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Widower of Maine Car Accident Victim Sues Two Drivers

The surviving husband of a 67-year-old woman who died as a passenger in a Maine car accident has filed a lawsuit to recover damages from the two drivers involved in the wreck. One of those drivers is a young, uninsured motorist who was without a license at the time of…

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Metro Prop. & Cas. Inc. Co. v. Estate of Benson – Compensation for Fatal Criminal Attack

When serious or fatal injuries are caused by another person’s negligence, the victim and/or surviving family have a right to pursue compensation for their losses. However, when the injuries sustained are the result of an intentional act, collecting becomes a more complicated matter. The reason is that while victims are…

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Man Accused of DUI Manslaughter in Fatal Maine Accident

The 23-year-old man was allegedly driving so drunk, his blood-alcohol level was 0.21 – nearly three times the legal limit for a driver of legal drinking age – when he crashed his vehicle, killing one of his passengers and critically injuring another. That crash occurred on Annis Road in Bangor…

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Reducing Maine Hospital Infections the Goal for Woman Whose Father Died of One

Kathy Day, a nurse from Maine, said she has always striven to be an advocate for patients. But that drive became a passion after the death of her 83-year-old father. He died weeks after suffering a hospital-acquired infection while he was being treated for a broken leg. After breaking the…

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ATV Lawsuit in Maine Filed by Family of Teen

The family of a 16-year-old boy killed in a Maine ATV accident last summer has filed a civil lawsuit against the family of another 16-year-old who was driving the car with which he collided. According to the crash report, the decedent was operating the ATV (all-terrain vehicle) behind the vehicle…

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Maine Nursing Home Death Investigated by State Safety Officials

Falls in nursing homes are not all that uncommon, but they are generally preventable – particularly when they involve a patient falling out of a window. According to The Bangor Daily News, state health officials in Frenchville launched an investigation into a nursing home in late November, following the death…

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Brown v. Austin: Hunting Death Weighed by Maine Court

The Androscoggin Superior Court has granted a pre-judgment writ of attachment requested by the surviving family of a man killed in an apparent hunting accident near his home. In the case of Brown v. Austin, the judge ruled it was more likely than not that the plaintiff will succeed in…

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Estate of Boulier v. Presque Isle Nursing Home – Maine Nursing Home Falls

The elderly are more susceptible to injury-causing falls, which is why nursing homes and other assisted care facilities have a duty to ensure that preventative measures are in place and that proper treatment is offered should one occur. However, our Bangor wrongful death lawyers recognize that it is not enough…

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Mother and daughter killed in crash on Bailey Road in Knox

As reported in the Portland Press Herald on December 15, 2010 ” . . . A Subaru Outback driven by Laura Breault, 48, of Knox, was heading east toward Brooks. Breault was taking her 15-year-old daughter, Jessica, to school, Keating said. Coming toward them from the west was a tractor-trailer…

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