Wrongful Death

• Foster Child's Death From Child Abuse

  Larry Buckfire | April 18, 2007 6:59 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  A very tragic end to a young innocent life. The death of a 3-year-old boy who was living in a Van Buren Township foster home was ruled a homicide Tuesday. He suffered from child abuse and died from significant trauma to the head. This is the third case of a child dying in a licensed foster care home in Michigan in the last year alone. Foster care agencies, foster care parents, and others may...

• Tara Grant's Sister Files Michigan Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Larry Buckfire | April 05, 2007 8:26 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  "He left his two children without a mother or their home or any real sense of normalcy," Standerfer told The Macomb Daily for a story published Thursday.The sister of a Tara Grant, the mother of two young children, whose torso was found in her Washington Township garage last month, has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Stephen Grant, the suspect in his wife's killing. The...

• Wrongful Death Due to Medication Mix-Up

  Larry Buckfire | March 27, 2007 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  The family of a patient who died because of a drug mix-up during surgery agreed to a $1.775 million settlement of their wrongful death case. The suit claims doctors accidentally gave the patient the wrong drug and failed to tell the patient's family how he died. The original death certificate said the patient died of natural causes, however it was changed after the body was exhumed, according to...