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Former Employees Sue International Paper Over Hearing

Posted on June 07, 2010
Louisiana's The Town Talk reports more than 150 former employees are suing the Pineville Mill of International Paper (IP) for $50,000 each for hearing loss suffered on the job. The lawsuit alleges the workers were exposed to loud noises caused by permanent defects in the facility where they worked and that IP was negligent because the injuries were entirely preventable had proper safety procedures been practiced by the company...

Government Raises Number of Alleged Toyota Deaths to 89

Posted on May 26, 2010
USA Today reports that the federal government has raised the number of deaths alleged to have resulted from runaway Toyota vehicles due to unintended acceleration to 89, which is an increase of 37 deaths from a previous update earlier this year. These aren?t validated cases...

Fort Worth Pays $2 Million In Taser Death

Posted on May 19, 2010
The city of Fort Worth has offered the family of a man killed by an officer's Taser $2 million to settle their lawsuit, although the city admits no wrong doing, reports the Star-Telegram. On April 18, 2009, police were called to the home of the man's parents because he was causing a disturbance...

$3.5 Million Awarded In Maryland Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on May 19, 2010
The Baltimore Sun reports a 53-year-old woman has won $3.5 million in her medical malpractice suit against Vascular Surgery Associates and two of its surgeons. In 2007 the woman's surgery for blocked arteries ended in devastating injuries including damage to her spinal cord which left her a paraplegic...

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Former Miami Dolphin Wins $11.5 Million Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on May 11, 2010
South Florida News reports that former wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, O. J. McDuffie, has been awarded $11.5 million against the team's doctor over a career-ending toe injury. McDuffie claimed the former team doctor, Dr. John Uribe, was guilty of malpractice and gross negligence in the treatment of an injury to his big toe in 1999...

$1 Million Awarded In Asthma Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on May 11, 2010
The Clinton Herald reports a Clinton County (Iowa) jury has awarded $1 million to a teen-aged girl who alleged a doctor was negligent in treating her asthma in 2005. According to the suit, the girl was taken to the emergency room in April of 2005 for treatment for a severe asthma attack...

$60 Million Paid By GlaxoSmithKline To Settle Lawsuits Over Drug Avandia

Posted on May 11, 2010
Bloomberg Business Week reports the largest drug maker in the U.K., GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo), has agreed to pay $60 million in the first settlements of lawsuits over their drug, Avandia. This diabetes drug has been cited as causing heart attacks and strokes in some of the users...

$580K Awarded To Deceased Woman In Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on May 04, 2010
A Mississippi woman whose leg had to be amputated after she had knee replacement surgery won $579,789 in a medical malpractice suit against Forrest General Hospital, reports the Hattiesburg American. In 1998, the then 69-year-old woman's knee was dislocated when her foot got caught under her wheelchair as a nurse was taking her to the restroom following the first knee replacement surgery...

$1.8 Million Award Against Hyundai Following Teen's Death

Posted on May 04, 2010
A jury in San Angelo (Texas) federal court has reached a $1.8 million award against Hyundai Motor Company in favor of the plaintiff - the father of a 19-year-old girl killed in 2007, reports GoSanAngelo. The teenager was a passenger in a car driven by her sister when the car veered off the road and rolled over...

Settlement Reached In Teenager Death During Police Chase

Posted on April 28, 2010
The Kansas City Star reports a settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager against the Independence (Missouri) Police Department. In 2007 the 17-year-old boy was riding his bike when he was struck by a car being chased by the police...

$750K Awarded To Man In Workplace Personal Injury Suit

Posted on April 27, 2010
The Missouri Lake Gazette reports a man has been awarded $750,000 for injuries suffered in 2004 while working for Pace Industries (now known as Leggett & Pratt) in Monroe City, MO. A lawsuit was filed against Leggett & Platt for failing to provide proper primary protective equipment and for not informing the workers wearing Vinex shirts of the shirts' protective limitations...

Women Awarded $19 Million by Texaco in Birth Defects Lawsuit

Posted on April 23, 2010
Five women who claim that Texaco is responsible for their children being born with various illnesses have been awarded $19 million by a Hinds County jury, reports the Insurance Journal. The women sued Texaco, now part of Chevron Corp., claiming they were exposed to leaded gasoline fumes from tanks left in the ground when a former gas station was renovated...

Car Crash Wrongful Death Suit Settled For $1.75 Million

Posted on April 21, 2010
The family of a 14-year-old girl killed in a car crash more than five years ago has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the family with whom she was visiting for $1.75 million, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch of Virginia. When the 14-year-old's father dropped his daughter at her friend's house, he specifically told her friend's mother she was not to ride in an automobile with a juvenile, the newspaper reported...

FedEx to Pay N.C. Woman Close to $2 Million

Posted on April 19, 2010
The (NC) Burlington Times News reports a 71-year-old woman will receive $1,975,000 from FedEx and the driver of a FedEx truck for injuries she suffered in a 2008 car accident. On May 21, 2008, a FedEx truck collided head-on into her Chrysler minivan as she was turning left at an intersection...

$2.25 Million to Be Paid By Officer and Bar In Deadly Car Crash

Posted on April 15, 2010
A police officer and the bar which served her will pay a total of $2.255 million for the wrongful death of four, and the injuries to another man, reports St. Louis Today. The lawsuit claimed the police officer had consumed a "high quantity" of alcohol at O'Leary's Restaurant and Bar and the employees at the bar knew she was intoxicated and did not stop her from driving or call her a cab...

$3.8 Million Paid To Man Injured In Boating Accident

Posted on April 07, 2010
The Dallas Morning News reports a federal jury has ordered a boat manufacturer to pay $3.8 million to a man who was injured in a boating accident on Lake Austin. An 18-year-old man lost part of his leg while he was wakeboarding on July 4, 2007. The lawsuit alleged the boat, made by the Brunswick Corp...

