Mass Torts News

National medical professionals will talk about the implications of opioid abuse and addiction that go beyond the impacts on the users' physical and mental health.

The…

King County's legal action against the e-cigarette manufacturer Juul will result in a settlement of more than $23 million.

In a 2019 lawsuit, King County charged Juul…

A Glastonbury-based private surgical practice performed a regular knee replacement operation on a patient who later passed away, and a jury has now awarded his wife and estate $8.5 million.
 
An architect from Wethersfield passed just…

A local orthodontist's practice is being sued by a father from Ector County on the grounds that an orthodontic wire that moved from his kid's mouth into his brain last year caused his son to suffer brain damage.
 
The guy is suing…

The 11-year-old dancer's parents have filed a civil complaint against the float driver who struck her and other parties involved in the fatal event from November's Raleigh Christmas Parade.
 
The girl's parents claimed in their 56-page…

In 2018, a construction worker in Asheville, North Carolina, who was employed at a hotel building site, went into a four-story air conditioning shaft, paralyzing him and needing ongoing care.
 
The 34-year-old resolved his civil lawsuit…

The family of a shackled prisoner who was fatally shot in 2014 by a trainee prison guard has settled a legal dispute with Nevada prison officials for $1.6 million, bringing to an end a nearly ten-year legal struggle that highlighted concerns…

An attorney said that a jury gave about $100 million to the family of a New Jersey father and his son who died in a collision in the Detroit region in 2018 while going to a funeral.
 
The man's son was a terrific pitcher in high school…

According to court records, a Washington state appeals court has restored the $98.5 million verdict given to the parents of a girl who was killed in 2020. 
 
Following the murder-suicide in which their son-in-law and two grandchildren…

A wrongful death lawsuit has been brought by the father of an only child who works for the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office against the lady who is said to have killed the officer in a drunk driving accident.
 
Following the Nov. 22…