From an article in the Quad City paper today, 57% of Iowa’s work-related deaths were either farmers or truck drivers. This makes sense – those gear-jamming truck drivers put in a lot of miles, and often put in an insane amount of hours at a time. Trucking accidents are bound to happen.
Farmers use big machines, and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Wrongful Death’
January 17, 2008
Iowa’s work-related deaths mostly farmers, truckers
July 9, 2007
The Value of Wrongful Death Cases
One of the biggest challenges facing wrongful death attorneys and juries is to put a value on the life that was lost. Medical bills, lost wages, etc is the easy part – there’s a number for that. Things like pain and suffering (not usually recoverable in wrongful death cases), and loss of society or consortium [...]
April 11, 2007
Apparently losing an 11 year old girl is worth nothing
How much would a reasonable jury award for the wrongful death of an 11 year old girl?
Apparently in Polk County, Iowa, the proper measure of damages is medical expenses plus interest on burial.
The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed a Polk County judge’s denial of a new trial in Phelan-Ruden v. Suddreth. In the case, an 11 [...]
