Jury Hands Up $26M Med Mal Verdict in Case of Child Born Deaf
By Andrew Denney A jury in a medical malpractice case awarded more than $26 million to a 7-year-old girl who was born deaf and who suffers from other health problems, issues...
Gill & Chamas Attorney Alleges Illegal Beach Practices in Deal, NJ
Andrew Chambarry, ESQ Illegal Beach Practices: The mayor of Deal is facing some backlash after he said that homeowners with beachfront property won’t have to pay for beach badges. Gill...
Rite Aid to pay $4 million to settle DOJ probe into pseudoephedrine sales
Reuters reports Rite Aid Corp. will pay $4 million to resolve a criminal probe by the US Department of Justice related to “the improper sale of pseudoephedrine, an ingredient often used...
Alabaster medical office must pay $3 million in malpractice suit
A Shelby County jury recently ruled against a health care facility in Alabaster during a civil lawsuit involving medical malpractice. According to court documents, pulmonologist Manuel Carcelen of Pulmonary Medicine...
Man injured in semi-truck accident wins $18.5M verdict
Semi-truck accident: A 46-year old man severely injured in a crash with a semi-truck on I-74 in Hendricks County in 2013 was awarded $18.5 million by a jury last week....
Florida woman dies due to Takata airbag rupture
The AP reports that, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report, a Florida woman has died due to a faulty Takata air bag that ruptured. Nichol Barker was hit in the head...
GM responds to shattering sunroof incidents
Product Safety: Consumer Reports analyzed “a federal consumer complaints database identified nearly 900 incidents spanning 208 models and 35 brands.” The analysis “found that shattering incidents are not such freak occurrences.”...
$1.7 Million Verdict upheld in Dollar General slip and fall case
A $1.7 million verdict for a customer injured by a fall in a Mobile County Dollar General store was upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court. The case goes back to...
City agrees to pay $115 million to dancer paralyzed in bus shelter collapse
A young dancer left partially paralyzed when a shelter at O’Hare International Airport collapsed on her has received a record $115 million settlement from Chicago and its insurer, her attorney...
Keurig Green Mountain agreed to pay $5.8 million for safety defect
Keurig Green Mountain agreed to pay a $5.8 million penalty to settle charges that it knowingly failed to report a safety defect in Keurig K-Cup MINI Plus Brewing Systems that...
