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, …
A jury has recently awarded an additional $18 million to a woman whose botched surgery at a Wenatchee, Wash., hospital left her unable to speak. The Wenatchee World reports that Becky S. Anderson was having polyps removed from her vocal …
A Sacramento Countym Calif., jury has awarded nearly $32 million to a woman who was paralyzed and suffered brain damage in a 2010 traffic collision. The Sacramento Bee reports Saturday that jurors found Silva Trucking must pay 56-year-old Debra Hackett …
A Laclede County jury has ordered a Missouri company to pay $28 million to a worker who claimed his lungs were damaged at a compressor plant in south-central Missouri. In the lawsuit, Philip Berger, 56, claimed he developed inflammation of …