House explosion victims to receive $5 million 
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: gas explosion, negligence, paralysis, Wisconsin, wrongful death
A furnace installation company and its insurer agreed to pay $5 million to the victims of a fatal home explosion in Sun Prairie, Wis., said an attorney for the victims.
Man awarded $21.8 million for crash that left him paralyzed
Published: August 12, 2011
Tags: car crash, Florida, paralysis
A Cape Coral, Fla. man was awarded an amended final judgment of $21.8 million after he was paralyzed in a 2006 crash – about half of what a jury awarded him in 2009.
$4.5 million settlement for family of paralyzed girl
Published: May 26, 2011
Tags: California, paralysis, police
A paralyzed Bakersfield, Calif. girl will receive $4.5 million to provide a lifetime of care under a settlement of her suit against the California Highway Patrol.
Man gets $6.2 million after falling into empty pool
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 27, 2011
Tags: negligence, paralysis, pool, quadriplegic, safety, Texas
A Travis County, Texas jury has awarded $6.2 million to a former Austin musician who, after drinking at a private party, was paralyzed when he dove into an underfilled apartment complex pool in 2005.
Fraternity sued by injured pledge
By:
Associated Press
Published: January 10, 2011
Tags: college, fraternity suits, Kansas, paralysis
An eastern Kansas man has filed suit against a University of Kansas fraternity over injuries he suffered at a party in September.
Paralyzed man receives $8 million settlement from city
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 27, 2010
Tags: accident, football, high school, New York, paralysis
Blake Hunt, the Flushing, N.Y. High School football player who was paralyzed during a scrimmage and has spent the past three years at a nursing home, has received a settlement in his lawsuit against the city in the amount of $8 million.
Woman paralyzed in park accident receives $8 million
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Connecticut, paralysis
A young woman who was paralyzed in a sledding accident at Fulton Park has received $8 million in a settlement with the city.
High school football player’s injury case settled
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: July 13, 2010
Tags: football, high school, negligence, paralysis, Vermont
A former Spaulding High School, Vt. football player whose suffered a broken spine when he tried to tackle an opposing player in 2005 has reached a settlement with the Barre Supervisory Union, which he sued for negligence in a civil case filed more than two years ago.
Woman awarded $36 million malpractice verdict
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: May 10, 2010
Tags: Florida, medical malpractice, paralysis
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Deerfield Beach woman who was left partially paralyzed after a botched steroid injection has won a $36 million malpractice verdict.
$14.7M settlement in school trampoline case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 26, 2010
Tags: paralysis, trampoline
The Chicago Board of Education is set to pay out the lion’s share of a record $14.7 million settlement reached this week in the case of a student left a quadriplegic after a trampoline accident at a South Side elementary school in 1992. The payout is believed to be the largest ever by the Board of Education in a personal-injury suit, attorneys in the case said Thursday.
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