Settlement reached in fatal boat crash suit 
Published: May 10, 2012
Tags: boat accident, maritime law, Pennsylvania, wrongful death
A civil lawsuit over the deaths of two students in a 2010 Philadelphia Duck Boat crash has settled with an agreement to pay $17 million in damages, according to an attorney in the case.
Jury rules in favor of officers involved in deadly shooting
Published: May 9, 2012
Tags: Illinois, police shooting, wrongful death
Evanston, Ill. has avoided paying more than $1 million in damages to plaintiffs in three recent lawsuits, city attorney Grant Farrar has announced.
Deli gets $1 million settlement over easement dispute
Published: May 9, 2012
Tags: easement, Minnesota
A deli and gas station is about to receive a $1 million windfall from Ramsey County, Minn. Property tax records list the site’s market value at $357,000.
$2.2 million settlement in malpractice case
Published: May 9, 2012
Tags: Illinois, medical malpractice
OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center and a local doctor recently agreed in La Salle County Circuit Court to pay a man for a procedure the man claimed went wrong more than five years ago.
Schools to pays $432,000 for workers comp claims related to renovation
Published: May 8, 2012
Tags: Michigan, workers' compensation
Portage Public Schools has agreed to pay $432,000 to settle workers’ compensation claims involving four teachers who said they were disabled by fumes and vapors during the renovation of Portage Northern High School.
State pays $2.85 million settlement in case of child sex abuse
Published: May 7, 2012
Tags: child sex abuse, Department of Social and Health Services, sexual abuse, Washington
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services will pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a Grays Harbor County woman who was sexually abused by her father when she was 13 years old.
Hospital settles $3.5 million malpractice case
Published: May 7, 2012
Tags: California, gastric bypass surgery, medical malpractice
Catholic Healthcare West, doing business as Mark Twain St. Joseph’s Hospital, and medical professionals agreed to pay a $3.5 million malpractice settlement approved at a court hearing, and hospital officials are refusing to discuss the case.
Jury awards $78.5 million in child medical malpractice case
Published: May 7, 2012
Tags: cerebral palsy, failure to diagnose, medical malpractice, Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia court of common pleas jury has awarded $78.5 million to a woman whose 3-year-old son suffers from cerebral palsy because of what the jury found were faulty diagnostic procedures by Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, where the child was delivered.
Jury awards Muslim woman $5 million over workplace harrassment
Published: May 4, 2012
Tags: AT&T, Missouri, religious harassment, workplace harassment
A jury has awarded $5 million in punitive damages to a Kansas City, Mo. woman who says she was harassed while working at AT&T after converting to Islam.
$74 million birth injury verdict has ‘special meaning’
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: May 3, 2012
Tags: birth injury, cerebral palsy, Nicholas Rowley
In a case that had personal meaning for the lead trial lawyer, a young couple won $74 million for medical malpractice against the doctor who delivered their daughter with cerebral palsy.
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