Wrongful Death | InjuryBoard Fayetteville

The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled that the mother of a 17-year-old daughter murdered by the mother’s husband could pursue a punitive damages claim against police officers for failure to make an arrest and failure to warn the mother that her husband was still on the loose.

In July of 2000, 4-month-old Tyler Malcomb, was killed when he struck his head on his car seat hard plastic shell after the seat was ejected in a roll over crash. The manufacturer of the defected car seat, Evenflo Company, before this tragedy, had considered lining the shell of the "On My Way" car seat with foam. Unfortunately, the company decided not to install this padding. Tyler might have...

A teenager that has been sentenced to no less than twelve years in prison for a drunken-driving wreck that killed two people last year is now facing even more legal problems in his future. He now faces two wrongful death lawsuits stemming from the parents of the couple he killed.In December, the 19-year-old pled no contest to two counts of second-degree murder in the death of Eddel, 22, and...