As reported by Hugh Patterson: Philadelphia – An amphibious duck boat loaded with 35 passengers and two crew members was struck by a barge Friday on the Delaware River outside of Philadelphia. Two passengers were killed as a result of the collision. The amphibious vehicle has been stopped because of possible engine trouble for five [...]
By Allison Ross, Palm Beach Post A Miami judge has certified the nation’s first class-action suit against manufacturers and distributors of defective Chinese drywall. County Circuit Judge Joseph Farina gave the go-ahead for the class certification, which is limited to affected homeowners living in the Keys Gate community in Homestead. The [...]
By Bob Van Voris May 20 (Bloomberg) — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $29.1 million to Connie Buonomo, the widow of a Florida man who started smoking at age 13 and died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2008, a jury in Fort Lauderdale said. The unanimous verdict today by six state [...]
May 19, 2010 By JDJournal.com Residents have filed a class action lawsuit in New Jersey State Court, Hudson County against Honeywell International of New Jersey and PPG Industries of Pennsylvania for dumping and failing to clean up cancer-causing hexavalent chromium waste in their neighborhoods. According to today’s press release at PR Newswire, the [...]
By Oskar Garcia (AP) LAS VEGAS — A jury in Las Vegas ordered two drug companies to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages in the first of hundreds of civil cases stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak two years ago. The Clark County District Court jury on Friday ordered Teva Parenteral [...]
By Nick Divito, Courthouse News Service LAS VEGAS (CN) – Clark County’s child welfare system shows “deliberate indifference to the health and safety of the children it is obligated to protect,” 13 foster kids say in a federal class action. The National Center for Youth Law’s 80-page complaint demands sweeping changes in the county’s [...]
April 10, 2010 By: Matthew Mosk, ABC News Over the past two years, controversial coal boss Don Blankenship has twice agreed to courtroom settlements requiring his company to clean up a checkered safety record, yet federal documents show Massey Energy mines continued to rack up serious violations in advance of the explosion that killed [...]
March 10, 2010 By Russell Carter, Womack Publishing Service A Gretna woman filed a $15 million lawsuit Thursday in Pittsylvania County Circuit Court on behalf of her 12-year-son who drowned in 2008 at Smith Mountain Lake State Park. Dora Mae Henley is suing Sycamore Baptist Church and the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with [...]
Saturday, December 12, 2009 By Katherine Sayre, www.al.com A Mobile County jury awarded $20 million this week to the family of a woman who plaintiffs’ lawyers said died after receiving improper anesthesia care. The jury returned the wrongful death verdict against medical group Coastal Anesthesia, Dr. Randall Boudreaux and Don Ortego, a certified [...]
Posted December 1, 2009 By: Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a record $83-million judgment in favor of a San Diego County woman who was paralyzed when her Ford Explorer rolled over and its roof partially collapsed. The justices rejected an appeal from lawyers [...]
