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Civil Litigation

Apr. 5, 2018

Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt defeats $10M suit against coroner

The firm proved to a federal jury that a county coroner’s finding of homicide in the death of an elderly man was neither false nor flawed.

Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt defeats $10M suit against coroner
Rickey Ivie, at left, with fellow name partner W. Keith Wyatt of Ivie, McNeil & Wyatt APLC, helped defeat a $10 million lawsuit against a Los Angeles County coroner.

A team from Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt APLC this week defeated a $10 million lawsuit by proving to a federal jury that a county coroner's finding of homicide in the death of an elderly man was neither false nor flawed, and had done no damage to the decedent's widow, who was subsequently arrested but never tried.

Lois Goodman, represented by Robert M. Sheahen of Sherman Oaks, sued Los Angeles County Deputy Medical Examiner Dr. Yulai ...

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