Family of man shoved into wall by deputy receives $10 million settlement 
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 26, 2011
Tags: brain injury, deputy, Excessive Force, police, Washington
Despite reaching a $10 million settlement, attorneys representing King County, Wash. and the family of Christopher Sean Harris still disagree about what exactly happened the night in May 2009 when a sheriff’s deputy shoved Harris into a concrete wall.
Worker wins $50.6 million in battle over fall damages
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 3, 2011
Tags: brain injury, negligence, Workers’ Compensation
In a downtown Manhattan courtroom last month, a jury awarded $50.6 million to a worker left paralyzed after he fell 15 feet from a New York City scaffold in 2007.
University pays $150,000 to family after death of patient
By:
Associated Press
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: brain injury, Colorado, dental malpractice, surgery, wrongful death
The University of Colorado says it has paid $150,000 to the family of a man who died after oral surgery at the CU School of Dental Medicine.
Man settles for $17.7 million in medical malpractice suit
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: November 23, 2010
Tags: brain injury, Illinois, medical malpractice, medical negligence
A $17.7 million settlement was reached with a former Stone Park, Ill. police officer who suffered a brain injury at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center due to medical negligence.
Family of toddler injured in crash receives $20 million settlement
By:
Noah Schaffer
Published: October 29, 2010
Tags: auto accident, brain injury, Wisconsin
The family of a Wisconsin toddler who suffered a severe brain injury in a freak traffic accident will get $12 million in a personal injury lawsuit.
Medical center ordered to pay $3.5 million to man
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: October 28, 2010
Tags: brain injury, failure to diagnose, failure to treat, infection, Pennsylvania
An Erie County, Pa. jury awarded a classical pianist and his wife $3.5 million to compensate them for the debilitating brain damage the man suffered after doctors at Hamot Medical Center failed to diagnose and treat a brain infection he suffered in December 2007.
Jury awards $12M to woman with brain injury
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: brain injury
A California jury has awarded $12 million to a southern California woman who was left in a vegetative state after she waited hours at a hospital before being sent elsewhere for surgery to remove an air-rifle pellet from her brain in 2007.
Jury awards $12M to woman with brain injury
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 12, 2010
Tags: brain injury, medical malpractice
A jury awarded $12 million on Thursday to a Southern California woman who was left in a vegetative state after she waited hours at a hospital before being sent elsewhere for surgery to remove an air-rifle pellet from her brain in 2007.
Hospital to pay $5.75M to brain-damaged child
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 12, 2009
Tags: brain injury
A 4-year-old boy with cerebral palsy sat in his wheelchair in awe and wonderment looking around a Sacramento, Calif., courtroom’s dim interior Friday while a judge approved a $5.75 million settlement on his behalf.
Calif. jury awards $49M to accident victim
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 24, 2009
Tags: brain injury, car crash
A Santa Clara County jury this week awarded a former college student more than $49 million in damages, finding that two truckers and state transportation officials were to blame for a 2007 accident on Highway 152 that left him permanently brain damaged.
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