Wrongful Death Law
 
Cody Paterson, et al. v. State of Mississippi

Tupelo, Mississippi, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a governmental tort claim wrongful death claim.

ohnny Patterson was struck and killed by a vehicle while acting within the course andscope of his employment as a school resource officer. Allegedly, the accident was the result,in part, of an inoperable warning sign on a roadway maintained by the Mississip

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James Gibson v. City of Chicago, et al.

Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.

Plaintiff James Gibson spent over twenty-nine years in prison for a crime he did not commit. After the state court dismissed all charges against him, Gibson filed this civil rights complaint against the City of Chicago, the Estate of Jon Burge, who served as the commander of t

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United States of America v. Joseph Preston Anderson, Tiffany Amber Stevens, Kalub Robinson

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl, the use of which resulted in an overdose death

Fentanyl Overdose Death Leads to Oklahoma Trio being Sentenced to Serve 26 Years Collectively in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Distributio

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United States of America v. Cory Spurlock

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder-For-Hire Conspiracy, Tampering With A Witness By Killing, Stalking Resulting In Death, And Firearm And Drug Charges

Jury Convicts Montana Man Of Murder-For-Hire Conspiracy, Tampering With A Witness By Killing,

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State of Texas v. Omar Marzouk

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Omar Marzouk, 38, has been charged with murder in the death of Jimmy Arevalo,

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Elijah Dwayne Joubert v. Eric Guerrero

Houston, Texas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death
for his involvement in the attempted robbery and murder of a check cashing
store employee and a policeman seeking a certificate of appealability.

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United States of America v. Joshua Martin

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with causing death through the use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense.

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United States of America v. Christopher Lawrence Stouffer

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child and possession of child pornography.


Federal law aggressively criminalizes and punishes the sexual exploitation of children, primarily through laws found in Title 18 of the U.S. Code.

The key statute is 18 U.S.C. § 2251, which broadly prohibits the use, enticement, or

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United States of America v. Luis Pablo Estolano-Velasquez. Adan Jaimes-Gomez, Jose Alvarado-Aguirr, Franklin Geovanny Escobar-Matias, Jose Mauricio, Jose Mauricio

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Convicted murderer among 306 people charged in border security-related cases during second week of September



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State of New York v. Mark G. Whalen

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident, grand larcey, reckless driving, and fleeing from a police officer,

Mark Whalen, age 32, pleaded guilty, as charged, to the following offenses:

One count of Manslaughter in the Second Degree (Class C felony)
One count of Leaving the Scene of

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State of New York v. Jason S. Kuruoglu

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder after stabbing and killing Melida Velasquez, 59.

Velasauez was found stabbed to death in her home.

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Ian Miller v. Spencer Jackson and Sean Roycroft

Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights wrongful death excessive force case.

Robert Miller died during a run-in with Barnstable
police officers Sean Roycroft and Spencer Jackson at his Cape Cod
home in 2019. He was 63. A big question is how this happened.

The parties (whose names appear in our caption) give differing

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Brad O'Brien v. United States of America

Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act wrongful death medical malpractice claim.

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United States of America v. Ephren Taylor, II

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus.

When it comes to federal habeas petitions, finality matters.
Without it, applications for habeas relief can quickly become un-
wieldy. To promote finality, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b) and 2255(h),
pr

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United States of America v. Desmond Waukau

Milwaukee, WI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Involuntary Manslaughter Related to Vehicular Crash on Menominee Indian Reservation

Prison Sentence for Man Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter Related to Vehicular Crash on Menominee Indian Reservation

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United States of America v. Jeremy Barr

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged making pipe bombs

Collinsville man imprisoned 46 months for pipe bomb






A Collinsvill

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Karen Brenner and William Brenner v. Progressive Hawaii Insurance Corp.

New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a insurance law question relating to a car wreck.

This case was filed in the Civil District Court, Orleans Parish, 24-06914 D-12 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

Louisiana's direct action insurance law changed significantly in August 2024, generally
eliminating the right to sue an i

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Jimmy Heath v. Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., et al.

New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act claim theory.

The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) is
a federal law providing compensation, medical care, and vocational rehabilitation for workers injured on the job in traditional maritime industries, such as longshoring, shipbuildin

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United States of America v. Robert Anthony Marsh, Jr.

Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking and Gun Possession Case

Lowndes County Woman Sentenced in Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking and Gun Possession Case


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The People of the State of California v. Rockim Prowell

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Rockim Prowell (dob 12/18/90) of Inglewood was charged in case 25CJCF05804 with two counts of murder with the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders. He also faces one count of attempted murder, two counts each of carjacking and second-degree burglary and one count of assault with a

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United States of America v. Jailen Lucas, and Kelvin Thomas, Jr.

Washington, District of Columbia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Congressional Intern’s Murder

U.S. Marshals, Tactical K9 Arrest Two Suspects in Congressional Intern’s Murder


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Jane Doe 1 v. City View Independent school District

Wichita Falls, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

Jane Doe attended high school in City View ISD from the fall of 2016
to the spring of 2020.1 Robert Morris was employed as a teacher and coach
at City View ISD while Doe was a student there. In 2016, Morris allegedly
began emotionally and sexually abusing Doe, then a fiftee

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United States of America v. Jasveen Sangha, aka "Ketamine Queen"

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of ketamine.

Jasveen Sangha, age 42, also known as the "Ketamine Queen" pleaded guilty to providing the dose of ketamine that led to Matthew Perry's death in October 2023.

She is the fifth and final person to be convicted in connection with the "Friends" actor's fata

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Lopez Jimenez v. Sanchez Guarneros

Richland, Washington family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act case.

The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a U.S. federal law that implements the
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, providing a legal framework for the prompt return of children who have been wrongfully removed or r

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State of Idaho v. Saengutone Ty Maria

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Saengutone Ty Maria, 33, of Nampa, Idaho was charged with first-degree murder.

Police responded to several calls of shots fired and the possibility of an injury in the parking lot of a hotel in the 4100 block of East Flamingo Ave. in Nampa, and found the victim, who had been shot to d

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