Sentence examples for contributed to a death from inspiring English sources

This was the first time an inquest jury has found the "less-lethal weapon" has contributed to a death.

Four of the five lawsuits against Lilly say the fact that the company did not contact federal authorities contributed to a death.

But UK volunteers sent to work in Lakka in late November felt Emergency's approach was too ambitious and may have contributed to a death rate higher than at some other centres.

Hospital autopsies are sometimes performed even when the cause of death is known — to determine the effect of therapy, for example, or to see whether there were other undiagnosed diseases that might have contributed to a death.

However arrivals began again and several high-profile tragedies, including an explosion on a boat near Ashmore Reef in 2009 and the crashing of Siev 221 on the coast of Christmas Island in 2010, contributed to a death toll at sea estimated at more than 1,000.

Dame Anne Begg, the committee's Labour chair, said: "It is important that all agencies involved in the provision of public services are scrutinised to ensure that lessons are learned after members of the public are let down by the system, particularly where the failures... may have contributed to a death.

Never before, however, had any caseworker been accused of contributing to a death.

Those attacks destroyed four helicopters and killed more than 40 soldiers, contributing to a death toll that month of 81.

Across its path, the winds downed several trees and houses, leaving two people injured and contributing to a death when a sick person was exposed to the storm.

Lately, however, it has adopted a much tougher approach, which human rights activists say has contributed to a soaring death toll among refugees.

Others weren't so careful or lucky, like his friend, Who drummer Keith Moon, whose drug intake contributed to an early death.