Posts in Wrongful Death

MORRIS COUNTY, N.J.—Jennifer Gorgas, a 25-year-old woman from Netcong, New Jersey, tragically died March 16 when her SUV hit an Amazon tractor-trailer on Route 46 in Roxbury. Local authorities said the victim's Subaru Outback collided with the left side of the trailer, shearing the roof of the Subaru from the front windshield to the middle passenger…

WHEELER COUNTY, Texas—Two 18-wheelers collided March 10 on U.S. Route 83 near Shamrock, Texas, killing one person and injuring two others. State troopers said a 2017 Volvo tractor-trailer was northbound on U.S. 83 at about 9:45 p.m. when its driver, Sorin Bodescu, a 52-year-old Livonia, Mich., resident, failed to drive in a single lane of…

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala.— A Newville woman was killed Feb. 16 in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 431 near Dothan that left several others injured. Local authorities identified the decedent as Teresa Melvin, a 57-year-old who was traveling in the rear seat of a passenger vehicle that struck a Ford Mustang driven by Donald Gleen…

CLARK COUNTY, Ohio — Michael W. Stevenson, a 54-year-old man from Westerville, Ohio, tragically died Feb. 10 after his vehicle struck a broken down commercial vehicle on Interstate 70. Stevenson was driving a 2021 Subaru Ascent that hit the right rear of a flatbed trailer on a broken down 2007 Sterling commercial truck in the…

TYLER COUNTY, Texas — Raymond Wood, 65, and David King, 54, tragically lost their lives Feb. 11 in a two-vehicle crash on US Highway 190. Wood, of Bellaire, Texas, was driving a 2003 Chevrolet pickup east on Highway 190 when his vehicle reportedly traveled into the oncoming lane of traffic and struck a westbound 2016…

LOGAN COUNTY, Okla.—Gayle Lynn Lanoy, a 45-year-old Piedmont, Okla. resident, died Feb. 11 in a horrific three-vehicle crash on Oklahoma 33 that left another driver in critical condition. Officials identified the deceased victim as Gayle Lynn Lanoy, a 45-year-old Piedmont, Okla. woman. State troopers said Lanoy was driving a 2021 Toyota 4-Runner west on Oklahoma…

POTTER COUNTY, Texas — Julie Casey, a 72-year-old Borger, Texas, resident, tragically died Feb. 10 in a three-vehicle accident on State Highway 136 that seriously injured two others. State troopers said the driver of a southbound Chevrolet Tahoe failed to drive in a single lane of travel and struck the front left of a northbound…

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — The driver of a van that caught fire following a three-vehicle crash in Davie on Feb. 12 tragically died at the scene. Local authorities said the crash occurred shortly after 5 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-595, west of Davie Boulevard. Unable to stop in time to avoid a collision,…

GAINES COUNTY, Texas — Enrique Nunez Sotelo, a 57-year-old Denver City man, tragically died Feb. 12 after a driver ran a stop sign and crashed into his vehicle. Sotelo was driving west on County Road 212 in a Nissan Murano when Randy Atwood, a 48-year-old Hobbs, N.M., man ran the stop sign on County Road…

The wrongful death of a loved one can be difficult to move past, particularly when knowing their death could have been avoided had others acted responsibly. Pursuing a wrongful death claim can help a family move forward by finding peace and holding negligent parties accountable for their actions. However, it’s important to keep in mind…