Disabled woman wins verdict for rape at state home 
Published: April 23, 2012
Tags: disability, Missouri, sexual assault
A developmentally disabled woman who alleged she was raped by an employee at the facility where she was living has won $4 million from a federal jury in St. Louis.
S.C. jury awards $4.7 million in toxic chemical case
By:
Phillip Bantz
Published: August 15, 2011
Tags: chemical exposure, disability, evidence, nerve damage, South Carolina
A pair of South Carolina attorneys recently won millions in a personal injury case after rejecting a low ball settlement offer and overcoming a lack of medical evidence to prove the cause of their client’s life-altering disability.
Implant settlement may not include ‘tissue expanders’
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 20, 2010
Tags: breast implants, disability, Dow Chemical, product liability
Breast implant plaintiffs who alleged injuries from “tissue expanders” may not be entitled to receive compensation from $1.95 billion settlement fund established by a medical device manufacturer, the 6th Circuit has ruled in reversing a bankruptcy order.
Suit over treatment of disabled settled for $3 million
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 16, 2010
Tags: abuse, disability, Minnesota
The state of Minnesota has agreed to pay $3 million and phase out the use of restraints to settle a lawsuit filed by the families of three adults with developmental disabilities who were improperly handcuffed at a state-run facility in Cambridge.
State settles lawsuit over woman’s accident
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 8, 2010
Tags: abuse, disability, Nebraska, negligent care
The state of Nebraska has settled a lawsuit that accused workers at the Beatrice State Developmental Center of waiting five days to report an accident in which the legs of a resident were broken in a fall.
Hospital appeals $56 million malpractice verdict
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 26, 2010
Tags: appeal, disability, medical malpractice, New York
Northern Westchester Hospital, N.Y. is appealing a $56 million medical malpractice verdict that found the hospital and a doctor liable for a birthing injury that left a boy permanently disabled.
Pleadings case causing problems
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 11, 2009
Tags: disability, employment discrimination, pleading standard
As most employment attorneys know, the real test in federal discrimination and disability cases usually comes at the summary judgment stage, when the defendant seeks to dismiss the claim.
VA disability rating rejected
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: July 20, 2009
Tags: disability, Social Security
Even though a claimant was determined to be 100 percent disabled by the Veterans Administration, an administrative law judge can make a separate determination of disability for purposes of Social Security disability benefits, the 9th Circuit has ruled.
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