NY Woman Awarded $66 Million Settlement
Posted on Thursday, December 9th, 2010
A New York State woman paralyzed in a workplace accident has won the single largest personal injury award in western New York history.
A state supreme court jury has awarded thee 30-year-old woman $66 million.
She was [...]
Man Cleared in ’84 Rape Case Gets $18.5 Settlement
Posted on Thursday, October 21st, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) – A jury has awarded $18.5 million to a New York City man who was exonerated four years ago after spending more than two decades in prison.
Alan Newton was cleared by DNA [...]
Former champion cyclist wins record personal injury payout
Posted on Saturday, September 18th, 2010
A cyclist who once competed in the Commonwealth Games has received the UK’s highest ever payout for personal injury compensation.
Manny Helmot’s career was ended after he was struck by a vehicle during a training exercise [...]
Ex-Dolphin Receiver wins $11.5 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Posted on Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver O.J. McDuffie never won a Super Bowl in his playing days but it appears he’s just won a big one off the field.
McDuffie has been awarded $11.5 million in a [...]
Lawyers urge WTC workers to take $657M settlement
Posted on Monday, March 15th, 2010
Lawyers and city officials say they are confident they can get ground zero responders to agree on a settlement for sick people who toiled in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
Thousands of workers who [...]
LA Weight Loss Wrongful Death Suit Settled
Posted on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
A wrongful death lawsuit against L.A. Weight Loss Centers Inc. has settled for $700,000 in Madison County.
According to a March 3 order approving the settlement, L.A. Weight Loss will make payment to the two children [...]
Toyota Withheld Crash Lawsuit Evidence
Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010
According to Congressman Edolphus Towns, Toyota deliberately withheld key vehicle design and testing evidence in lawsuits filed by Toyota drivers injured in crashes due to faulty Toyota cars. Representative Towns is chairman of the oversight [...]
continue readingFamily, LCPS agree to cash settlement in girl’s 2007 death
Posted on Saturday, February 20th, 2010
A wrongful death lawsuit against the Las Cruces public school district has been settled for $130,000, according an attorney representing the district.
Destinie Martinez, 7, who had undergone multiple surgeries for a known heart defect, died [...]
Williams Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $2.3M
Posted on Sunday, December 20th, 2009
The family of a Mesa motorcyclist who died in a crash involving a Williams police officer has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the city for $2.3 million.
Williams officials say the award to the family [...]
$6.74 Million Illinois Wrongful Death Settlement
Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
An Illinois jury has awarded the family of a 26-year-old man a $6.74 million after he died at one of the Archer Daniels Midland Co. plants.
The judgment in the March 24, 2007, death [...]