Hospital sued over actor's death
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The family of US star John Ritter, who died of heart problems, sue the hospital where he was treated.
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Just days before his death, the Brooklyn middle-school student who died from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection had visited a hospital with skin lesions and was treated with allergy medicine, according to the family's lawyer, Paul Weitz.
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The biological mother of a girl who authorities say suffered severe brain injuries at the hands of her adoptive parents sued the state on Monday, demanding that she be allowed to visit her daughter in the hospital.
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A review of the accidental overdose of a central Alberta man in hospital last summer has concluded that a number of things went wrong that led to the death.
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A terminally-ill Indian chess champion who has been the focus of a euthanasia debate, dies in hospital.
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The actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, the New York medical examiner said.
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A nine-month old baby dies, weeks after a high-profile legal case at the High Court over his future care.
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Patients of a physician who is charged with running a "pill mill" linked to 56 overdose deaths plan to sue the government, claiming it has put patients in mortal danger and created a public health disaster by prosecuting the doctor.
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A Libyan family whose two daughters died of AIDS after being in a hospital hit by an outbreak of the deadly virus went to court to sue the state over their deaths, a legal source said.
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The family of a 28-year-old man who died at the county-owned Martin Luther King Jr.-Drew Medical Center after a nurse allegedly turned down his vital signs monitor has filed a $1 million
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The family of a 14-year-old boy who died hours after being manhandled by guards at a juvenile boot camp sued two agencies Wednesday, seeking more than &#36;40 million in damages.
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Actress Sandra Bullock's film company is suing the state's mental health agency to ensure it notifies her attorneys when a man she accuses of stalking her is released from a mental health facility.
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MILFORD, Conn. - A man who claims he had a heart attack during a dispute over an ill-fitting hairpiece that didn't match his hair color is suing the wig shop.
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The NHS 24 helpline is to be sued for Â£200,000 by the family of a schoolgirl who died of meningitis.
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A mental patient who complained of stomach pains was not properly examined or monitored in the hours before his dead body was discovered at St. Elizabeths Hospital, according to an investigation by the city's mental health agency.
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Christopher Reeve, the actor whose work on soaps and on stage was eclipsed when he played the Man of Steel in the motion picture &quot;Superman,&quot; and its sequels, died of heart failure Oct. 10 in a Mount Kisco, NY, hospital.
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The family of John Ritter is suing Providence St. Joseph&#39;s Medical Center in Burbank, California, accusing it and its staff of negligence in the death of the actor.