Jury awards former student $5 million 
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: brain injury, fight, high school, Massachusetts
A former Gloucester High School student permanently injured in a 2006 lunchtime fight has been awarded $5 million by a jury.
Vaccine Act plaintiffs can’t show autism link
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: autism, Daubert, product liability, Vaccine act
Plaintiffs who filed a claim for compensation under the federal Vaccine Act could not show that their daughter’s autism was the result of a measles vaccine she received as an infant, the Federal Circuit has ruled.
Agency proposes mandatory seatbelts on buses
Published: August 31, 2010
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, safety regulations, seatbelts
WASHINGTON - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed requiring all new commercial motorcoach buses to install seatbelts.
‘Misuse’ doesn’t bar Yamaha ATV lawsuit
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: defective design, product liability, Yamaha ATV
A driver’s alleged misuse of an all-terrain vehicle does not preclude the manufacturer from being liable for defective design, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.
Second bellwether hernia patch trial goes to plaintiff
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Kugel mesh hernia patch, multi-district litigation
A federal jury in Rhode Island has awarded $1.5 million to a North Carolina man and his wife in the second bellwether trial in the Kugel mesh hernia patch litigation.
Pfizer settles Prempro case before damages retrial
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Arkansas, breast cancer, Pfizer, Prempro
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to settle an Arkansas woman’s claims that the company’s Prempro menopause drug caused her breast cancer before the drugmaker endured another trial over punitive damages in the case, according to a court filing.
$5.3 million settlement in woman’s death
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: hospital, Illinois, medical malpractice, stroke, wrongful death
The family of a woman who died after being admitted to Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill. with strokelike symptoms has agreed to a record $5.3 million medical malpractice settlement.
$1.95 million awarded in cosmetic surgery death
Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: cosmetic surgery, medical malpractice, Virginia, wrongful death
A Circuit Court jury has awarded $1.95 million in damages to the family of a woman who died within 40 hours of receiving a “mommy makeover” operation.
Mold plaintiffs needn’t fully reimburse Medicaid
Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: Medicaid, toxic mold
Public housing tenants who obtained a $12 million toxic mold settlement aren’t required to reimburse the state for the full amount of Medicaid benefits they received, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled.
Jury awards $30.4 million in popcorn lung case
By Kimberly Atkins -
Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: diacetyl, popcorn lung disease, verdicts
In what is believed to be the largest individual verdict in a popcorn lung disease case, a Chicago jury has awarded $30.4 million to a plant worker who was exposed to the butter flavoring chemical diacetyl, causing irreversible lung damage.
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