A St. Louis, Mo., jury has awarded $1.14 million to a former employee of the Missouri Department of Public Safety who accused the department of age discrimination. The St. Louis Circuit Court jury awarded $1.14 million on Thursday to Timothy …
The city of Chicago has agreed to pay $5.7 million to a man left paralyzed by a falling tree limb. Thirty-seven-year-old Erick Leon was on a bicycle when he was hit by a 40-foot limb in August 2011. According to …
The estate of a New Jersey woman injured by a car has been awarded damages after a jury determined that a stuffed animal hanging from the driver’s rearview mirror contributed to the accident. The Times of Trenton reports the jury …
A Massachusetts family of a man whose lethal heart ailment was misdiagnosed as a lung infection has been awarded $4.8 million by a Suffolk County jury that determined a doctor was responsible for the death. Jeffrey Kace went to St. …
A jury has awarded $1.4 million to the family of a Westfield, Mass., man killed by a drunken driver in 2010. The Hampshire Superior Court jury determined Wednesday that 46-year-old Craig Barton was grossly negligent and acting recklessly when he …
A Texas woman has been awarded more than $1 million for a fall on ice outside a Bettendorf, Iowa, hotel that shattered her right ankle and left her with limp. A Scott County jury awarded 54-year-old Brenda Alcala of Dallas …
A southwestern Illinois high school student and his parents will get $910,000 under a jury award related to injuries the teenager sustained in a bicycle accident. The (Alton) Telegraph reports that Edwardsville High School student Trevor Brady says he plans …
A jury in northeastern Pennsylvania has awarded $55 million to a family in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The Express-Times said the Lehigh County jury decided Monday that St. Luke’s University Hospital and one of its doctors are to blame for …
Lawyers say a King County jury has awarded $50 million to a Burien, Wash., couple whose son was born with profound mental and physical disabilities after a hospital and lab failed to detect his genetic abnormalities. Brock and Rhea Wuth …
The family of a man killed by a part breaking off a truck doing Eagle Ford Shale oilfield work has won a $281 million lawsuit judgment from a South Texas jury. The Dimmit County lawsuit stemmed from the May, 29, …