August 14, 2012
A woman who was just days away from leaving a job at an Upper Peninsula lodge can sue her former employer over her broken leg in an icy parking lot. An Alger County judge dismissed the case after the Cherrywood …
April 25, 2012
A northern Idaho man claims he was injured during a fall at the Bonner County Jail, where he was held last month on charges that he violated the terms of his release in a federal steroid smuggling case. Kenneth Dean …
January 30, 2012
A Gwinnett County, Ga., jury has awarded $2.3 million in damages after a judge determined that Kroger destroyed and manipulated key video evidence involving an injured customer. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 49-year-old Craig Walters said he slipped on crushed …
December 27, 2011
A Vista Superior Court jury has ordered Starbucks to pay a chiropractor and his family $7.5 million after a slip and fall accident left him with a brain injury. Court records show the amount aims to compensate Anthony Zaccaglin for …
November 9, 2011
A truck driver who slipped and fell on ice and grease while making a delivery to a Wal-Mart store in northern Colorado can collect a nearly $10 million award after the state Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict in the …
August 26, 2011
A 74-year-old woman who said she was injured after falling in a Costco store in Florida beat back the retailer’s effort to move the case to that state because it was too much trouble to defend itself in New York. …
May 23, 2011
Is soap scum in the shower an obvious hazard at a YMCA? The Michigan appeals court has overturned a $62,000 verdict and ordered a new trial in the case of a woman who fell and was hurt after rinsing her …