Ex- Miami Dolphins Receiver wins $11.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
McDuffie has been awarded $11.5 million in a lawsuit against his former doctor over his career-ending toe injury, according to the Associated Press. The doctor, John Uribe, used to work for the Dolphins as a team doctor. He called the damage award a travesty and will most likely appeal the decision.
Read More…Retrial begins in drowning case
Jury selection started Monday in the trial of 29-year-old Ryan Widmer. He’s accused of killing 24-year-old Sarah Widmer at the couple’s home in August 2008.
Read More…New Jersey court finds university not liable in student’s death
“Fairleigh Dickinson University is not liable for the death of a junior who fell from a fourth-floor dorm window in 2005 after a night of heavy drinking, and won’t have to pay his parents a prior jury award of $260,000, a [New Jersey] appeals court has ruled.”
Read More…Court overturns verdict in ‘05 FDU dorm death
Finding that Fairleigh Dickinson University was protected by the state’s Charitable Immunity Act, a state appeals court panel today overturned a jury award of $260,000 given to the parents of a Fairleigh Dickinson University student who was drunk when he fell to his death from his dorm window in 2005.
Read More…Jury awards $100 million verdict against BP in Texas case
A federal jury in Texas on Friday ordered BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) to pay $100 million to 10 workers who were sickened by a 2007 chemical release at its Texas City refinery.
Read More…Malpractice Lawsuit Against Anesthesiologists Results in $20M Verdict
An Alabama jury has returned a $20 million verdict in an anesthesia medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died during surgery when bile entered her lungs.
Read More…Injured workers in the South West get £3m compensation
Nearly £3m has been paid out in compensation to members of the public sector workers union Unison in the South West this year.
Read More…Florida Jury Awards $65 Million to a Woman injured in 2007 Auto Accident
A jury in Polk County, Florida, awarded a 21-year-old woman $65 million for her injuries in a 2007 crash. The lawsuit arose out of a traffic crash that left Kendra Lymon in a coma and hospitalized for months. Ms. Lymon was driving her Dodge Neon when a tractor-trailer owned by an Auburndale-based company, Bynum Transport, [...]
Read More…Woman Paralyzed in Crash Awarded 45 Million
A California judge has awarded $45 million in money damages to a woman who was paralyzed when a wrecking and demolition company’s truck ran a red light and hit her car at an intersection. Tricia Roth, now 41, a former software developer for Microsoft Corp., suffered a broken neck and spinal injuries in the September [...]
Read More…Fan manufacturer to pay $13.5 million dollar verdict after boy’s death
The Philadelphia Daily News (10/15) reported, Jurors brought justice to a little boy and his wife when they rendered their verdict. The Jury entered a verdict against the Defendant, West Chester-based fan manufacturer Lasko Products, Inc., for $13.5 million after a faulty fan motor ignited a 2005 blaze that killed a 7-year-old Germantown [PA] [...]
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