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Jury Finds for Yamaha in Rhino Lawsuit

Posted on August 28, 2009
A Texas jury on Thursday ruled in favor of Yamaha Motor Co. in a lawsuit over alleged design defects that plaintiffs claimed caused the death of a 13-year-old boy. In the verdict, jurors found that the Yamaha Rhino all-terrain vehicle was not to blame for the death of Forest ?Eddie? Ray...

Child Voted Out of Class, Lawsuit Says

Posted on August 28, 2009
The mother of a child with a form of autism has filed a lawsuit against child?s teacher, school officials and others over an incident in which she claims other students were allowed to ?vote? him out of the class. In the suit, Melissa Barton alleges that the defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and [...

Whistleblower Awarded Damages for Retaliation

Posted on August 28, 2009
A jury has awarded $450,000 to a student expelled from nursing school after she complained that an instructor failed to provide required clinical training. According to the lawsuit, Appalachian Technical College retaliated against the student for blowing the whistle on faculty misconduct...

Chrysler to Take On More Liability Claims

Posted on August 28, 2009
Chrysler announced Thursday that it will accept more liability for injury and wrongful death claims related to vehicles produced prior to the company?s bankruptcy. The announcement means that those injured by older Chrysler vehicles can still purse claims against company assets that remain in bankruptcy court...

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Regulators Investigating Wind Damage Policies

Posted on August 28, 2009
Insurance regulators in Texas are trying to determine whether the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association may have wrongly denied some claims for roof damage following Hurricane Ike, the Houston Chronicle reports. The investigation comes after nearly two dozen policyholders complained about the denial of claims relating to unsealed asphalt shingles...

Law Firm DLA Piper Severs Relationship With Dick Armey Over FreedomWorks? Fireworks

Posted on August 28, 2009
Dick Armey’s resignation from law firm DLA Piper raises some interesting issues about law firm reputation. The former House Majority Leader left the firm late last week after questions were raised publicly about his position as chairman of FreedomWorks, the “grass roots” organization that has been accused of helping to orchestrate numerous angry outbursts at [...

Study: Tests Expose Patients to Excessive Radiation

Posted on August 27, 2009
Medical imaging tests expose millions of patients to excessive amounts of radiation each year, new research has concluded. According to the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, nearly half a million patients were exposed to radiation doses exceeding those allowed for nuclear power plant workers annually...

Deaths Prompt Window Shade Recall

Posted on August 27, 2009
The deaths of three children have prompted six companies to recall millions of window blinds and shades, federal safety officials have announced. The recall covers 4.2 million roll-up blinds with plastic slats made by Lewis Hyman Inc.; 600,000 Woolrich Roman shades; blinds and shades made by Vertical Land Inc...

Bloomberg Deposed in Firefighter Lawsuit

Posted on August 27, 2009
Attorneys for a group of black firefighters deposed Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wednesday as part of a lawsuit over alleged discriminatory practices in New York City fire departments, the New York Times reports. According to attorneys for the firefighters? association, Bloomberg said he did not recall a 2003 report detailing potential problems with the fire department [...

Jury Awards Damages to Family of Accident Victim

Posted on August 27, 2009
The family of a man killed in a 2006 accident in a construction zone should receive more than $4 million in damages, a Utah jury has ruled. According to the lawsuit, the Utah Department of Transportation and subcontractor Staker & Parson Cos. failed to adequately warn motorists about potential traffic delays...

Jury Rules Against Exxon in Second Phase of Trial

Posted on August 27, 2009
A jury has ruled against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the second phase of a trial over whether the company allowed a gasoline additive to contaminate well water in New York City. In the verdict jurors found that the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, will remain in affected wells until at least 2033...

Falling Light Poles Prompts Safety Alert

Posted on August 26, 2009
Federal safety officials are warning the owners and operators of lighted outdoor fields to inspect light poles following the failure of more than a dozen poles designed by a Texas company. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said its investigation into poles designed and sold by Whitco Co...

Agency Issues Warning on Weight Loss Drugs

Posted on August 26, 2009
Two popular weight loss drugs may cause serious liver damage, federal health officials said Monday. According to the Food and Drug Administration, at least 32 cases of serious liver injury have been linked to the Roche Holding AG’s prescription drug Xenical or the over-the-counter version sold by GlaxoSmithKline...

Jury Awards Damages for Botched Dental Procedure

Posted on August 26, 2009
A jury has awarded $2 million to a South Carolina woman who had 13 teeth removed by mistake, the New York Daily News reports. According to an attorney for the plaintiff, the dentist was only supposed to have pulled three teeth. Instead, he removed all of the woman?s top teeth and then tried to cover [...

Judge Awards Damages to Man Injured in Highway Accident

Posted on August 26, 2009
A federal magistrate judge has awarded $18 million to a man severely injured in a 2008 accident on Interstate 64 that killed three people. Following a one-day bench trial, Magistrate Judge David D. Noce ruled that it was more likely than not that the truck driver blamed for the crash was negligent...

