The settlement stems from a wrongful-death lawsuit the family of Anthony Rea filed in May 2009 in San Mateo County Superior Court, and later moved to federal court, against Caltrain and Amtrak, whose engineers operate the trains

The mother of an Oklahoma man believed to have been killed by an Arizona prison escapee has filed a $10 million claim against Arizona and a wrongful death lawsuit against the private company tha...

The mother of an Oklahoma man believed to have been killed by an Arizona prison escapee has filed a $10 million claim against Arizona and a wrongful death lawsuit against the private company that operates the prison that housed the fugitive.

Nursing home operator ordered to pay $43.5 million in wrongful death lawsuit

Joe Jackson's civil lawsuit against Dr. Conrad Murray over the death of pop icon Michael Jackson can now move forward, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned. PHOTOS: Katherine Jackson Holds Memorial For King Of Pop In His Hometown

A Brookfield family filed a wrongful death lawsuit Sept. 2 against ManorCare of Hinsdale, citing neglect and improper care. Dolores “Dee” Howorth, a former Western Springs and Woodridge resident, died at age 74 on April 15, 2009 from acute renal failure caused by dehydration.

AUSTIN, Texas -- A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips and his wife, accusing the couple of allowing minors to drink alcohol at their home before the 2009 death of a teenager. The law ...

A mother whose daughter was struck and killed while walking with a friend in June wants more answers - and some kind of charges - after learning a couple in the car had been drinking and have law enforcement connections.

Papers in a wrongful-death suit name Charles Glen Reep and Michael Alvarado as the policemen who fatally shot Leroy Barnes Jr. in 2009 during a traffic stop. A union had fought release of the names. Two Pasadena police officers, whose names were kept secret after they shot and killed a parolee last year, were identified this week in federal court papers filed by an attorney representing the dead ...

Former Texas chief justice, wife sued over alcohol-related teenage death