Personal Injury Law

Wash. Jury Awards $14.8 Million To Woman After Unsuccessful Jaw Surgeries
A Spokane, Wash. jury has awarded $14.8 million to a woman who alleged a local dentist was negligent in a series of jaw surgeries in 2000 and 2001 that left her permanently disabled...

Here's how a malpractice cap affects a verdict
In a recent medical malpractice verdict in Indiana a jury awarded $3.7 Million to a young person with cerebral palsy.  Indiana state law reduces that amount to $2 Million under a law that caps verdicts...

Jury finds for physician in medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit of John Ritter
A jury verdict decided in favor of physicians in the medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit of Actor John Ritter. The medical malpractice lawsuit was brought by Ritter?s widow and children...

What damages are generally paid by a settlement or verdict for a Virginia Medical malpractice case
In a medical malpractice case in Virginia, if the defendant is liable to you for injury, then a jury may consider any of the following which it believes were actually caused by the defendant's negligence...

Jury awards $19 million in birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit
A jury recently awarded a woman and her son $19 million as a result of a birth injury medical malpractice lawsuit against her obstetrician. The son was born with celebral palsy and cortical blindness...

Jury awards $38.5 million in Stamford malpractice lawsuit
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Superior Court jury in Stamford has ordered a city obstetrician to pay $38.5 million to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy in 2003.