March 30, 2021
Lee Fogle reached down to save his 12-lb. Yorkshire terrier Nemo as a pit bull lunged forward. The attacking dog’s jaws clamped onto his left hand, sending him to a clinic for sutures and starting a 10-month-long insurance battle. “It …
February 22, 2017
A star of the Alaska-based reality series “Life Below Zero” is suing the show’s producers, alleging she was hurt while forced to perform dangerous acts in support of false story lines. The lawsuit against BBC Worldwide Reality Productions and others …
September 19, 2016
The widow and children of a man who went to a rural Hawaii health center with a sore throat in 2013 and ended up dead will receive a $4.2 million settlement from the federal government, the widow’s lawyer said Wednesday. …
May 16, 2016
When a settlement is reached in a personal injury lawsuit, a written settlement agreement is prepared, and, if medical expenses for the injured party have been paid by Medicare, a Medicare Set-Aside Account (MSA) may be created to reimburse Medicare …
November 10, 2015
Which do the conservative justices hate more: personal injury lawyers or interpreting a law loosely to expand the power of lower courts? That question was on the table Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices heard oral argument in …
July 14, 2015
A former student of a Malvern college wants the state to pay her $75,000 in damages after she said she broke two fingers during a classroom game of musical chairs. Robin Earnest of Saline County said she and two others …
June 9, 2015
The United States government is defending itself against a Chinese tourist’s $10 million injury claim with the testimony of a surprising witness – a border agent the government initially fired and charged criminally in the case. Customs and Border Protection …
May 29, 2014
A man convicted in what witnesses called one of the largest credit card schemes in U.S. history says he should receive more than $4 million for injuries he allegedly suffered from a fall outside the Cass County Jail in Fargo. …