The family of an Arkansas teenager has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of a tractor-trailer that hit and killed the teenager in Texas last August.

The driver, as well as his employer, will be acting as the defendants in the case. The family is claiming that the man was acting negligently when he was texting and driving just before hitting the teenager near Hooks, Texas. The lawsuit states that he dropped his phone on the floorboard of his car, and when he tried to retrieve it, lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the teenager. The Arkansas teenager was outside of her vehicle because she had just been involved in another car accident and she was assessing the damage of her car.

The accident happened along Interstate 30 and the tractor-trailer driver also crashed into the other vehicle involved in the initial wreck. Three people were taken to the hospital, including the driver, to be treated for varying injuries. The teenager died at the scene. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed on Friday in East Texas.

On February 9, 2011, massive fires due to a gas explosion erupted in Allentown, Pennsylvania ruining numerous homes in the area. Several people lost their lives in the fires as well, and that is where the wrongful death lawsuits come into play.

Three separate Pennsylvania families have filed wrongful death lawsuits against the Reading company, UGI. The suits claim that the company acted negligently when looking into old and faulty gas pipes in the area where the explosion ultimately occurred and believe their negligence resulted in the deaths of their family members.

They are seeking damages under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Act. The actual amount being sought in the cases have not been released publicly.

Please contact the Pennsylvania wrongful death lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511 if you need assistance with a wrongful death lawsuit.

All of the wrongful death lawsuits pertaining to the mining disaster at Upper Big Branch have been settled, according to representatives for the families. The huge West Virginia mining disaster that happened in 2010 took the lives of 29 miners.

The lawsuits were filed by the families of the deceased minors against Alpha Natural Resources, the company now held responsible for the huge mining explosion. The last 13 families agreed on settlements offered by Alpha, only after several days of conference meetings.

The families are pleased with the settlements, but they ultimately want the people who were responsible for the safety conditions of the mine to be prosecuted. The amount of the wrongful death lawsuit settlements were not made public.

If you need assistance with a wrongful death lawsuit, please contact the Pennsylvania wrongful death lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511 today.

A terrible helicopter accident in Las Vegas, Nevada that occurred early in December left all passengers as well as the pilot dead.

Sundance Helicopters Incorporated is the company responsible for putting on the helicopter tour in Las Vegas, Nevada that killed five people, two couples and the pilot. The second wrongful death lawsuit in the crash has recently been filed.

The four children of one of the couples aboard the helicopter  have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Their parents were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. The damages they are looking to obtain were not specified in the filing. Earlier in the month, family members of a honeymooning couple also sought damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against the helicopter company.

If you are in need of assistance with a wrongful death lawsuit, please contact the Pennsylvania wrongful death lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511 today.

A 42-year-old mother of three has passed away after a botched cosmetic surgery.

The Las Vegas woman was undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks when she developed a severe reaction to lidocaine and died shortly after the injection. A Colombian husband and wife were behind the botched surgery. They came from Colombia to establish an illegal medical practice in Las Vegas.

The couple is currently in jail serving time for involuntary manslaughter. The woman’s husband, as well as her children, have filed two separate wrongful death lawsuits against the surgeons, asking for upwards of $10,000 in damages for their loss.

If you are in need of assistance with a wrongful death lawsuit, please contact the Pennsylvania wrongful death lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511 today.