Organ-donation case in federal court settled for $1.2 million 
Published: November 8, 2012
Tags: funeral expenses, medical bills, murder, Ohio, organ transplant, pain and suffering, punitive damages
UPMC Hamot and two other parties paid a total of $1.2 million to settle a federal civil suit over the harvesting of the organs of an 18-year-old Ohio man who suffered a fatal injury in a snowboarding accident in 2007.
Student with cerebral palsy settles suit over eye injury
Published: November 8, 2012
Tags: cerebral palsy, duty of care, Maryland, medical bills, negligence, negligent supervision, school
A Maryland teenager with cerebral palsy who lost an eye when a fellow student allegedly threw a book at her face will get $55,000 from the city of Baltimore under a settlement approved by the City Board of Estimates.
Ex-student gets $9 million award over injuries from car collision
Published: July 12, 2012
Tags: car crash, loss of earnings, medical bills, New York, pain and suffering
A Manhattan jury has awarded a former Pace University student $9 million for medical bills, loss of earnings, and pain and suffering as a result of injuries she sustained in a 2004 accident in Pleasantville, injuries that her left her debilitated by obsessive-compulsive disorder and unable to work.
Baltimore janitor wins $537,000 verdict
By:
Danielle Ulman
Published: August 26, 2011
Tags: lost wages, Maryland, medical bills, non-economic damages, slip and fall
A middle school janitor in Baltimore has won a $537,000 verdict after she injured her ankle in a fall into a trench in the electrical closet during a power outage at the school.
Woman wins $3.25 million in verdict against casino for burns
Published: June 17, 2011
Tags: bar, burns, California, casino, chemical exposure, medical bills, pain and suffering
A Marin County, Calif. woman who suffered severe chemical burns after a Lake Tahoe casino mistakenly served her a caustic cleaning solution in a water bottle has been awarded $3.25 million in damages by a San Francisco Superior Court jury.
Study: medical bills lead to bankruptcy
By:
Aaron Krivitzky
Published: June 10, 2009
Tags: medical bills
More than 60 percent of all consumer bankruptcies filed in the past two years were caused by high medical bills, according to a study released last week.
Discounted price for medical services is admissible
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: June 2, 2009
Tags: collateral source, medical bills
The discounted price actually paid for medical services is admissible as evidence of the reasonable value of those services, the Indiana Supreme Court has ruled.
