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Prosecutor kicked off case to receive $1.3 million

Tony Ogden — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:56:52 +0000

A former Hunterdon County, N.J. assistant prosecutor who filed a whistle-blower lawsuit after she was kicked off a pro basketball player’s reckless manslaughter case will be paid $1.3 million.

Read the full article from The Express-Times: Jayson Williams prosecutor, kicked off case, to get $1.3 million

Bus company pays $5 million to settle wrongful death

Tony Ogden — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:54:48 +0000

A Cincinnati-based school bus company has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit in Missouri where one of the drivers for First Student drove a bus over and killed a teen.

Read the full article from Cincinnati.com: Cincinnati bus company pays $5M, settles death suit

New York City settles loitering suit for $15 million

Tony Ogden — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:52:15 +0000

New York City has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of thousands of people who were charged with loitering decades after the state’s laws were ruled unconstitutional.

Read the full article from The Wall Street Journal: City Settles Loitering Suit for $15
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City must pay $375,000 to settle gender-bias suit by police sergeant

Tony Ogden — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:32:56 +0000

The city of Syracuse, N.Y. has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle a gender-discrimination lawsuit filed in 2009 by a female officer of the Syracuse Police Department.

Read the full article from The Post-Standard: Syracuse must pay $375,000 to settle gender-bias suit by police sergeant

Jury awards $975,000 to woman who gave birth on jail cell floor

Tony Ogden — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:31:17 +0000

A federal jury has awarded nearly $1 million to a severely mentally ill homeless woman who gave birth alone on the floor of a King County, Wash. jail cell 14 years ago.

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Family wins $2 million wrongful death civil suit against highway patrol

Tony Ogden — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:03:39 +0000

The family of Joey Pinasco – a 21-year-old shot to death by two California Highway Patrol officers – has won a $2 million civil lawsuit against the department in federal court Sacramento.

Read the full article from The Record: Jury: CHP was at fault

Wrongfully convicted man wins $25 million verdict

Kimberly Atkins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:30 +0000

A man who was wrongly arrested and imprisoned for murder at age 13 and exonerated more than 16 years later has been awarded $25 million by a federal jury in Chicago.

Jurors found that the City of Chicago maliciously prosecuted Thaddeus
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City to pay $1.2 million to settle civil rights suit over police shooting

Tony Ogden — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:48:26 +0000

The city of Portland, Ore. has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Aaron Campbell, who was shot to death by Portland police two years ago.

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Another defense win in bellwether Levaquin trial

Barbara L. Jones — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:50:13 +0000

Once again, the defense has prevailed in a Levaquin bellwether trial.

Last week, a federal jury in Minnesota returned a defense verdict in a trial that is part of the multi-district litigation against Johnson & Johnson over the side effects of
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Hospital fraudulent in $178M botched surgery verdict

Sylvia Hsieh — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:38:57 +0000

A Florida jury has awarded $178 million to a former deputy sheriff whose botched weight-loss surgery left him in a wheelchair unable to care for himself.

In a different twist on an otherwise routine med-mal case, winning lawyer Thomas S.
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