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.
Roofer wins $7M for highway collision
Published: October 9, 2012
Tags: emotional pain, lost wages, Maryland, pain and suffering
A Baltimore jury has awarded more than $7 million to a learning-disabled roofer who has suffered debilitating back pain after an automobile collision in December 2005.
$2M asbestos award for seaman’s death reinstated
Published: September 26, 2012
Tags: asbestos, Death on the High Seas Act, Jones Act, maritime law, mesothelioma, non-pecuniary damages, pain and suffering, product liability, wrongful death
The estate of a seaman who died from mesothelioma was entitled to recover compensation for his pre-death pain and suffering, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled.
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.
Women file suit over Mirena IUD
Published: June 26, 2012
Tags: Bayer, birth control, IUD, lost wages, medical devices, New Jersey, pain and suffering
An Ohio woman and an Oklahoma woman have filed suit alleging that Bayer’s Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) caused them permanent physical injuries.
Maryland jury awards $20.9 million in med-mal case
By:
Steve Lash
Published: June 20, 2012
Tags: birth injury, Maryland, medical malpractice, pain and suffering, paralysis
A Maryland jury has awarded $20.9 million – including $20 million for pain and suffering – to the family of a 6-year-old boy who suffered permanent paralysis in his left arm when the obstetrician pulled on his head during delivery.
Tobacco companies hit with $75 million verdict
By:
Ruth Sheehan
Published: June 13, 2012
Tags: cigarettes, Engle litigation, Florida, pain and suffering, tobacco, wrongful death
Johnnie Calloway hadn’t started high school when he and his brother snuck their first cigarettes. At age 59, the cement worker died of heart disease and bladder cancer, still smoking two packs a day.
On May 31, his widow and daughter were awarded $75 million by a Broward County, Fla. jury in the latest of the Engle cases to go to trial.
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.
Attorney fights shell game to track responsibility for death
By:
Douglas J Levy
Published: December 14, 2011
Tags: loss of companionship, loss of society, medical malpractice, nursing home litigation, pain and suffering, wrongful death
Walter Polomski died in 2008 after choking on a golf ball-sized meatball at a nursing care facility. His family had to relive that nightmare during the ensuing negligence trial.
But in trying to get answers as to who was ultimately responsible, John M. Perrin, the attorney for Polomski’s estate, was having nightmares of his own.
Man wins $3.7 million wrongful termination verdict
Published: November 7, 2011
Tags: Idaho, pain and suffering, police, wrongful termination
An Idaho jury has awarded a man $2.7 million for lost wages and benefits and another $500,000 for emotional pain and suffering after he was demoted from his lieutenant’s position to patrol.
