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Lawsuit Against City and Zoo Filed Over Dog Bite

Posted on January 20, 2011
Chattanooga Times Free Press reports a Hixson woman and her husband have filed a lawsuit against the Chattanooga Zoo and the city following a dog bite last year. On December 10, 2009, the woman entered the kitchen of the administration building to fulfill her cleaning contract when she was severely bitten on her thigh by the administrator?s Great Dane...

Haunted House Sued Over Teen?s Death

Posted on January 18, 2011
Stltoday.com reports a haunted house called The Darkness in Soulard, Illinois, is the target of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a 15-year-old girl?s father of Anchorage, Alaska. Her mother filed a personal injury suit in St. Louis in April. Both lawsuits against Halloween Productions, Inc...

NBA Basketball Team Sues Equipment Company for Injury

Posted on January 13, 2011
The Sacramento Kings are suing two U.S. based distributors and the Italian manufacturer of the Gymnic Plus Ball for at least $4 million reports news10.net. The Kings allege the exercise ball caused guard Francisco Garcia to miss most of the last season and are seeking reimbursement of the wages they paid Garcia under the terms of his contract...

$2.255 Million to be Paid by Police Officer and Bar to Settle Car Crash Lawsuit

Posted on January 11, 2011
St. Louis website, Stltoday.com, reports an off-duty police officer and the bar which served her alcohol will pay $2.255 million to the families of the four young people who died in a car crash on March 21, 2009. The wrongful death lawsuit states the 42-year-old police officer had consumed a ?high quantity? of alcohol at O?Leary?s Restaurant & Bar before leaving to drive home...

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Judge Awards $15 Million to Family of Crash Victim

Posted on January 06, 2011
A federal judge has awarded $15 million to one victim?s family of a 2005 crash on the Indiana Toll Road which left four people dead. The accident was caused by a truck driver for Net Trucking of Burbank, Illinois reports Indystar.com. The trucking company was found negligent of allowing the driver to drive more than what was legally allowed and for altering the log books...

Personal Injury Suit Filed In Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility Collapse

Posted on January 04, 2011
The Dallas Morning News reports a new lawsuit by a personal trainer has been filed against the Dallas Cowboys and other companies owned by Jerry Jones for negligence and conspiracy to hide design and construction flaws resulting in the collapse of the practice facility in 2009...

Driver Dies In Crash ? Widow Sues Business For Serving Too Much Alcohol

Posted on December 30, 2010
Pennsylvania?s The Times Tribune reports the widow of a 29-year-old man killed in a one-car accident in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging businesses over-served her husband alcohol. The suit was has been filed against Valley Bowling Lanes Inc...

Mississippi Man Awarded $500,000 in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on December 28, 2010
Dr. John Henry Fairbanks has been ordered to pay a Natchez man $511,000 for medical bills and suffering caused by his negligence during knee replacement surgery, reports the Natchez Democrat. The jury awarded the plaintiff $300,000 in non-economic damage and $211,000 in economic damage...

$4.75 Million Awarded in Virginia Fireworks Accident

Posted on December 23, 2010
What was supposed to be a spectacular fireworks show turned into horror when a high-powered ?salute? rocket was fired into a crowd in Vienna, Virginia, during the Fourth of July 2007 fireworks. A Fairfax County jury ruled Schaefer Pyrotechnics should pay a 39-year-old mother $4...

Parents Sue South Carolina School Following Son?s Accident

Posted on December 21, 2010
The Beaufort County School District is being sued by the parents of a 6-year-old boy for negligence after their son suffered two broken arms and emotional distress after an accident on a playground. The parents are claiming the Bluffton Elementary School playground is not adequately supervised...

Suit Filed Against Toyota in Carbon Monoxide Death

Posted on December 16, 2010
The keyless ignition system in a Lexus is being blamed for the carbon monoxide poisoning death of a 79-year-old Queens? attorney reports the NY Daily News. In February, 2009, the attorney's companion parked her car in the garage which was attached to the home they shared and accidentally left the engine running...

$6.5 Million Awarded in Deadly Tractor Trailer, Pick-Up Truck Crash

Posted on December 14, 2010
Two years after a 32-year-old woman was killed when a tractor trailer rear-ended the pick-up truck in which she was riding, her family has been awarded a $6.5 million award in their wrongful death lawsuit, reports the Courier-News. On Halloween, 2008, the East Dubuque, Illinois woman, her husband, and their 3-year-old son were on the way to Goebbert?s Pumpkin Patch when a tractor-trailer rear-ended their pick-up truck, killing the wife instantly...

$20 Million Personal Injury Settlement Sets Records

Posted on December 09, 2010
In what court officials say is the largest settlement in Outagamie County, WI court history, The Post Crescent reports the family of a 4� year old girl will receive a $20 million settlement. It was a minor crash, a freak accident, but it caused severe and permanent injuries to the little girl...

Escalator Injury Involving Crocs Leads to Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuit

Posted on December 07, 2010
According to Knoxnews.com, the father of a 4-year-old girl whose foot was mangled in an escalator because she was wearing the popular shoe by Crocs, Inc. has settled his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the company. In 2006, the Colorado-based company began receiving complaints from parents over the rubber shoes and related escalator injuries...

New Jersey Man Receives $2 Million in Yamaha Snowmobile Accident

Posted on December 02, 2010
The Daily Record reports a Sparta man will receive $2 million from Yamaha following a snowmobile accident. The judge added $900,000 to the $1.1 million award from the jury. In February of 2005, when the now 61-year-old man borrowed his friend?s 1995 Yamaha VX600V-R snowmobile, the engine started to hesitate...