Oregon Bar Owners Will Pay At Least $1.3 Million In Drunk-Driving Death

Posted on April 02, 2010
The former owners of a restaurant in Gresham, Oregon will pay $1.3 million after being accused of serving too much alcohol to a convicted drunk driver who killed two young women reports KATU.com. The judge could more than double that amount. Although the Golden Star Restaurant is now under different ownership, the parents of the young women sued the former owners accusing them of knowingly over-serving the driver and then allowing her to drive...

$1.6 Million Awarded In College Basketball Player's Death

Posted on April 01, 2010
According to the Associated Press, a jury has awarded parents $1.6 million in their medical malpractice lawsuit filed following their son's death on an Eastern Connecticut State University basketball court. The 22-year-old senior collapsed during a basketball game in 2005...

$33 Million Awarded In Deadly Accident Due To Faulty Tires

Posted on March 24, 2010
Tire Review reports an Iowa jury has ruled against Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. in a deadly rollover crash in 2007 and awarded seven passengers $33 million. In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs alleged a manufacturing flaw in the tires caused the tread separation and the driver to lose control of the vehicle...

$33 Million Award Against Walgreens Upheld In Woman's Death

Posted on March 23, 2010
The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida reports an appeals court has upheld a lower court's award of $33.3 million to a husband and three of his children in their wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens. Their 46-year-old wife and mother died in 2007 after Walgreen's pharmacy mistakenly gave her 10 times the prescribed dosage for a blood thinner to treat breast cancer...

Woman Seeks $300,000 for Wrong Breast Implants

Posted on March 16, 2010
The Associated Press reports an Ohio woman is suing her Pennsylvania plastic surgeon for $300,000 after she used the wrong breast implants. According to the patient, even though she had chosen silicone implants on her doctor's advice, saline implants were used instead because they were the only kind the surgeon's office had in stock at the time of the surgery...

$1 Million Settlement Reached In Man's Wrongful Death

Posted on March 16, 2010
The family of a 27-year-old man whose unlawful death was caused by police in Clackamas County, Oregon, has reached a $1 million settlement with the county, reports the Gresham News. The family had separately reached a $1 million settlement with the city of Sandy and a former police officer...

Family Awarded $3 Million In Medical Malpractice Death

Posted on March 02, 2010
The Washington Post reports a jury has awarded $3 million to the family of a man who died after being misdiagnosed as having a hiatal hernia. After barbecuing a steak and taking a bite, a 52-year-old man went to the Inova HealthPlex at Franconia-Springfield, Virginia, on July 6, 2006, with chest pains and complaining of trouble swallowing...

Man Files Malpractice Lawsuit For Undiagnosed Cancer

Posted on February 19, 2010
A West Virginia man is suing Dr. Jonathan M. Zuniga and Kidney Associates for medical malpractice for failing to diagnose his cancer, reports The West Virginia Record. From September 2002 to January 2008, he visited the clinic at least 20 times seeking medical care and treatment, the newspaper reports...

Chantix Users Still Have Legal Options

Posted on February 12, 2010
Chantix is an anti-smoking drug made by Pfizer and approved by the FDA on May of 2006. Since that time many users have reported serious side effects such as depression, suicidal thoughts and other psychotic episodes. According to the FDA, blackouts and unconsciousness leading to car accidents have also been linked to Chantix use...

Parents File Lawsuit After Deadly Connecticut School Bus Accident

Posted on February 04, 2010
The parents of a teenage boy have filed suit against Autumn Transportation following a crash that injured their son and caused emotional turmoil when his friend was killed in the crash, reports the Connecticut News. The parents are suing on behalf of their son according to Connecticut law since the boy is a minor...

$1.5 Million Paid In Cell Phone-Caused Vehicle Crash

Posted on January 15, 2010
The Palo Alto Daily News reports the city of Palo Alto will pay $1.5 million to a man injured in a vehicle crash in 2006. The victim alleged a city worker failed to stop for a red light because he was reaching for his cell phone, resulting in a rear-end collision which left the plaintiff with debilitating spinal injuries...

Toyota Recalls 3.8 Million Cars for Acceleration Problem

Posted on January 07, 2010
Toyota has recalled 3.8 million cars, the biggest car recall in their history, for a construction flaw where the floor mat can become lodged under the accelerator pedal, making it impossible to stop the moving vehicle. Vehicles involved in the recall: Toyota Camry: 2007 ? 2010 Toyota Prius: 2004 ? 2009 Toyota Avalon: 2005 ? 2010 Toyota Tundra: 2007 ? 2010 Lexus ES 350: 2007 ? 2010 Lexus IS 250: 2006 ? 2010 Lexus IS 350: 2006 ? 2010 Toyota spokesmen maintain that when the rubber all weather floor mat, which can be standard or optional depending on the vehicle, becomes wedged on top of the gas pedal it causes the acceleration...

Parents Awarded $15 Million For Medical Mistakes Resulting In Son's Death

Posted on December 21, 2009
A Suffolk County jury has found two doctors at Children's Hospital Boston caused the death of a 3-year-old boy and must pay his parents $15 million, reports the Boston Globe. This is an unusual amount for a medical malpractice case involving death -- settlements this large are more usual for severely injured patients requiring years of expensive treatment...

$89 Million Awarded In Drunk Driving Death

Posted on December 04, 2009
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a jury has awarded $89 million to the family of a 28-year-old man killed in 2008 as a result of a drunk driver. Dennis Riegel Jr. was killed and his pregnant fianc�e was seriously injured as they returned from a shopping trip...

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