$1.9 million settlement for failure to diagnose
In February 2014, six-year-old Wynter Przybylski was very sick. Her parents took her to a walk-in clinic in Brewer and to see the girl’s pediatrician. Both diagnosed her with severe...
42 percent of construction worker deaths involve falls
A recently created database allowed researchers to determine that, in a 33-year period, falls accounted for nearly half of all construction worker deaths – and more than half of the...
Whirlpool Recalls Over 40,000 KitchenAids
Whirlpool has announced that they are recalling about 40,200 KitchenAid electric kettles due to a burn hazard. The handle on the affected model can loosen and separate from the unit causing...
$1.5 Million Settlement in Construction Accident
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - A construction worker from Staten Island who was partially blinded in one eye by a support jack at a Manhattan construction site four years ago has...
Technology can help to keep construction workers safer on site
FEBRUARY 26, 2018 By Corey Heniser, Brigade Electronics Inc. Every year, accidents on construction sites across the globe lead to fatalities and serious injuries. Indeed, incidents such as falling from scaffolding...
$1.2M Verdict in Slip & Fall Suit
A Scott County jury awarded a woman who slipped and fell on ice at a Quad-City hotel $1.2 million on Friday. Brenda Alcala, 54, of Dallas stayed at the Courtyard...
$16.4M Verdict in Slip and Fall Resulting in Head Injury
Jurors Friday awarded more than $16.4 million to a Lowe’s patron who suffered permanent head injuries from a 2013 fall at one of the company’s stores. Hendrickson v. Lowe’s Home Centers...
Helicopter crash results in $100 million settlement
A flight nurse who was seriously injured in a 2015 helicopter crash in Frisco has been awarded $100 million in a settlement with the helicopter’s manufacturer and the company that...
$605 Million: Takata Settlement
Honda has agreed to a $605 million settlement of owner claims of economic losses related to the Takata airbag inflator recalls, and if you own an affected car, you could...
$46.5M Record Verdict: Infant Brain Injury After Failure to Treat Jaundice
Attorneys needed to demonstrate to jurors that doctors ignored obvious red flags of jaundice that they should have easily recognized. But in order to help jurors understand why these flags were so...
