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Reading Hospital To Pay $1.3M In Medical Malpractice Suit

Categories: Settlements

Reading Hospital was sentenced by a Berks County jury to pay $1.3 million to a former patient who sued the hospital for medical misconduct.

According to court records, the jury held the hospital guilty of failing to detect and treat a…

Monroe Woman Gets $2.75M In Highway Crash From WA State

Categories: Settlements

Washington state has agreed to pay $2.75 million to a woman who was critically injured in a rollover accident on Highway 522 involving a state Department of Transportation vehicle.

On March 5, 2018, a mother from Monroe was travelling east…

CMHA Officer Sued By Teen's Mother In Wrongful Death Suit

Categories: Settlements

The family of a 19-year-old teenager has filed a lawsuit against the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority officer who fatally shot him in 2020.

The wrongful-death action was filed in federal court in Cleveland by the deceased boy's…

Abused Women To Get $165M From Two NYC Hospitals

Categories: Settlements

Two hospitals in New York have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients who accused a former doctor of sexual assault and misconduct.

The arrangement was announced by Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York…

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Results In $4.25M For Widower

Categories: Settlements

A Stark County jury awarded $4.25 million to a widower who sued a former Mercy Medical Center doctor for medical negligence and wrongful death.

According to her husband's attorney, a 43-year-old Dennison resident died in November 2018 after…

Couple Gets $4M From IA After Son Dies Of Strep Infection

Categories: Settlements

The state has agreed to pay a North Liberty couple nearly $4 million after their almost 2-year-old son died in 2018 from an undiagnosed strep infection after visiting University of Iowa-affiliated clinics and facilities, including a UI Quick Care…

Malpractice Suit Filed Against Mayo Clinic Over Brain Injury

Categories: General

A lawsuit filed this month in Olmsted County District Court claims that Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys medical personnel inadvertently overdosed a patient with an opiate, causing a brain injury.

The plaintiff from Shoreview, Minnesota,…

iFLY Sued By A Palos Park Over Man Indoor Skydiving Accident

Categories: Settlements

On Tuesday, a local legal firm filed a revised case on behalf of a Palos Park man who became paraplegic after an indoor skydiving accident in January 2021.

According to the revised lawsuit, on January 21, 2021, the 63-year-old plaintiff was…

Walmart, CVS, Walgreens To Pay $650M Over Opioid Crisis

Categories: Settlements

After a jury held the owners of CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart pharmacies responsible for fueling the opioid epidemic, a federal judge in Ohio ordered them to pay two Ohio counties $650…

No Bankruptcy Shield For 3M In Combat Earplug Lawsuits

Categories: Announcements

A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that the bankruptcy of a subsidiary did not prevent lawsuits against the non-bankrupt parent business, 3M Co., which means that the company must…