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Court Reinstates Award in Dram Shop Case

Posted on July 20, 2009
A Washington state family injured in a crash with a drunken driver is entitled to $14 million in damages, the state’s highest court has ruled. In reinstating the judgment, the justices held that the family had sufficiently proved "negligent overservice" under state dram shop laws...

Funeral for Police Officer who died in a motorcycle crash

Posted on July 16, 2009
The funeral for Officer Michael Builta who died after a motorcycle crash has been scheduled for noon on Saturday July 18. Services will be held at the First United Methodist Church located at 420 N. Nevada Avenue. Following the service, there will be a reception at the CSPD Stetson Hills Division Community Room located at 4110 Tutt Blvd...

Truck Drivers tried to dodge each other

Posted on July 16, 2009
Michigan police say two truck drivers tried to dodge each other to prevent further devastation in an accident in which a car lost control on a Detroit area highway causing a fuel tanker to explode and an overpass to collapse. Part of Interstate 75 remained closed Thursday morning with debris still smoldering a day after the [...

Jury Awards Damages to Helicopter Crash Victims

Posted on July 15, 2009
An Iowa jury has awarded more than $11 million to the families of two men killed in a 2006 helicopter crash, the Des Moines Register reports. In the verdict, jurors assigned the majority of liability for the crash to the pilot of the helicopter. Remaining liability was assigned to a film company that hired the [...

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Whistleblower: Device Makers Cheated Medicare

Posted on July 15, 2009
A former Boston Scientific saleswoman has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and six other firms of defrauding the federal Medicare program by promoting surgical devices for off-label uses. According to the whistleblower lawsuit, the companies violated the federal False Claims Act by encouraging health care providers to perform a heart procedure as a more [...

Arbitration Group Hid Ties to Lenders, Lawsuit Says

Posted on July 15, 2009
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing one of the nation’s largest arbitration service providers of hiding its ties to the debt-collection and banking industry. In the lawsuit, Swanson alleges that the National Arbitration Forum encouraged loan providers to include arbitration agreements in their consumer contracts and at times assisted credit issuers [...

New Patients Lodge Complaints Against Eye Doctor

Posted on July 15, 2009
Six patients have lodged new complaints against a Chicago eye doctor who has been named in dozens of previous medical malpractice lawsuits. In a formal complaint with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the patients allege that Dr...

Jury Orders DuPont to Pay for Chemical Spill

Posted on July 15, 2009
Chemical company DuPont was liable for a 2004 chemical spill that injured nearly 180 people living near an eastern Kentucky plant, a federal jury has found. The spill was caused by a cracked pipe that leaked airborne sulfuric acid into the atmosphere...

Court Rejects Greater Protection for Bystanders

Posted on July 14, 2009
John Deere & Co. cannot be held liable for a riding lawnmower accident that severed the feet of a two-year-old boy, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. The justices held that bystanders are not entitled to any greater protection from dangerous products and that the accident resulted from negligent use of the mower and negligent [...

Judge Approves Settlement in Strip-Search Lawsuit

Posted on July 14, 2009
A federal judge has granted approval for a $3.2 million settlement involving more than 500 people illegally strip searched at an Arizona jail. According to the lawsuit, Santa Cruz County violated the 4th Amendment Rights of those arrested by subjecting them to strip searches, regardless of offense...

Birth Control Pills Subject of Lawsuits

Posted on July 14, 2009
Plaintiffs filed four lawsuits last week accusing Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals of downplaying risks associated with a popular line of birth control pills. According to attorneys familiar with the case, Bayer failed to adequately warn doctors and consumers about the potential side effects of Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills while exaggerating the supposed benefits...

Court Rejects Mandatory Arbitration Agreement

Posted on July 14, 2009
Dell cannot enforce consumer contracts requiring arbitration, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. In the July 2 ruling, the court held language in the contract prohibiting consumers from pursuing class actions was contrary to public policy...

Misdiagnosis Prompts Record Damages

Posted on July 14, 2009
A Tennessee jury has ordered a Memphis doctor and her clinic to pay nearly $24 million for failing to diagnose a woman’s breast cancer. According to the lawsuit, the woman had complained of a lump in her breast for about 18 months. The award is believed to be one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts [...

Regulators Troubled About Crib Safety

Posted on July 13, 2009
More than 4.5 million cribs have been recalled because of safety problems since 2007, according to a column published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. However, experts say that many children may still be in danger because many parents may not be aware they have products affected by the recalls...

