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Families Settle Suit Over Drowning of 3-Year-Old Boy

Posted on May 17, 2010
A $1.1 million settlement has been reached between two Connecticut families over the drowning of a 3-year-old boy. Krista Repko was babysitting Cole Veenhuis and his twin sister in May 2009 when the boy fell into the family pool and drowned. The lawsuit alleged that Krista froze and waited too long before jumping in to [...

Md. Jury Awards Damages in Medical Malpractice Case

Posted on May 17, 2010
A Maryland woman was awarded $3.5 million by a local jury in a malpractice lawsuit over an alleged botched surgery that left her unable to walk. Victoria Little underwent surgery for blocked arteries in 2007, and the lawsuit claims the doctors used an improper grafting technique...

Lawsuit Filed Over Fall at Horse Track

Posted on May 17, 2010
Horse jockey Rene Douglas has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago-area Arlington Park race track, claiming the uneven track contributed to an accident Douglas was involved in that left him paralyzed. Douglas was riding in a race in May 2009 when his horse clipped the hoof of another, falling down on top of Douglas...

Teacher Attacked Student at School, Suit Claims

Posted on May 17, 2010
The family of a 13-year-old Houston boy has filed a lawsuit against a teacher at a local charter school who allegedly beat him up during class and was filmed in the act by another student with a cell phone. The lawsuit claims that Sheri Lynn Davis attacked Isaiah Reagins during class one day while he [...

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Suits Over Oil Spill Temporarily Suspended

Posted on May 17, 2010
All lawsuits against Transocean stemming from an April 20 oil spill have been temporarily put on hold by a Houston judge while the company seeks to limit its liability. Transocean officials earlier this week filed a request to suspend the lawsuits as they seek to limit their liability to $26...

Suit Filed Over Strangling Death of Shoplifter

Posted on May 13, 2010
A lawsuit has been filed against CVS and a Chicago store employee who allegedly strangled a man to death for shoplifting crayons and toothpaste. Michael Johnson said in his lawsuit that an unnamed employee chased his son, Anthony Kyser, from the store and put him in a choke hold that resulted in death...

Woman, Meat Company Settle E. Coli Lawsuit

Posted on May 13, 2010
A Minnesota woman who was left paralyzed after battling an E. coli infection has settled with the meat company allegedly responsible. Cargill Meat Solutions, based out of Wichita, Kan., admitted responsibility for the infection and has been providing the woman with financial assistance since she became infected in 2007...

BP Shareholders File Suit Over Oil Spill

Posted on May 11, 2010
In the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a shareholder lawsuit has been filed by a Pennsylvania woman against British Petroleum executive Anthony B. Hayward. The lawsuit accuses Hayward and other top BP executives of “cutting costs at the expense of safety and lobbying government officials to slash safety regulations...

Man to File Suit Over NYC Ferry Crash

Posted on May 11, 2010
A New York City man who was injured on the Staten Island ferry last weekend has said he will file a $5 million lawsuit against the city this week. Flabio Silva claimed that he injured his back when the boat crashed into the St. George Terminal after an apparent mechanical malfunction...

Injured Cop Awarded Damages in Police Chase Case

Posted on May 11, 2010
A Mississippi judge has awarded $375,000 to a former Richland, Miss., police officer who suffered injuries when his personal vehicle was hit by a car involved in a police chase in 2004. Basil Thornton suffered a fractured vertebra, a broken foot, ankle trauma and other injuries in the accident...

Lawsuit Filed Against Toyota for Truck Crash

Posted on May 11, 2010
A Colorado family has filed a lawsuit against Toyota Motors after a 21-year-old boy crashed his mother’s 2006 Toyota Tacoma in February. Michael Noble said he was driving along without incident when the truck suddenly accelerated, fishtailing and vaulting over an embankment...

Infusion Pumps Recalled For Battery, Software Errors

Posted on May 10, 2010
Last week, Baxter International issued a voluntary recall of their Colleague infusion pumps, which are used in hospital to deliver various forms of medications and nutrients to patients. In a report last month, the F.D.A. said that the pumps have contributed to more than 56,000 complaints of injuries and deaths between 2005 and 2009...

Jury Awards Damages for Botched Steroid Injection

Posted on May 10, 2010
A Florida woman has been awarded $36.6 million by a Palm Beach jury for a botched steroid injection that left her with spinal injuries and a disfigured right arm. Kathleen Ramey sought treatment from Dr. Andrew Weiss in 2000 for injuries she suffered in a car crash...

District Liable for Injury to Bicyclist, Jury Rules

Posted on May 10, 2010
The Hartford Metropolitan District Commission has been ordered by a Connecticut jury to pay $2.9 million to a woman who was injured in a bicycle accident in 2002. The jury ruled that the MDC had improperly placed a steel grate on a recreational path. Maribeth Blonski was on her bike when she hit the steel [...

Free Speech Suit Filed by Suspended Colo. Regulator

Posted on May 10, 2010
The head of the Colorado Real Estate Division has filed a lawsuit against her employer, claiming that her boss, Barbara Kelley, violated her rights to freedom of speech by prohibiting her from speaking to anyone in the media or her office after she was put on paid leave two months ago...

