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13 Nov 2018 Companies Agree to Pay $24M Over Construction Worker’s Brain Injury According to court papers, plaintiff Leon Oates, a construction worker, broke through a drop ceiling tile during the construction project and fell about 15 feet, before falling another roughly 15 feet down a concrete staircase, leaving him in a “semi-conscious, ... Read Story

25 Oct 2018 Rome Escalator Disaster Appears Identical to 2007 Giants Stadium Safety Failure Trial attorney Larry Bendesky, an international authority on escalator-safety failures, says yesterday’s escalator accident in a Rome subway station appears nearly identical to the 2007 Giants Stadium, New Jersey disaster in which numerous football fans were severely injured when the ... Read Story

15 Oct 2018 Owner of Branson, Missouri Death-trap Duck Boat Insults Dead, Survivors, Claiming Lives Lost Are Worthless Ripley’s Entertainment, Inc., owner-operator of the Branson, Missouri duck boat that outrageously and recklessly killed 17 victims and injured 14 others, today issued an insulting and insensitive statement about its callous and calculated lawsuit—citing an 1851 Federal limitation of liability ... Read Story

13 Sep 2018 Safer Streets for City Cyclists Results from Landmark $6 Million-Plus Settlement in Memory of Emily Fredericks PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 13, 2018) – The family of 24-year-old Emily Fredricks, who was killed as she biked to work in Center City last November, is transforming their grief into significant action, as a result of a landmark $6 million-plus ... Read Story

12 Sep 2018 Parents of Fatal Bicycle Crash Victim Emily Fredricks Join Their Attorneys Tomorrow for Major Announcement PHILADELPHIA, PA (September 12, 2018) – The parents of 24-year-old Emily Fredricks, who was killed in Center City Philadelphia as she biked to work last November, will join their attorneys tomorrow for a major announcement regarding the tragedy and public ... Read Story

6 Sep 2018 Eight Relatives – “Survivors Who are Scarred for Life” After the July 19th Missouri Duck Boat Disaster – Jointly File a Lawsuit Against Ripley Entertainment and Others Eight more Branson, Missouri duck boat disaster victims – survivors who are related and range in age from 10 to 64 – today jointly filed a lawsuit in Federal court here to hold Ripley Entertainment, the duck boat’s owner, and ... Read Story

4 Sep 2018 Tia Coleman Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Those Responsible for The Death of Her Husband and Their Three Children in The Branson, Missouri Duck Boat Disaster Download Tia Coleman Wrongful Death Complaint KANSAS CITY, MO (September 4, 2018) – Tia Coleman, whose husband and their three children drowned in the Branson, Missouri duck boat disaster, today filed a lawsuit against the corporations responsible for operating the ... Read Story

17 Aug 2018 Tia Coleman Wants ‘Death Trap’ Duck Boats Banned Tia Coleman wants ‘death trap’ duck boats banned. Read Story

14 Aug 2018 Branson Disaster Survivor Tia Coleman, Despite a Broken Heart and Empty House, Is Determined to Help Ban Death Trap Duck Boats Download Tia ColemanDownload Tia Coleman Her husband and three children, ages 1, 7, and 9 were among the 17 fatalities Read Story

13 Aug 2018 Survivor Tia Coleman to Provide First Update Since Returning Home After Her Husband and Three Children Were Among The 17 Killed in The Branson, Missouri Duck Boat Disaster INDIANAPOLIS (August 13, 2018) – Tomorrow, Tia Coleman, whose husband Glenn, 40, and three young children – Arya, 1, Evan, 7, and Reece, 9 – were among the 17 killed in last month’s duck boat disaster in Branson, Missouri, will ... Read Story