Wrongful death lawsuit filed against former Franklin County Sheriff Ewell Hunt - www.roanoke.comThe suit contends that Ewell Hunt and two deputies failed to protect Chad English. Ewell Hunt, the former Franklin County sheriff, and two of his deputies failed to heed an informant's tip that might have prevented the murder of a 19-year-old man, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Mayo Clinic wrongful death trial beginsA 13-year-old girl's death after surgery at Saint Marys Hospital in 2009 is at issue in a wrongful death trial that started Monday, May 14, in Olmsted County District Court.
Tessa Price in Fatal Auto Accident in Wichita Falls, TX
According to recent news reports from Wichita Falls, Texas, 16-year-old Tessa Price died on Sunday, Feb. 13 after a fatal auto accident that occurred in the 3100 block of Seymour Highway near Ninth Street. The fatal accident happened around 9:16 p.m. when a 1992 GMC van, driven by Myron Robinson, 59, was headed the wrong-way in the eastbound lane of the highway and collided with a Ford pickup truck containing Price and Andrew Johns, 18. All three people involved in the wreck were taken to a local hospital, where Price later succumbed to her injuries. Robinson received treatment in the intensive care unit. Johns was taken by air on Monday to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas for facial trauma treatment. Wichita Falls police believe that alcohol may have played role in the accident. Robinson has several past arrests on record involving public intoxication, driving with a suspended license, and an October 1994 arrest for suspicion of DWI. Further investigations into the accident are being conducted. The possibility of pending charges was unknown as of the time of the news report.
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Should alcohol have played a contributing role to this tragic accident that claimed the life of a young, teenage girl, a suspected drunk driver can be held civilly liable for the consequences of their actions, regardless of whether or not criminal charges are also pressed against an alleged drunk driver. Furthermore, should a suspected drunk driver have become intoxicated at a bar or restaurant prior to causing an accident, a negligent alcohol-serving establishment may also bear liability for such a devastating wreck. This type of liability exists due to Texas dram shop law and is used in order to help prevent possible drunk driving accidents from occurring due to the over-serving of alcohol at bars or restaurants in Texas. However, if no such alcohol-serving entity was involved in leading up to this tragic accident, or even if the driver is found not to have been intoxicated at the time of the accident, such a suspected negligent driver can still be held liable for their alleged recklessness. Often, an independent investigation is conducted into such fatal accidents in order to ensure that all liable parties are identified so that they can be held accountable for their misdeeds.
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