Legal News

Corporate Criminal Liability - Involuntary Manslaughter Charges in France
Alan Cowell of the New York Times wrote about the recent indictment in France against Continental Airlines and some employees for charges of involuntary manslaughter related to the Concorde crash in 2000...

Misdemeanor verdict in manslaughter prosecution
Here is a Topeka Capital-Journal article reporting that Michael Francis won a vehicular homicide verdict in a Shawnee County DUI-Manslaughter prosecution.

Ind. Courts - "Fight delays manslaughter trial"
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported early this afternoon in a brief story that begins:A fistfight at the doors to an Allen County courtroom Monday morning caused a five-month delay in a voluntary manslaughter trial scheduled...

MO fugitive hunter charged with involuntary manslaughter
The story is from Cape Girardeau. A fugitive investigator working for the state allegedly shot a parole absconder in the back on Feb...

Dallas Resident Charged with Intoxication Manslaughter
A Dallas man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter of a 70-year-old Garland man as the result of an automobile accident in Dallas Thursday, March 6...

Carney Man Pleads Guilty To Negligent Manslaughter in 2007 Maryland Boating Accident that Killed an Ellicott Man
In Baltimore County Circuit Court last week, William C. Spittel was sentenced to six months in jail and a $2,500 fine after he pled guilty to one count of negligent manslaughter by vessel...