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North Carolina Jury Awards Plaintiffs $6M in Fatal Accident

A Mecklenburg, N.C., jury has awarded two families $6 million dollars after ruling against a Charlotte development company which didn’t install a traffic light at an intersection where a fatal accident occurred. The unanimous verdict reached Friday after four days …

Jury Awards Family $8.8M in Killing by California Police Officer

A jury has awarded $8.8 million to the family of a robber who was shot and killed by a police officer east of Los Angeles in Culver City. The Los Angeles Times said a federal jury issued the verdict on …

Idaho School Found Liable in Boy’s Driver’s Ed Death

A Blaine County jury has awarded $3.5 million in damages to the family of a 15-year-old Carey boy who died in a crash during his driver’s education class. The Idaho Mountain Express reports jurors deliberated for about 90 minutes Wednesday …

Connecticut Jury Awards $15.7M in Fatal Crash Lawsuit

A Connecticut Superior Court jury has awarded $15.7 million to survivors and family members of three people killed in a 2007 crash on Interstate 95 in East Lyme. The Day of New London reports the jury found that Northeast Carriers, …

$3.45M Award in Death of Seattle Ship Worker

Federal jurors in Seattle, Wash., have awarded $3.45 million to the estate and survivors of a woman who drowned in 2010 while working on a ship conversion. The Seattle Times reports the jurors found the ship’s owner, G Shipping Ltd., …

Kentucky Jury Awards $7.2M for Defective Hearing Aid

A central Kentucky family won a $7.24 million verdict after a jury concluded that a company that makes implantable hearing aids knowingly sold a defective device that shocked a 6-year-old girl. The jury in federal court in Louisville awarded $6.25 …

Georgia Family Awarded $17M in Hospital Suit

A DeKalb, Ga., family has been awarded more than $17 million in after a jury found a physician’s assistant liable for causing a man’s brain injury. Sheriod Merritt was hit by a stray bullet in a shooting and was taken …

Colorado Jury Awards $11.5M to Family in Helmet Suit

A Colorado jury has awarded $11.5 million in a lawsuit originally brought against helmet maker Riddell and several high school administrators and football coaches over brain injuries suffered by a teenager in 2008. The ruling comes as the company faces …

Family of Man Killed in Marina Blast Awarded $1.5M

The family of a man killed in a Lincoln County, N.C., marina explosion has been awarded $1.5 million. Jurors took less than an hour to make that decision Wednesday in the case of Nate Coppick. The 19-year-old was killed in …

Jury Finds Exxon Mobil Liable for $236.4M in U.S. Pollution Suit

A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil Corp liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline additive, a lawyer for the state said. The …