by Ken Christensen | Jan 12, 2012 | Wrongful Death
What is a wrongful death, and when does it occur? A wrongful death occurs when an individual dies as a result of the negligent actions of another. This happened recently when a 62-year-old man from Jackson County, West Virginia was killed instantly when another car...
by Ken Christensen | Oct 18, 2011 | Wrongful Death
A 17-year-old female driver was killed Monday afternoon in West Jordan in a T-bone car accident. The accident occurred on New Bingham Highway near 5100 W where police say the teen driver pulled out in front of a pickup trick.The pickup T-boned the teen’s...
by Ken Christensen | Oct 5, 2011 | Car Accidents, Wrongful Death
A woman died in a rollover accident last week in Big Cottonwood Canyon after her jeep cut across several lanes of traffic and rolled into Big Cottonwood Creek. She was accompanied by an adult male passenger, was driving down the canyon after 3 pm when she evidently...
by Ken Christensen | Oct 4, 2011 | Wrongful Death
As it’s defined, wrongful death is “the taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons.” But there are many more specifics that govern this part of the law. In laymen’s terms this is simply a death caused...
by Ken Christensen | Aug 11, 2011 | Wrongful Death
A train-truck collision now has an after-math that crosses state lines after Stephen Shirley filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the John Davis Trucking Company. The driver of a truck collided with the Amtrak train at a Nevada intersection, causing six deaths and...
by Ken Christensen | Jul 29, 2011 | Car Accidents, Wrongful Death
Salt Lake car accident lawyers often represent victims of accidents caused by the negligence of others, but finding a liable party may be difficult in the case of a sink hole related fatality. Heavy rains caused a large sink hole to open up on a Utah highway. The road...
