who has the right to file a wrongful death claim in Iowa?
Fatal car crashes, slip-and-falls and other accidents happen every day across the state of Iowa. Many of these situations are not truly accidents because proper care or appropriate behavior could have prevented them from occurring. In a situation where negligence or...
Summer is a prime time for drowning incidents
Summer is in swing in West Des Moines, and for many this means a trip to the lake or a dip in the pool. Unfortunately, if the proper safety measures are not taken a day on the water can turn tragic with a life lost too soon due to a drowning incident. Some drowning...
Iowa family sues nursing home for negligence in death of mother
One of the most traumatic events in the life of any family is the decision to place an elderly parent or relative in a nursing home. No one can be certain that the parent will receive adequate care, regardless of how thoroughly the family may have checked out the...
Family pursues wrongful death claim over stuntman’s accdent
While many people in Ohio enjoy the popular TV series "The Walking Dead", one stuntman lost his life while filming an episode. His family is pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit against AMC, the network that it appears on. The stuntman died in 2017. AMC had sought to...
Crash with storm chasers leads to lawsuit against Weather Channel
The Weather Channel has a show called "Storm Wranglers," whose two stars were killed in a crash on March 28, 2017, and Iowa residents may want to know that the incident has led to a wrongful death lawsuit. The two were chasing a tornado near the city of Spur, Texas,...
Family files wrongful death claim over duck boat accident
Iowa readers may be interested to learn that the family of two people killed in the Missouri duck boat accident in July has filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the boat's owners. The accident claimed the lives of 17 passengers, including nine members...
FMCSA analyzes 2016 data on Fatal truck crashes
The number of fatal crashes involving large trucks and passenger vehicles appears to be on the rise. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has just released a data drill-down report on the fatal large-truck crashes that occurred in 2016, finding a 3 percent...
Hospital responds to Bill Paxton wrongful death lawsuit
Iowa residents may be aware that Bill Paxton's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the medical facility where the actor died and the doctor who treated his heart condition. The family claim that the surgeon involved was inexperienced and not qualified to...
Traffic fatalities could be eliminated by 2050, says coalition
Safer roads could be in the future for Iowa drivers if the Road to Zero Coalition is successful in its stated goal of reducing traffic deaths to zero by 2050. With traffic fatalities in 2016 rising around the country to 37,461, a 5.6 percent climb compared to the...
