One aspect of wrongful death cases in Georgia courtrooms is valuing how much income the decedents might have earned over their lifetime if they had lived. Plaintiffs may request certain amounts, and insurance companies may offer much less based on the victim's gender...
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Estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown wins wrongful death suit
A Georgia jury in Fulton County will have a chance to decide the size of settlement owed the estate of Bobbi Kristina Brown by her boyfriend. Brown, the daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston, died in July 2015 after being found unconscious in a bathtub on Jan....
Determining damages for wrongful death
In Georgia, a loved one may be able to seek monetary compensation from a party that causes the death of a family member. The amount of compensation that may be available is based on a number of factors related to the cause of death, the relationship between the loved...
Parents of teen sue Hooters for serving him alcohol
On Aug. 31, it was reported that the parents of a Georgia teenager filed a wrongful death claim against a Hooters restaurant after he was struck by a vehicle while leaving the establishment. The teenager was struck and killed in May 2016 when he was attempting to...
Slain gun instructor’s family files lawsuit against gun range
Some Georgians may have heard about the Arizona gun instructor who was killed when a 9-year-old girl accidentally shot him with an Uzi. According to sources, the instructor's family has now filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against the gun range where the accident...
Family alleges negligence in wrongful death suit
Georgia residents may have heard about a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed by family members of one of the seven people killed in a plane crash in May 2014. The plane, a Gulfstream IV, crashed and caught on fire shortly after takeoff at Hanscom Field, an aviation...
Wrongful death lawsuit against Jenner dropped
Georgia residents who are following Caitlyn Jenner's fatal car accident may be interested to learn that one of the lawsuits against Jenner was dropped late January. On Jan. 25, Jenner's attorney confirmed the report but there was no other information available. In...
Movie theater company sued for fatal shooting
Georgia residents may remember a deadly shooting incident that took place at a movie theater in Florida. In 2014, a 73-year-old man fatally shot a man and shot the man's wife in the hand while movie previews were playing at the Wesley Chapel movie theater.According to...
College suspends fraternity after death of pledge
New information in a wrongful death case involving a 19-year-old Clemson fraternity pledge could help determine how he died. The anonymous witness said that the Sigma Phi Epsilon hopeful was forced to walk on a bridge just before his death in September 2014. Georgia...
Driver Tony Stewart faces wrongful death suit
Georgia residents might be interested in learning more about the wrongful death suit filed against NASCAR driver Tony Stewart. In August 2014, Stewart was involved in an accident that left another driver dead during the Empire Super Sprints race at a raceway in...