Jury awards parents $2.15 million over son’s death 
Published: April 27, 2012
Tags: Kentucky, negligence, negligent hiring, wrongful death
A Nelson, Ky. Circuit Court jury has awarded $2.15 million in damages to the estate of a boy who was killed in 2009 when a youth minister at Big Springs Assembly of God church let him drive his vehicle.
Family sues over injuries from surgery performed by robot
Published: April 23, 2012
Tags: Alabama, breach of warranty, daVinci surgical robot, fraud, hysterectomy, loss of consortium, negligence, pain and suffering, unjust enrichment
An Alabama family has filed a personal injury lawsuit against Intuitive Surgical claiming the company’s surgical robot botched a hysterectomy.
$70.5 million won in ‘textbook’ products liability trial
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 10, 2012
Tags: General Electric, negligence, product liability
A small firm lawyer representing two helicopter pilots has won a $70.5 million verdict against General Electric, the maker of the copter’s twin engines.
Member of LLC personally liable for negligence
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: LLC, negligence
A member of a limited liability company may be personally liable for acts of negligence committed in furtherance of the company’s business, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a $926,000 judgment.
$2.7 million settlement agreed to in roller coaster death lawsuit
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: negligence, Texas, wrongful death
A settlement has been agreed to in principle in a lawsuit over the death of a man at a Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo carnival roller coaster ride last year.
Housing authority may be liable for violent tenant
Published: April 4, 2012
Tags: negligence, preemption, wrongful death
Federal law does not preempt a lawsuit alleging that a public housing authority was negligent for failing to evict a tenant with violent propensities, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Hold-harmless clause protects climbing wall operator
Published: April 3, 2012
Tags: hold-harmless agreement, negligence
A hold-harmless agreement protected the operator of a climbing wall from liability for injuries suffered by a plaintiff while engaged in the activity at the behest of his employer, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Jury awards $2.9 million to family of woman killed in truck crash
Published: April 3, 2012
Tags: California, car crash, negligence, UPS, wrongful death
A Sacramento Superior Court jury has awarded nearly $2.9 million to the survivors of an Oregon woman who was killed in an April 10, 2009, traffic collision with a United Parcel Service truck in Redding.
Michigan chiropractor awarded $7 million
By:
Douglas J Levy
Published: April 2, 2012
Tags: breach of contract, chiropractor, failure to honor good faith duties, false light invasion of privacy, Michigan, negligence
A Michigan jury has awarded Dr. Micheil Hanczaryk and his practice, Bristol Chiropractic Centre, nearly $7 million on claims of breach of contract, negligence, failure to honor good faith duties and false light invasion of privacy against his carrier, Podiatry Insurance Co. of America (PICA).
Employee statements concerning accident privileged
Published: March 21, 2012
Tags: attorney-client privilege, negligence
A personal injury defendant could not be required to disclose redacted summaries of interviews with its employees that were prepared by an accident investigator at the direction of the employer’s attorneys, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a discovery order.
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