Archives : 2008 : April
Man Drives Self and Girlfriend’s Kids Off Cliff
Some things you just can’t make up. A 41-year-old man can expect to be arrested when he gets released from hospital following a crash in which he tried to drive himself and his girlfriend’s two sons down a 65-foot embankment.
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Chaka Khan to Pay $1.3 Million in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
There’s not going to be a way for Chaka Khan to sing her way out of this. The 10-time Grammy winner might have been able to see her 29-year-old son, Damien Holland, out of jail for the murder of a teenager in her home, but it’s time for her to loosen the purse strings, and shell out $1.3 million to the boy’s family.
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Lawsuits Filed in Belmont School Crash
Two students who were involved in an accident at Ralston Middle School last year have filed lawsuits. The accident, which occurred on May 2 last year, occurred when Mauro Yan, a 70-year-old man driving a sport utility vehicle, rammed into a group of school children who were standing at the curb waiting for the bus. At least 13 students were injured. The SUV ended up slammed against a tree after hitting the students, and several of the victims found themselves trapped below the SUV. Luckily, there was a gap, and nobody was crushed; injuries could otherwise have been more severe.
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Court Rules Dallas City Can Be Sued for Gorilla Attack
When Jabari, the 13-year-old 340-pound gorilla at the Dallas Zoo, executed a flying leap that landed him out of his enclosure and right into a bunch of terrified visitors, it was the wildest thing people at the Wilds of Africa exhibit at the zoo had seen. The gorilla went on a rampage, picking a toddler up with his teeth and then biting him. It also attacked another woman and her child. In all, the gorilla rampage injured four visitors to the zoo who had been unfortunate enough to be outside his enclosure that particular day. The pandemonium continued for a few minutes before zoo security keepers shot the animal dead.
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Settlements Reached in Cook County Building Fire
A series of settlements have been announced in the Cook County Administration Building fire of 2003, which killed six people. Victims will now receive $25.3 million, of which Cook County will pay $9 million.
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Man Charged in Monterey SUV Rollover
It must be hard to be Dominick Narigi – not only was the 19-year-old driving in an SUV rollover accident that killed his brother Anthony, but the Salinas resident has now been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.
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Pilot’s Family Wins Lawsuit in Plane Crash Case
Robert Young’s family will finally have the closure they’ve been waiting for. Six years after the Monroe businessman was killed in a plane crash in Oak Grove, a jury has awarded a settlement of $4 million to be paid by the company that manufactured the faulty engine that was seen to have been the cause of the crash. Teledyne Continental Motors, the company that manufactured the engine, will pay the settlement to Young’s family.
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Dog Attack Victim’s Family Waits for Settlement
13-year-old Daniel Decembre should be looking forward to his teenage years and boisterous times with his friends. Instead, the young boy can never visit friends, he has them come over instead. The looks of horror and fright on the faces of people around him when he steps out of the house have turned this child into a social recluse. To get to know Daniel, onlookers first have to get past the sight of his face, scarred from a pit bull attack, with scar tissue on one ear and the other one missing.
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Lawsuit Filed in Montana Bus Crash
When the bus carrying 27 Montana prison employees rolled and crashed on Interstate 90 near Warm Springs, the fiberglass body of the bus disintegrated. The framework was crushed like a shoebox, and it’s actually a miracle more people were not killed in the wreckage. When the wreckage had been cleared, one woman was killed, and 26 others were injured in the crash.
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DUI Charges Dismissed in Medford Crash
In an ideal world, Stephen R. Catalano would be facing the prospect of many years in a jail cell. Instead, the man who caused the death of a 14-year-old girl and injured at least 10 others faces the prospect of having his prison time reduced, if he is convicted.
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