Lawyers USA Online » Special Feature http://lawyersusaonline.com Your Business Partner Tue, 21 May 2013 20:38:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2012 http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/top-10-jury-verdicts-of-2012/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/top-10-jury-verdicts-of-2012/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:51:39 +0000 Susan Bocamazo http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90679 The overall size of the Top 10 Jury Verdicts rose again in 2012.

The average increased by almost $20 million, rising from just under $184 million to $203 million.

By contrast, the average for 2011 increased by around $27 million
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/top-10-jury-verdicts-of-2012/feed/ 0 Where are they now?  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/where-are-they-now-9/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/where-are-they-now-9/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:41:13 +0000 Reni Gertner http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90756 Here is a look back at the status of the Top 10 Jury Verdicts of 2011.

1. Doctor wins $482 million patent verdict Saffran v. Johnson & Johnson Patent infringement Jan. 28, 2011, Texas A Texas jury awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/where-are-they-now-9/feed/ 0 Lawyer wins $109M for woman killed by fallen power line  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/lawyer-wins-109m-for-woman-killed-by-fallen-power-line/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/lawyer-wins-109m-for-woman-killed-by-fallen-power-line/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:39:06 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90750 Calling it both the worst case he has seen as a trial lawyer and one of the easiest cases he has tried, Shanin Specter won a $109 million jury verdict for the family of a woman killed when a power line
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/lawyer-wins-109m-for-woman-killed-by-fallen-power-line/feed/ 0 Ambulance crash victim wins $116.9 million award  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/ambulance-crash-victim-wins-116-9-million-award/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/ambulance-crash-victim-wins-116-9-million-award/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:37:54 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90745 A woman who suffered a severed spinal cord and traumatic brain injury in an ambulance crash that occurred while she was seven months pregnant was awarded nearly $117 million by a Louisiana jury in August.

In December 2010, the ambulance transporting
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/ambulance-crash-victim-wins-116-9-million-award/feed/ 0 $121.5 million awarded for ‘triple malpractice’  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/121-5-million-awarded-for-triple-malpractice/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/121-5-million-awarded-for-triple-malpractice/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:36:42 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90741 In a rare case of “triple malpractice,” a jury awarded $121.5 million against three hospitals that treated a patient during a one-month period, which began with an office visit for seizure medication, progressed to a severe allergic skin reaction and ended
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/121-5-million-awarded-for-triple-malpractice/feed/ 0 Anger over outsourced medical transcription errors yields $140M verdict  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/anger-over-outsourced-medical-transcription-errors-yields-140m-verdict-2/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/anger-over-outsourced-medical-transcription-errors-yields-140m-verdict-2/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:35:30 +0000 Correy Stephenson http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90736 Sharron Juno died because of a typo.

A lifelong diabetic, Juno had her insulin dosage dictated by her doctor in Alabama but transcribed by an outsourced sub-contractor in India, who wrote “80” instead of “8.”

Juno passed away after receiving a
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/anger-over-outsourced-medical-transcription-errors-yields-140m-verdict-2/feed/ 0 $144.7 million for failure-to-diagnose lawsuit  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/144-7-million-for-failure-to-diagnose-lawsuit/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/144-7-million-for-failure-to-diagnose-lawsuit/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:34:05 +0000 Kimberly Atkins http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90731 A New York woman who claims she sat unattended in a hospital for hours while medical personnel negligently failed to diagnose her heart attack won a $144.7 million jury verdict in October.

Debora Sohl, an office manager and former horse trainer,
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/144-7-million-for-failure-to-diagnose-lawsuit/feed/ 0 Former principal wins, then loses, $155.7 million  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/former-principal-wins-then-loses-155-7-million/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/former-principal-wins-then-loses-155-7-million/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:32:17 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90727 In November, the former principal of a successful charter school won a disputed $155.7 million verdict against the city manager for destroying her reputation.

The manager fired the principal based on false allegations that she had admitted students into the competitive
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/former-principal-wins-then-loses-155-7-million/feed/ 0 Record $167.7 million awarded for sex harassment  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/record-167-7-million-awarded-for-sex-harassment/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/record-167-7-million-awarded-for-sex-harassment/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:30:38 +0000 Correy Stephenson http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90723 In the largest verdict to an individual employment plaintiff in United States history, a California jury awarded $167.7 million last February to a cardiac surgery physician assistant who suffered sexual harassment and wrongful termination.

Of the total verdict, $125 million was
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/record-167-7-million-awarded-for-sex-harassment/feed/ 0 Jury awards $178M in botched surgery verdict  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/jury-awards-178m-in-botched-surgery-verdict/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/21/jury-awards-178m-in-botched-surgery-verdict/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:29:01 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90718 Last January, a Florida jury 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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