Category: Wrongful Death
Homeowner lays in ambush for burglar and kills him
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Wrongful Death on Thursday, January 17, 2013. Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law is back in the headlines again, this time in North Miami-Dade. A 19 year-old man was at home in his apartment a few days ago when a burglar broke in.…
Toyota settles first of hundreds of wrongful death cases
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, February 1, 2013. Last month, Toyota Motor Corporation settled the first in what will eventually be hundreds of pending wrongful death and injury lawsuits over sudden, unintended acceleration of Toyota vehicles. The agreement reached last month was connected to…
High court finds arbitration agreement binding on daughter of deceased nursing home resident
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, February 22, 2013. The Florida Supreme Court recently determined that a lawsuit connected to the death of a former nursing-home patient in Leesburg should go to arbitration, a form of dispute resolution that takes place outside the courts. The…
Wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of family that perished in truck accident
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, May 3, 2013. Last month, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed in District Court in Louisville on behalf of four Wisconsin residents who died in a truck accident last month on Interstate 65 near Glendale, Kentucky. The suit named…
Settlement reached after worksite collapse causes injuries, deaths
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Wrongful Death on Friday, May 31, 2013. Workers have the right to safety in the workplace, the ability to earn wages in an environment that is secure and without threat to their health and wellbeing. Yet sometimes employers fail to provide such an…
