New York pays $5 million to settle suits over death of 13 year old 
Published: September 23, 2011
Tags: autism, mental disability, New York, wrongful death
The State of New York has agreed to pay $5 million to settle two civil suits brought by the family of a boy with autism who died in state care, among the larger wrongful-death settlements ever paid by the state.
School district settles abuse suit with autistic student’s family
Published: May 16, 2011
Tags: autism, child sex abuse, Pennsylvania, sexual abuse
A federal lawsuit stemming from accusations that a Bethel Park, Pa. School District employee kissed, touched and engaged in other “sexual contact” with an autistic student has been tentatively settled.
Parents sue over fake autism therapist
By:
Associated Press
Published: March 4, 2011
Tags: autism, Connecticut, fraud, negligence, therapy
Four Connecticut couples whose children received therapy from a fake autism specialist are suing a school district that hired the woman.
Jury awards $1.7 million in fatal police shooting of autistic man
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 28, 2011
Tags: autism, California, police, shooting, wrongful death
A federal jury has awarded $1.7 million to the parents of an autistic man killed by a Los Angeles police officer.
Divorced father must pay for child’s vitamins
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 14, 2010
Tags: autism, child support, divorce, health care expense
A divorced father’s obligation to pay the medical bills of his autistic son included the cost of the boy’s natural nutritional supplements, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Family to receive $1.5M+ in first-ever vaccine-Autism court award
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 13, 2010
Tags: autism, Georgia, Omnibus Autism Proceedings, vaccine
The first court award in a vaccine-autism claim is a big one. CBS News has learned the family of Hannah Poling will receive more than $1.5 million dollars for her life care; lost earnings; and pain and suffering for the first year alone.
Vaccine Act plaintiffs can’t show autism link
By:
Pat Murphy
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.
Autism abuse case settled
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: abuse, autism, New York
The parents of Jonathan Carey, the 13-year-old autistic boy who died while in state care, have quietly settled their suit against a private facility the child had earlier attended.
Autism evidence inadmissible in brain injury case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 24, 2010
Tags: autism, Daubert, expert testimony, product liability
A product liability plaintiff could not introduce expert testimony to show that her son’s autism was the result of brain injuries suffered when the defendant’s child safety seat allegedly failed, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Preliminary settlement reached in autism lawsuit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: June 21, 2010
Tags: autism, California, treatment
Families of children with autism in eastern Los Angeles, Calif. County appear to have prevailed in a fight to maintain state funding for a popular therapy for the disorder.
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