Wrongful Death

• Kentucky Supreme Court Extends Spouse Loss of Consortium Beyond the Death of the Spouse

  Karl Truman | October 28, 2009 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Kentucky law has long held that a consortium claim was based in common law and historically it ended with the spouse's death. The reasoning was that death terminated any possibility of a spousal...

• Unborn Fetus Not a "Child" Under Wrongful Death Statute

  Karl Truman | September 07, 2009 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  On March 21, 2007, Megan Nelson, was 9 months pregnant with a baby girl. She was driving her car on State Road 10 in Newton County, Indiana. A semi-tractor passing another car hit Megan head-on....

• Substantial Damages Awarded to Hunter's Widow

  Karl Truman | February 18, 2009 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  An Indiana jury has ordered three companies to pay $157 million to the family of a man who died after the tree stand he was using to hunt deer malfunctioned. Jurors reached the verdict after the...

• Thirteen Year Old Boy Collapsed and Died During Basketball Practice

  Karl Truman | February 05, 2009 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  In November 0f 2003, a thirteen year-old boy was an 8th grade student in the Clay Community School Corporation in Brazil, Indiana. He was a member of the basketball team. During basketball...

• Pleasure Ridge Park Football Coach Charged with Reckless Homicide

  Karl Truman | January 26, 2009 8:53 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  PRP head coach David Jason Stinson has been indicted on the charge of reckless homicide for the death of one of his players. One of his players, 15 year old Max Gilpin died from heat stroke suffered...