Altria Ordered to Pay Damages to Smoker?s Daughter

Posted on August 26, 2009
A jury has ordered Altria Group Inc. to pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of a smoker who died of lung cancer, Bloomberg reports. According to the original lawsuit, the cigarette maker misrepresented the risks of smoking in its advertising...

Nurses Report Problems With Hospital Safety, Cleanliness

Posted on August 26, 2009
An alarming number of nurses say hospitals are not as safe or sanitary as they should be, a new survey by Consumer Reports? has concluded. Among the survey?s findings: about 28 percent of nurses saw problems with hospital cleanliness; about 38 percent of nurses report problems with patient care; and about 26 percent of nurses [...

School Officials Failed to Call 911, Lawsuit Says

Posted on August 26, 2009
School officials failed to call 911 after a student suffered second- and third-degree burns during a science experiment, a lawsuit filed in Tennessee claims. According to the suit, no nurse was on duty at the school and the teacher instead had the fourth grade girl place a cold compress on the burns...

Hotel Negligent in Death of Football Player

Posted on August 26, 2009
A jury has awarded $3.8 million to the family of a former Alabama State University football player who died after an incident at a hotel swimming pool. The lawsuit alleged that employees at the Rodeway Inn in Montgomery allowed 19-year-old Derrick Marshall to use the pool even though it had been shut down by [...

Roof Collapse Sparks Lawsuits

Posted on August 26, 2009
Two Dallas Cowboys staff members injured in the collapse of a training facility earlier this year have filed lawsuits against the maker of the tent-like structure. According to the lawsuits, Pennsylvania-based Summit Structures and others failed to disclose potential structural problems that could cause the building to collapse in high winds...

Cuba Ordered to Pay Damages for Wrongful Death

Posted on August 24, 2009
A Maine jury has awarded $21 million to a woman who claimed that Cuban officials were responsible for the death of her father more than 30 years ago. The lawsuit alleged that Geoffrey Sullivan was imprisoned and executed in 1963 after participating in anti-Castro covert operations in Central America and Cuba...

Attorney: Deal Likely in Insurance Lawsuit

Posted on August 24, 2009
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. may be able to pay a temporary fee to plaintiff attorneys while the state-run property insurance company attempts to appeal a $95 million Katrina-related verdict, an attorney familiar with the matter said. The proposed temporary payment stems from various court rulings that said Citizens must post a cash bond before [...

Products Litigation Growing More Complex

Posted on August 24, 2009
The area of product liability litigation has expanded in recent years as the definition of what a product is has also grown. Product liability cases may now include a wide range of ?products? including transfused blood, sperm, information technology, computer software and electricity...

Genocides Suits Pre-Empted, Court Rules

Posted on August 24, 2009
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel has ruled against the descendants of Armenian genocide victims involved in several class actions against life insurance companies. In a 2-1 ruling, the court held that a California statute that prompted several multimillion dollar settlements was pre-empted by U...

Family Awarded Damages in Misdiagnosis Case

Posted on August 24, 2009
A Texas jury has ordered a hospital, a doctor and a physician?s assistant to pay $3.5 million to a woman who died of misdiagnosed cancer. In the lawsuit, the family of Melissa Hendricks accused Highland Family Medical Center, Dr. Stephen Glaser and Jason Maris of medical malpractice and wrongful-death for failing to test a sebaceous [...

Patient to Testify in Med-Mal Case

Posted on August 24, 2009
A Florida woman is scheduled to testify Monday in a medical malpractice trial that accuses three doctors of negligence that caused her to become quadriplegic. According to the lawsuit, doctors at NCH North Naples Hospital failed to diagnose a rare progressive neurological condition that led to severe and permanent injuries...

Recall Covers 2700 Child Bicycle Trailers

Posted on August 20, 2009
After reports of wheels loosening and falling off of child bicycle trailers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of 2,700 trailers manufactured by Burley Design LLC. The models covered by the recall are the 2009 d’lite ST and Solo ST trailers with serial numbers beginning with D939 or D948, and were sold [...

$260,000 Settlement Reached in Police Shooting

Posted on August 20, 2009
Julio Hernandez and Adriana Velasquez will split a $260,000 settlement from the city of Salinas to resolve a case where police officers opened fire on them during a traffic stop. The couple did not have any weapons, but one of the officers said he heard a noise and saw a flash in the car?s interior [...

Debt-Collection Agencies Sued Over Tactics

Posted on August 20, 2009
Three operators of multiple debt-collection agencies were sued by New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo in an attempt to shut down the companies over illegal tactics. Some of the practices detailed at a press conference announcing the suit included insulting victims, threatening victims with immediate arrest while pretending to be law officers and calling [...

Car Accident Cell Phone and Texting Statistics

Posted on August 20, 2009
Currently, the data available for car accidents involving cell phone use is limited. While mobile phones have grown enormously in popularity in the past decade, it is still unclear how greatly cell phone calls and texting contribute to car crashes. What is clear is that talking on the phone and texting behind the wheel both [...

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