Criminal Law

Kern Death Threats Aren't Death Threats
While the religious right media is screaming about Sally Kern receiving 30,000 emails and pretending that they're all death threats, the Oklahoma police are going over those emails and even the few that they claim are death threats really aren't...

Dutch Parliament Member warns: "tsunami of Islamization"
Much as Salman Rushdie received death threats over a book few of his would-be assassins had read, Mr...

UK: Bishop of Oxford gets death threats for backing Muslim prayer call
"Bishop of Oxford the Rt Rev John Pritchard has revealed that he has been sent death threats after voicing his support to allow a local mosque broadcast a Muslim call to prayer, Adhan, in the city every Friday...

Serbia war crimes prosecutor facing death threats

Halfteck on Legislative Threats
Guy Halfteck (Harvard University - John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business) has posted Legislative Threats (Stanford Law Review, Vol...

Digital Threats: Emerging Predatory Behaviors in the Workplace
Increasingly, digital threats are emerging as a new variant of workplace violence: Malicious, digitally-based threats have appeared as a new weapon for the disgruntled employee to perpetrate malice or unwanted pursuit.

Report Offers Motor Vehicle Accident Death Rates in Frederick County, Maryland Between 2001 and 2006
A recent analysis by the Frederick News-Post of deadly accidents i...

$16 Million Jury Award for Heart Attack Death Among Largest Medical Malpractice Verdicts in Connecticut
October 3, 2007 issue of Newsday reports: "BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A S...

Death of Elderly Man Results in $1.7 Million Philadelphia Verdict When a Ventilator Mucus Plug Suffocates Him
The Estate of 77 year old man was awarded $1.7 million by a Philad...

John Ritter’s Family Takes $67 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit to Court
Jury selection in the wrongful death of actor John Ritter began in...

Parents of Illinois teen found guilty following auto accident resulting in death
Injuries and even death are often a tragic result when alcohol and...

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Can a person adopt if they are a convicted drug felon?
This is largely dependent on the specific laws in the applicable jurisdiction, a...

Is a surviving spouse (wife) responsible for the credit card debt that was in their deceased spourse's (husband's) name?
when my father died my mother sent a letter and a copy of a death certificate ( ...

When selling an inherited home, how to make sure that the beneficiaries are taxed on the stepped up basis?
The cost basis at which the beneficiaries receive the property is the current fa...

My husband and I were married in 1995. He had a will, leaving everything to his brothers and sisters at his death. 1 brother and 1 sister has died since and He has never changed his will to include me or anything...Legal
Most jurisdictions have some form of "spousal right of election". This means, t...

What pet food brands have been recalled?
Wet foods-- those that include soft food and gravy, typically packaged in cans--...

Oil and Gas
industry workers allegedly subject to serious accident injury from hazardous conditions.

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.

Taser Death
allegedly directly causing or leading to complications resulting in death.

Steelworker's Death
Prost Builders Inc. and Pro Building Solutions Inc. agree to $335,000 settlement after employee falls to his death.

Falling Tree
City of Anaheim pays $700,000 wrongful death settlement after tree crushes a man to death while in his van.

Procrit
Associated with Death in Stroke Study