Lawsuit Filed Over Illinois Train Derailment

Posted on July 13, 2009
Officials in Illinois have filed a lawsuit over a deadly train derailment that may have contaminated local waterways and soil. According to the lawsuit, ethanol spilled during the derailment poses a potential threat to residents and the environment. Canadian National Railway has already agreed to provide environmental monitoring for areas near the site of the [...

Metro Faces Significant Liability Over Crash

Posted on July 13, 2009
The Washington Metro subway system is bracing for a wave of lawsuits following a crash last month that killed nine and injured 80, the Washington Post reports. Potential liability for the crash remains unclear but experts estimate that damages could reach into the hundreds of millions...

Contradictory Testimony Leads to Settlement

Posted on July 13, 2009
A Texas-based drilling company has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a woman killed by gas well equipment that fell from a company truck. The settlement was reached after the Pioneer Drilling truck driver admitted that he had given conflicting testimony in the case...

Judge Threatens Sanctions for Blog Postings

Posted on July 12, 2009
A Harvard Law School professor is in hot water over deposition excerpts he posted to an Internet blogging site. In a July 7 order, Judge Nancy Gertner demanded that professor Charles Nesson explain why he violated previous orders prohibiting deposition recordings in a copyright infringement case from being posted on the Internet...

Witness of Medical Malpractice Not Entitled to Damages

Posted on July 12, 2009
Witnesses of medical malpractice cannot seek damages for emotional distress, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. The decision stemmed from $200,000 in damages awarded to a father whose son died during birth while being attended by an unlicensed, first-year medical resident...

Enforcement of Pool Safety Law Lagging

Posted on July 12, 2009
A law that aimed to prevent children and other swimmers from becoming trapped in pool drains has gone largely unenforced, the Arizona Republic reports. According to the newspaper, officials in Arizona and across the nation have been slow to force public pools to comply with the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act...

Lawmakers Seek Details About Bottled Water Safety

Posted on July 10, 2009
Lawmakers are asking the makers of bottled water to turn over information about the source of their water and how it was treated. The request comes after members of Congress heard testimony questioning the oversight and safety of the bottled water industry...

Fall Hazards Prompt Play Yard Recall

Posted on July 10, 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled about 1 million Kolcraft play yards imported to the United States since January 2000. In a statement, the agency said the play yards, manufactured for Carter’s, Sesame Street, Jeep, Contures, Care Bear and Eric Carle, could pose a fall hazard to children...

Nine Companies Fined for Lead Violations

Posted on July 10, 2009
Federal safety officials have fined nine companies more than $500,000 for knowingly manufacturing, selling or importing toys contaminated with lead. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the fines stem from the manufacture, sale or import of items recalled in 2007 and 2008...

Court OKs Damages for Loss of Household Services

Posted on July 10, 2009
The family of a woman who died following a Cesarean section can pursue damages for medical malpractice, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled. In a 4-3 decision, the court rejected arguments on behalf of Mercy Memorial Hospital and physicians that loss of household services should be considered noneconomic damages...

Lawsuit Filed Over Indiana Bridge Collapse

Posted on July 10, 2009
A northwestern Indiana township was negligent in the collapse of pedestrian bridge following a 4th of July fireworks show, a lawsuit filed this week claims. According to an attorney for the plaintiffs, about 100 people were allowed on a bridge designed to hold no more than 40 people...

Officials Probe Health Problems in Texas Town

Posted on July 10, 2009
About 100 residents of a small Texas town are scheduled to participate in interviews with state and federal officials as part of an inquiry into whether industrial pollution is to blame for a variety of health problems. According to researchers, Midlothian, located southeast of Fort Worth, has significantly higher rates of Down syndrome and birth [...

Traveling - watch the road and remember where you are?

Posted on July 09, 2009
The Allstate Insurance Company today released its fifth annual "America’s Best Drivers Report™." The report ranks America’s 200 largest cities in terms of car collision frequency to identify which cities have the safest drivers according to Allstate data...

FDA Order New Warning for Darvocet

Posted on July 08, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered the makers of Darvocet and similar drugs containing propoxyphene to carry a stronger warning about the risk of potential overdose. The agency declined to pull the drug from the market despite calls from consumer groups to do so...

Court: Wrongful Death Claim Barred by Statute of Limitations

Posted on July 08, 2009
A woman whose husband died after doctors left a sponge in him during surgery cannot pursue claims of medical malpractice and wrongful death, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. In the ruling, the justices found that the claims were barred by state statute of limitations...

Families File Lawsuit Over Deadly Crash

Posted on July 08, 2009
Two West Virginia bars that served a patron later involved in deadly auto crash knew or should have known that he was impaired, a lawsuit filed by the families of those killed or injured in the crash claims. According to reports, the driver blamed for the crash had been arrested at least six times for [...

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