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wrongful death
     n : a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence;
         a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action
         for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or
         heirs

Obama, McCain on the issues

Published August 28, 2008, 4:28 pm, AP via Yahoo! News

A look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on a selection of issues as the national party conventions affirm their presidential nominations and launch the fall campaign:

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Chinese Bank Denies Claims That Negligent Wire Transfers Helped Terrorists

Published August 27, 2008, 7:16 pm, Law.com

Officials of the Bank of China are denying charges that the bank negligently transferred money to terrorists in Israel. The claims stem from a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of more than 100 family members of Israeli terror victims. The suit charges the bank with "intentionally, recklessly, and negligently providing extensive banking services to the Palestine Islamic Jihad ...

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Parents of 2 bicyclists run down by deputy sue Santa Clara County

Published August 27, 2008, 5:52 pm, San Francisco Chronicle

The parents of the two bicyclists who were struck and killed by a Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy have filed wrongful-death lawsuits against the county, their attorneys said Wednesday. Deputy James Council is responsible for the March 9 deaths of Matt...

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San Francisco to pay family of man who fell from Nob Hill roof

Published August 26, 2008, 1:22 pm, San Francisco Chronicle

The City Attorney's Office has reached a tentative settlement with the parents of a Seattle man who plunged to his death from a Nob Hill rooftop in 2006 during a rescue attempt by a San Francisco fire lieutenant, court records show. The settlement in the...

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Family blames sanctuary policy in 3 slayings

Published August 23, 2008, 8:37 am, San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco's immigrant sanctuary policies played a "substantial" role in the slayings of a father and two of his sons by allowing city officials to shield the alleged killer from deportation, despite his violent history, according to a legal claim filed...

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Slaying victims' family moves to sue S.F. over sanctuary law

Published August 22, 2008, 4:22 pm, San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco's immigrant sanctuary policies played a "substantial" role in the deaths of a father and two of his sons by allowing city officials to shield the alleged killer from deportation, despite his violent history, according to a legal claim filed...

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Murder suspect sued by family

Published August 21, 2008, 9:36 pm, The Myrtle Beach Sun News

The family of a Litchfield Beach woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and negligent hiring lawsuit against Shane Earl Lawshe and his former employer, Edwin Cox, for the death of Julianne Blakeley. Lawshe is charged with murder in the death of Blakeley, whose body was found in her home in September. He faces the death penalty. The Blakeley family is asking for unspecified damages in the civil ...

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Ex-Louisiana Officer Arraigned in Taser Death

Published August 21, 2008, 8:19 pm, Officer.com

A former police officer accused of repeatedly jolting a handcuffed man with a Taser before he died pleaded not guilty Thursday to a manslaughter charge.

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