wrongful death

A Massachusetts appeals court has ruled in favor of the City of Taunton in a wrongful death case brought by the family of a fatal stabbing victim. The civil case had claimed that a slow and negligent response by first responders caused the wrongful death of Patricia Slavin, 80, who was fatally stabbed in her Myricks Street home in May of 2016...

DEDHAM — The mother of a teenager who killed himself has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Massachusetts woman convicted of manslaughter for encouraging him to take his own life. Lynn Roy is seeking $4.2 million in lost future wages for her son Conrad Roy III...

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for the mother of a man killed by Aaron Hernandez will not be allowed access to his brain, blood and urine samples in support of her wrongful death suit against the former NFL star's estate. Attorneys for Ursula Ward—the mother of Odin Lloyd—had asked a judge to order the preservation of the tissue and fluid samples gathered by the autopsy after Hernandez's suicide for their

The parents of an 11-year-old Somerset girl who died after choking on a marshmallow at a friend's birthday party have filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

Update (4:32pm): A Massachusetts judge has granted a restraining order preserving some of former Patriot Aaron Hernandez's assets in connection with a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of the man he's accused of killing. The judge accepted a temporary agreement between attorneys for Hernandez and Odin Lloyd's family that the ex-player's mansion could be used to satisfy any future judgment in th

The family of a New Bedford man who died in police custody two years ago,  has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Federal Court against five city police officers.