Zachary James died at at a North Philadelphia hospital when his heart stopped beating on April 20, 2006. The next day, his wife learned that his death may have been preventable, if someone had just looked at his X-rays before he died. Following a 10-day trial, a jury awarded Rosalyn…
A Texas court petition seeking answers in a Cameron County teacher’s swine flu death accuses a Virginia-based company of having “horrifically unsanitary conditions” at its pig farm in Mexico and wants to discover what role the farm might have played in the outbreak. The petition was filed in Texas state…
A Denver jury awarded $2 million to a woman who was injured at a Colorado Springs resort while participating in a mock sumo wrestling game with her coworkers. Katherine Giles was attending her company’s retreat at Cheyenne Mountain Resort in September 2005 when the accident happened. Mock sumo wrestling is…
A young Connecticut man who was paralyzed from the chest down in 2002 while pole vaulting at Southern Connecticut State University has won $6.4 million in damages from the Connecticut affiliate of USA Track and Field. Brandon White, 25, won the civil lawsuit from a six-member New Haven Superior Court…
GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia, faces more lawsuits alleging that patients suffered from serious Avandia side effects. Among the more severe side effects is the reported link between Avandia and heart attacks. Some critics say the risk of a heart problem is too high, while patients file lawsuits alleging they were…
The family of an 11-year-old boy killed when a 1,600-pound metal gate fell on him while he played at a Boston, Methuen school will receive a $600,000 settlement from the city. The city had previously admitted that it was liable for leaving the unsecured iron gate in an area children…
A federal jury in Montgomery returned a $5.79 million verdict against Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama and a mid-level manager for sexual harassment, negligence and retaliation. “The jury awarded double what we were asking for,” said Birmingham attorney Alicia Haynes, represented former Hyundai employee Tammy Edwards. “They were upset at the…
The Texas Medical Board entered an Automatic Suspension Order against Rodney Norman Dotson, M.D., license number D9988, on Monday, May 4, after determining that Dr. Dotson had violated a previous disciplinary order. The February 8, 2008, Mediated Agreed Order required, among other provisions, that Dr. Dotson take and pass the…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc agreed to improve its post-Thanksgiving Day crowd control as a condition of avoiding criminal prosecution in the fatal stampede of frenzied holiday shoppers at a Long Island store. In a settlement made public with the district attorney of New York’s Nassau County and the world’s largest retailer…
A 63-year-old Tyler woman who sued Nissan after she was seriously injured in a 2006 car accident has been awarded $2.19 million by a federal jury. Rebecca Perdue filed a lawsuit against Nissan Motor Co., LTD, claiming her 1995 Nissan Pathfinder failed to protect her during a Nov. 28, 2006…