The West Virginia Supreme Court has ordered the restoration of monetary damages to Huntington homeowners hit by flooding in 2011. The high court ruled Thursday in an appeal brought by five plaintiffs along Krouts Creek, The Herald-Dispatch reported. Last year …
A jury in Polk County has awarded $35 million in damages to a former Florida smoker who underwent two lung transplants. The jury’s decision Wednesday on behalf of 61-year-old Richard Boatright of Bartow against Philip Morris USA and the Liggett …
The parents of a teenager killed in a mass slaying in Virginia have been awarded $5 million in a lawsuit against the man convicted of the deaths. Defense lawyer Charles Covati tells The News & Advance it’s unlikely the parents …
A Cass County judge has awarded $6.3 million to a couple whose milk cows were injured or killed by stray voltage on their dairy farm from a Brainerd, Minn., utility company. KTTC-TV reports the judge awarded the damages to Randy …
A jury has awarded $20 million to a woman who sued Mazda Motor Corp. after her convertible sports car crashed and left her paralyzed. The Roanoke Circuit Court jury reached its decision in the product liability lawsuit Wednesday night. The …
A Cascade County jury has awarded $4.3 million in damages to a BNSF Railway employee who was injured in a July 2011 train collision caused by a switching error. The Great Falls Tribune reports conductor Michael Schnittgen was injured when …
A federal jury has awarded almost $3 million to the family of a Berkeley County, S.C., inmate who died three years ago after spending a month at the jail. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports an autopsy showed that …
A federal jury in Charleston, S.C., has awarded the family of the former mayor of Cottageville $97 million for his shooting death. Multiple media outlets reported the jury reached the decision Wednesday in the negligence and wrongful death suit filed …
Florida’s agriculture department must pay Orlando area homeowners more than $20 million in compensation for cutting down healthy citrus trees during an effort to eradicate citrus canker. An Orange County jury on Monday determined that about 60,000 citrus trees cut …
A jury in Portland, Ore., has awarded more than $562,000 to a man who said in his lawsuit that city police beat and used a stun gun on him without provocation after stopping him for investigation of drunken driving. The …