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Indiana Jury Awards $700K In Medical Malpractice Case Involving Deceased Orthopedic Surgeon
A jury of six ruled for the plaintiff, awarding $744,000 in the St. Joseph Superior Court in South Bend, IN, after conclusion of a two day trial. Dean and Tracy Dixon brought suit against Dr. Willard Yergler in 2015…
Man Struck By Baltimore Commuter Train, One Of Hundreds Killed Each Year On Railway Tracks
A 31-year-old Baltimore man was killed earlier this month when he was struck by a MARC commuter train in Maryland.
Illinois Man Awarded $29 Million In Damages In Medical Malpractice Case In Federal Court
Plaintiff Kevin Clanton was recently awarded $29.6 million in a medical malpractice case in an East St. Louis Federal Court against the Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation (SIHF), which is funded by the federal…
Maryland Man Dies In Car Accident On Route 15
A man is dead and a child injured after a serious car accident on Route 15 on Monday. According to Maryland State Police, 31-year-old Arik Knapp was driving his Mazda 3 north on Route 15 near Mountville Road when…
Takata Corporation To Pay $1 Billion To Victims, Automakers For Massive Airbag Coverup
This January, the Takata Corporation, a company responsible for the production of deadly airbags installed in millions of cars across the United States, plead guilty to criminal wrongdoing and will pay $1 billion to…
Safety Agency Announces Startling Rise In Motor Vehicle Fatalities
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released a statistical projection of motor vehicle deaths occurring in 2015, and the new numbers have given rise to real concern. According to the…
Maryland Family Awarded $1.23 Million In Unusual Wrongful Death Action
In a rather bizarre case, a Maryland family was awarded $1.23 million for the wrongful death of their Chesapeake Bay retriever who was shot “unnecessarily” by an Anne Arundel County Police Department officer.
Tales From The Courthouse: Some Supernatural Lawsuits For Friday The Thirteenth
There are many different kinds of lawsuits filed in courts around the country every year. Most are pretty standard and involve things like contract disputes, car accidents, medical malpractice, and so on and so forth…
Pennsylvania Retailer Implementing New Technology To Prevent Slip And Fall Accidents
Giant, a large grocery chain based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is implementing some new technology in their stores. A mobile robot known as Marty will be used in the stores to monitor many things including spilled…
Lawsuits Filed Over ‘Exploding’ Samsung Washing Machines
Samsung is having a very bad year. First reports of their cell phones bursting into flames began accumulating. Now their high-tech washing machines are exploding. In the past year more than 20 people have reported their…
$123 Million For Victims In Fatal Duck Boat Crash In Seattle
The personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits stemming from a devastating 2015 crash in Seattle between a bus and an amphibious vehicle owned by the Ride the Ducks corporation has come to a conclusion. The jury in the…
Civil Suit Filed In Philadelphia Involving Impaired Uber Driver
Carla Guzman is a 38-year-old mother of two from Abington, who works as a product manager in the food packaging and processing industry. Guzman scheduled a ride to the airport using Uber, the giant company who uses a…
Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Stuntman Falls On The Set Of “Walking Dead”
John Bernecker, a 33-year old veteran stuntman, was fatally injured after falling from a balcony during the filming of “The Walking Dead”, on a set located about 30 miles outside of Atlanta. His mother, Susan Bernecker…
Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed Against Intoxicated Drivers And Bars Where They Were Served
The widow of a Tennessee man who was killed in a May motorcycle crash has filed a $7 million wrongful death lawsuit against a suspected drunk driver, as well as the owner of the BMW convertible he was driving and a…
Jury Awards $17 Million In California Personal Injury Case Where Man Loses A Leg
Steven Meier, a former security guard, was awarded $17 million from a jury in California's Riverside Superior Court after a forklift injury resulted in the amputation of his leg. Meier was working as security guard at…
Can We Learn From Denmark's Medical Malpractice Alternative?
For people injured due to negligence by a doctor, nurse or other health care provider, getting answers and compensation can be a real struggle. Trying to communicate with the doctor or hospital directly can be…
Family Of Sandra Bland Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit, Trooper Is Fired
The family of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman who died in a Texas jail last year, reached a settlement earlier this month in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court. In addition to $1.9 million , the…
Pennsylvania Increases Penalties In Efforts To Keep Drunk Drivers Of The Roads
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have implemented tougher laws for driving under the influence by potentially charging repeat offenders with felony criminal penalties. Those who incur a third violation in 10 years or have any…
Construction Worker Killed In Workplace Accident
A 27-year-old construction worker was killed in a tragic accident while working on a job site last week in Phoenix. It occurred at 11:42 am on March 17 at a construction site near Van Buren Street and First Avenue…
Nation’s First Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Marijuana Edibles Company
Earlier this summer, the nation's first wrongful-death lawsuit against recreational marijuana companies was filed on behalf of children whose father is accused of shooting their mother to death while he was high. Now…
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