Comcast Sued Over Woman?s Death

Posted on November 30, 2010
WPBF ? TV in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, reports a Boynton Beach man has filed a lawsuit against Comcast for his wife?s death last Thanksgiving. The lawsuit states the 81-year-old woman was setting the holiday table for dinner while her husband went to the airport to pick up their grandchildren...

New Hampshire Woman Sues Hospital & Doctors for $5 Million

Posted on November 25, 2010
A woman formerly from New Hampshire is suing two doctors and St. Joseph?s Hospital in Nashua for $5 million alleging they failed to diagnose and treat her bacterial meningitis which left her permanently disabled, reports The Telegraph. On January 10, 2008, the woman went to the emergency room after suffering for three days with vomiting, headache and fever...

Suit Filed In Deadly Georgia Church Van Crash

Posted on November 23, 2010
Georgia?s WTVM reports the family of a 20-year-old who died as the result of a fatal church van crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the maker of the 1986 Dodge van. On October 3rd, the church van belonging to Columbus' Tabernacle of Prayer and Deliverance Church crashed on the way to a revival in Florida, injuring 15 people and killing four...

Wrongful Death Case Filed in Child?s Death

Posted on November 18, 2010
According to the Southeast Texas Record, parents, whose son died after a missed skull fracture diagnosis, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Christus Hospital St. Mary and Dr. Michael Crossley, the attending physician. On November 15, 2008, the boy fell from the garage apartment where he lived...

$35 Million Awarded To Family of Interstate Crash Victim

Posted on November 16, 2010
The family of a woman killed four years ago when a tractor-trailer rig hit her car, has been awarded $35.25 million reports the Kansas City Star. At the time of her death, the 55 year-old woman was with three other women who were on their way to a family celebration...

$3 Million Awarded To Mother Whose Baby Was Injured During Birth

Posted on November 11, 2010
The Chicago Sun-Times reports a Pilsen woman has been awarded $3.27 million by a Cook County jury in her lawsuit against the Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group and the doctor who delivered her baby. In 2002 it was known the woman was expected to deliver a large baby...

$4.6 Million Awarded in Minnesota Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on November 09, 2010
The family of a 36-year-old woman who bled to death after having her first child by caesarean section has been awarded $4.6 million by a Wright County jury, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. After a long labor, the woman?s obstetrician ordered a caesarean section and she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, but she soon started postpartum hemorrhaging...

$3.5 Million Settlement Reached In Bicycling Event Injury

Posted on November 04, 2010
The Arizona Daily Star reports Pima County and the organizers of El Tour de Tucson have reached a settlement of $3.5 million with a man who suffered brain damage in a bicycle crash in 2008. On November 22, 2008, the 41-year-old man was injured when he and other bikers were struck by a car which turned onto a street and into the path of the bicyclists...

John Deere Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on November 02, 2010
The family and estate of a young man who was killed when he was thrown from a John Deere bulldozer during heavy equipment operator school at Associated Training Services of Texas has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, reports the Southeast Texas Record. The lawsuit has been filed against Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc...

Family of City Worker Killed In Mower Accident Settles Lawsuit

Posted on October 28, 2010
A confidential last minute settlement has been reached in the lawsuit brought by the family of a city Parks Department employee who was killed in 2003 by a runaway lawnmower, reports the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Mass. The 54-year-old man died from injuries he sustained when he was run over by a 6,000 lb...

California Woman Awarded $843,567 in Trip-and-Fall Case

Posted on October 26, 2010
A 45-year-old woman was awarded $843,567 for injuries suffered when she fell down stairs at Plazita Medical Clinic, reports the Santa Cruz Sentinel. The suit claimed the owners of the building knew the stairs were unsafe and they refused to fix them or to post warning signs...

Injury During Filming Of "Transformers 3" Brings Lawsuit

Posted on October 21, 2010
The family of a woman who was injured during the filming of ?Transformers 3? has filed a lawsuit against the movie?s makers, Paramount Pictures. On September 1, the woman was working as an extra in a stunt sequence when she was hit in the head by a piece of flying metal...

Neurosurgeon Awarded $3 Million for Injury at Medical Center

Posted on October 19, 2010
The Scranton Times Tribune reports a neurosurgeon who suffered a broken leg when he was hit by a hospital bed being pushed down the hall, has been awarded $3.25 million in his personal injury lawsuit against Community Medical Center. In February 2005, the doctor was in the operating room reviewing a patient?s chart when he was struck by the bed...

Food Express, Inc. Sued In Oregon Woman?s Death

Posted on October 14, 2010
The husband and adult children of an Oregon woman are suing Food Express, Inc. of Arcadia, California for wrongful death after she died in an accident with one of the company's tractor trailers. The 54-year-old woman was killed when the driver of a tractor pulling two trailers lost control on a snow and slush covered Oregon highway on January 25th and crossed the center line crashing into her Toyota 4-Runner...

$12 Million Settlement in Medical Malpractice Suit

Posted on October 12, 2010
The News-Castle, of central Illinois, reports a Champaign County judge has approved a $12 million out-of-court settlement for a woman who was left severely brain-damaged during her labor on December 27, 2002. According to the lawsuit, the now 33-year-old woman was in labor at the Provena Covenant Medical Center when she was given an epidural injection that sent her into cardiopulmonary arrest...

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