{"id":734,"date":"2017-01-25T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/?p=734"},"modified":"2017-01-25T14:33:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:33:08","slug":"widow-sues-truck-company-after-lift-falls-over-killing-her-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/widow-sues-truck-company-after-lift-falls-over-killing-her-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow Sues Truck Company After Lift Falls Over, Killing Her Husband."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Losing a loved one is a tragic experience. The emotional damage can be severe, and the economic losses are often devastating.\u00a0 It is particularly upsetting when a family member dies before their time due to another party\u2019s negligence.\u00a0 <strong>If this is the case, the surviving family members may be able to bring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=obmhzMb0dz4&amp;t=2s\">wrongful death<\/a> lawsuit against that party<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is sometimes the only way to recover financial damages for personal injuries, such as medical and funeral costs, pain and suffering, and loss of income.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iogo4kLHCGE\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dennis O\u2019Neil was an electrician for Brite Lite Electrical Co., which had been contracted by the city of Waltham, Massachusetts to install holiday lights. \u00a0In order to hang the lights, O\u2019Neil used a cherry picker truck, which is a large truck with a small cabin attached to a lift that allows a person to work high in the air.\u00a0 <strong>O\u2019Neil was reportedly seventy feet in the air on the lift when the truck tipped over, flinging him to the ground below<\/strong>.\u00a0 O\u2019Neil tragically died as a result of his fall.\u00a0 He was only thirty-eight-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>After his death, O&#8217;Neil&#8217;s wife filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Colvin&#8217;s Inc., the owners of the cherry picker truck, Brite Lite, and the Elliott Equipment Corp. \u00a0The lawsuit alleged that the companies failed to provide a safe and non-defective lift vehicle and were thereby responsible for O\u2019Neil\u2019s death. <strong>According to Bostonglobe.com, O\u2019Neil\u2019s widow has been awarded a $1.8 million wrongful death settlement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No amount of money will ever make up for losing a family member.\u00a0 But if you have lost a loved one due to someone else\u2019s negligence, contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death attorneys<\/a> today at (617) 787-3700 to discuss your legal options in a free and confidential consultation. <strong>Time may be a factor, so call us today!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Losing a loved one is a tragic experience. The emotional damage can be severe, and the economic losses are often devastating.\u00a0 It is particularly upsetting when a family member dies before their time due to another party\u2019s negligence.\u00a0 If this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/widow-sues-truck-company-after-lift-falls-over-killing-her-husband\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,4,18,19,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}