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Nursing home death sparks $200 million jury verdict 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 24, 2012

Tags: nursing home litigation

The son of a nursing home patient who died after falling down a staircase while strapped in her wheelchair has been awarded $200 million against a Florida facility.

Former deputy wins $178 million judgment against hospital 

Published: January 24, 2012

Tags: failure to diagnose, Florida, laparoscopic surgery, medical malpractice

A former Clay County, Fla. sheriff’s deputy who retired after having serious complications after undergoing laparoscopic surgery in 2007 has won a multi-million dollar civil judgment against a Jacksonville hospital.

Bus driver on cell phone results in $17.7M verdict 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: January 23, 2012

Tags: cell phone, Greyhound

A 12-person jury in Texas has awarded almost $17.7 million to two women injured when the Greyhound bus they were riding flipped over while the driver was making calls on his cell phone.

Mo. jury awards $1 million against financing company 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: January 19, 2012

Tags: car title, consumer protection, unjust enrichment

In a case illustrative of a national problem, a Missouri car purchaser who did not receive title to her car and was told by the financing company to continue making payments recently received a $1 million verdict.

A gift to ‘y’all’ must be shared between husband and wife 

Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: gift tax, marital property, Virginia

When a wife’s father said that a $15,000 payment was for “y’all,” he made a joint gift to the couple, despite his later testimony that he intended only to help his daughter, a Virginia trial court has ruled.

Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011

Published: January 17, 2012

The overall size of the Top Ten Jury Verdicts increased substantially in 2011.

The average increased by $27 million, rising from nearly $157 million to just under $184 million. By contrast, the average for 2010 increased by around $12 million over 2009.

Doctor wins $482 million patent infringement verdict 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: Johnson & Johnson, patent, patent infringement, stent, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011

Plaintiff's attorney Paul Taskier

A Texas jury awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical stent manufacturer willfully infringed his patent.

Jury awards $322 million to worker in asbestos case 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: asbestos, asbestos litigation, asbestosis, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011

As a teenager growing up in Mississippi who barely learned to read or write, Thomas Brown Jr. went to work on oil drilling rigs as a “roughneck” – doing all the hard manual labor to support the drilling team, including pouring 50-pound bags of additives into mud used in the drilling process.
Thirty years later, he learned those bags contained asbestos.

Lawyer who invested in friend’s company wins $116 million verdict over failure to disclose fraud 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: fraud, investment fraud, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011

Plaintiff D. Bobbit Noel Jr.

A Houston attorney who invested roughly $28,000 in his billionaire friend’s oil and gas company and cashed out for over $6 million won a $116 million verdict against his friend and the company for their failure to disclose that the investment was worth far more.

‘Ground breaking’ Botox case results in $212M jury verdict 

By: Tony Ogden
Published: January 17, 2012

Tags: Allergan, Botox, botulism, brain damage, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011

Unlike the Hollywood starlets trying to reverse gravity or other middle-aged mortals seeking to smooth out facial wrinkles, Douglas Ray Jr. went for Botox injections for reasons other than vanity.