Record Damages Awarded Over Hepatitis C Outbreak

Posted on May 10, 2010
A Nevada jury has awarded $500 million to a man who contracted hepatitis C during an 2008 outbreak linked to anesthetic propofol being reused during colonoscopy or endoscopy procedures. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Baxter Healthcare Services will shoulder the payments in lawsuit...

DUI to Hospital - and who is paying the bill? The taxpayer!

Posted on May 08, 2010
At 11:49 pm on 5/7/2010 Colorado Springs Police Dispatch was notified of a disturbance in the parking lot on Potter Dr. involving a DUI driver who had run into several parked vehicles in the complex parking lot. As officers arrived they observed a vehicle leaving the complex that matched the description of the suspect vehicle [...

Freshway Foods Recalls Romaine Lettuce

Posted on May 07, 2010
Freshway Foods has issued a recall of its bagged shredded romaine lettuce due to a strand of E. coli bacteria found in one of the bags earlier this week. Freshway salads with “use by” dates after May 12 are not affected by the recall, nor are any bulk or prepackaged romaine lettuce or bagged salad [...

Investigations Begin Over J&J Medication Recalls

Posted on May 07, 2010
Government officials have opened an investigation into the recent recall of 40 different children’s medications from a Johnson and Johnson plant. J&J has now had four recalls in the past year of over-the-counter medicines. Lawmakers are bringing into question the adequacy of the Food and Drug Administration’s inspection procedures and what prior actions they have [...

AT&T Accused of Illegal Billing

Posted on May 07, 2010
The Harris County Hospital District in Houston has filed a lawsuit against AT&T, claiming the company overcharged them by $2 million during the 1990s. The lawsuit alleges that Southwestern Bell, which is now a part of AT&T, charged customers a higher fee than they were required to pay back to the city of Houston for [...

Fatal Car/Truck accident at I-25 and MM132

Posted on May 06, 2010
This is an update posting to a story presented yesterday - the driver of the car that crashed into the stopped truck and then rolled over has died. Police report that DUI was not a factor but that the deceased drive may have been talking on his cellular telephone and failed to see the [...

Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Tavern

Posted on May 06, 2010
A Montana woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the tavern her daughter was working at prior to her death in an alcohol-related car crash. According to the lawsuit, management at the Windsor Bar in Boulder, Mont. encouraged Dallice Smith to drink on the job then allowed her to drive despite knowing she was [...

Lawsuit: Football Team Covered Up Stolen Vicodin

Posted on May 06, 2010
The former security director for the New Orleans Saints has filed a lawsuit against the team, alleging that the team attempted to cover up the theft of Vicodin from its training facility by a senior member of the team’s staff. Geoff Santini claims in his lawsuit that he and other staff members were told to [...

Starbucks Tea Caused 2nd Degree Burns, Lawsuit Claims

Posted on May 06, 2010
A woman has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks Corp., claiming that she was served a cup of tea at a New York City Starbucks that was so hot she suffered second-degree burns. Zeynep Inanli says in her lawsuit that the tea was “unreasonably hot” and served to her in a container that was “not safe...

Doctor Ordered to Pay Damages to Former Football Player

Posted on May 06, 2010
Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver O.J. McDuffie was awarded $11.5 million by a Florida jury this week in a lawsuit against a former team doctor who allegedly mishandled McDuffie’s toe injury in 1999. The lawsuit claimed that team physician John Uribe told McDuffie to continue playing through a toe injury he suffered in 1999 even [...

Who you going to trust? The FDA or the consumer?

Posted on May 06, 2010
Tylenol PM and other widely used acetaminophen pain drugs that include a sleep aid, failed to show any significant benefit in a key study, U.S. health regulators have told drugmakers 15 years after industry submitted the data. Patients taking the drugs, most commonly sold as Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol PM and Novartis AG’s Excedrin PM, did [...

Children?s Medicine Manufacturer?s Plant Unsafe

Posted on May 05, 2010
The F.D.A. released findings Tuesday that the only plant that makes many popular over-the-counter pediatric medicines lacks sufficient quality control measures and has failed to investigate consumer complaints over contaminated product. Last week, Johnson & Johnson, who owns the plant through a subsidiary, recalled 43 over-the-counter pediatric medicines in the United States, its territories and [...

Hyundai Ordered to Pay Damages in Fatal Crash

Posted on May 05, 2010
A Texas jury has awarded $1.8 million to the father of a teenager killed in a 2007 rollover crash of a 2005 Hyundai Tucson. Sarah Goodner was wearing her seat belt during the crash, but was thrown through the back windshield because her seat was reclined too far back, the lawsuit claimed...

School Failed to Protect Student from Bullying, Lawsuit Says

Posted on May 05, 2010
The city of Baltimore and the Baltimore public school system have been named in a $10 million lawsuit over a 9-year-old student who tried to kill himself at school after a teacher ignored his complaints of being bullied. The lawsuit alleges that the boy tried to hang himself in his special education classroom and that [...

Police Kidnapped Baltimore Teens, Suit Says

Posted on May 05, 2010
A $100 million lawsuit was filed last month against the Baltimore Police Department over an incident in which three city police officers allegedly kidnapped a teenager last May. Michael Brian Johnson Jr. claimed in his lawsuit that he was grabbed by the officers, hit with night stick and thrown into an unmarked van while being [...

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