Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2010
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 18, 2011
Tags: airplane crash, asbestos, automobile accident, defective design, Engle litigation, Hepatitis C, legal malpractice, natural gas, rollover, tobacco, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2010
The size of the Top Ten Jury Verdicts increased again in 2010.
The average increased less than the prior year, however, rising from nearly $145 million to just under $157 million. (The average for 2009 increased nearly $33 million from the
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Small firm lawyers win $132.5M in Ford rollover retrial 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 18, 2011
Tags: Ford, Ford Explorer, Mississippi, rollover, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2010, wrongful death
The third time was a charm for small-firm lawyers who won $132.5 million against Ford for a rollover accident that killed 22-year-old New York Mets prospect Brian Cole.
More personal injury litigation highlights of 2010
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 6, 2011
Tags: asbestos, defective design, diacetyl, Engle litigation, Ford, nursing home, popcorn lung disease, rollover, second-hand asbestos, sudden unintended acceleration, Taser, tobacco, Toyota
In addition to a wide array of drug litigation, 2010 brought verdicts and settlements involving a number of other products, including Toyota vehicles, asbestos and tobacco. Here is a look at some of the highlights from the year just past.
Small firm lawyers win $131M in Ford rollover retrial
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: September 9, 2010
Tags: Ford, rollover
The third time was a charm for small firm lawyers who won $131 million against Ford for a rollover accident that killed 22-year-old New York Mets prospect Brian Cole.
Risk-utility test to be used for design defect claims
By:
Allison McAndrew
Published: August 27, 2010
Tags: consumer expectations test, design defect, risk-utility test, rollover
The risk-utility test is the appropriate test for determining unreasonable dangerousness in a product liability suit over an allegedly defective rear occupant restraint system, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in overturning a $31 million verdict.
Calif. jury awards $23.4M for Ford rollover accident
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: Ford, rollover
A California jury has awarded a woman $23.4 million against Ford Motor Co. for a 2007 freeway accident that left her a quadriplegic.
Calif. jury awards $23.4M in Ford rollover case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 19, 2010
Tags: Ford Explorer, rollover
A California jury awarded an Upland woman $23.4 million Thursday in a verdict against Ford Motor Co. for a 2007 freeway accident that left her a quadriplegic.
Toyota ex-lawyer can’t share secret documents
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: rollover, Toyota
Toyota Motor Corp. won a temporary ruling barring a former in-house lawyer who accuses the carmaker of hiding evidence in rollover-accident lawsuits from going public with confidential documents in his possession.
Rollover suits against Toyota dropped
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 28, 2009
Tags: product liability, rollover
A lawyer who sought to reopen 17 rollover claims against Toyota says he cannot prove his case after reviewing documents allegedly showing that the car company had hidden key evidence.
Lawsuits trail U-Haul
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: November 5, 2009
Tags: rollover, U-Haul
After winning an $84 million negligence suit against U-Haul International in January, attorney Ted B. Lyon began receiving calls from other attorneys about U-Haul accidents.
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