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Earlier in 2015, a family brought a wrongful death suit against a police department after their family member was killed while in police custody. According to local New Mexico news reports, the case remained at the state level until recently, when a federal lawsuit was brought by the family. The family alleges that in January…

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of South Carolina decided a case in favor of a plaintiff who lost her husband in a tragic equipment-related accident. In the case, Riley v. Ford Motor Company, the court determined that the trial judge properly adjusted the damages award in favor of the plaintiff after the jury…

Earlier this month in Hobbs, New Mexico, one man was killed when the vehicle he was operating was struck by another vehicle being operated by a driver with a suspended license. According to one local news source, the accident took place on southbound NM 132. Evidently, the driver of a Ford pickup truck was…

Recently, the Supreme Court of Texas released a per curiam opinion in the case of Lawson v. City of Diboll. The case surrounds an incident where an individual suffered injuries after tripping and falling while she was leaving a baseball field in a city park. The family of the woman filed a premises liability…

Earlier this month, two people were killed at the scene of an accident on Interstate 25 in New Mexico. According to one local news report, the two people were killed as a result of a driver who was proceeding in the wrong direction. Evidently, the accident occurred in the early morning hours of September…

Earlier this month, a tragic accident took the lives of a mother, her two daughters, and her sister. According to one local news report, the accident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on September 7th. Evidently, the woman tried to make a turn from one road to another when the pickup truck driver, who was…

The Supreme Court recently released an opinion in a product liability case, Badilla v. Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc. The plaintiff in the case brought a product liability claim against Wal-Mart after he suffered an injury due to an allegedly faulty shoe he bought from their store. According to the opinion, the plaintiff purchased boots…

Earlier this month, a man who was involved in a fatal accident with a motorcycle was sentenced to the statutory maximum for a second offense in the State of New Mexico. According to one local news report, the fatal accident took place back in 2014, and it involved the defendant crashing his truck into…

A California Superior Court reversed a lower court’s decision in Castro vs. City of Thousand Oaks, in which the plaintiffs brought a suit against a city after they were hit in a crosswalk. According to the court’s written opinion, a woman, her two children, and two other children in her care were waiting at…

Earlier last month in Rio Rancho, a construction site accident claimed the life of one man and seriously injured several others when five-story scaffolding collapsed at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center. According to one local news report, the accident occurred as crews were working on constructing the east wing of the facility, which was slated…