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Security Guard Gets $7.5M In Wrongful Death Suit

Categories: Settlements

In order to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the killing of a security officer outside a Robbins nightclub in 2018, the Village of Midlothian has agreed to pay up $7.5 million.

After a fight broke out and the officer…

Victims' Families Of Beirut’s Port Blast File $250M Lawsuit

Categories: General

According to a Swiss organization, families of some of the victims of Beirut's catastrophic port bomb have sued an American-Norwegian company for $250 million.

The corporation is thought to have been involved in transporting the explosive…

Plaintiff Framed In Murder To Get $7.5M From Detroit

Categories: Verdicts

To resolve a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged police exchanged bullets to frame him for a murder in 1992, Detroit agreed to pay $7.5 million.

With the help of gun experts, law students at the University of Michigan, and his firm belief…

Tripler Hospital To Pay $15M Over Botched Delivery

Categories: General

An Army couple whose baby suffered brain damage from a lack of oxygen during his delivery at Tripler Army Medical Center in 2018, in Hawaii has been awarded a $15 million payout by a federal court.

The couple will get an initial payment of…

Mississippi County Sued For $2.75M In Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Categories: General

A federal lawsuit filed against a Mississippi county for the wrongful death of an insulin-dependent prisoner housed in the county jail has been settled for $2.75 million.

On September 24, 2014, the guy passed away in his cell at the George…

Family Gets $4M From Cottonwood Heights Police

Categories: Settlements

The city of Cottonwood Heights on Friday paid $4,000,000 to the family of a man who was fatally shot by police in 2018.

The Utah Local Governments Trust, an insurance company in Cottonwood Heights, reached a settlement with the family…

Woman Sues A West Side Hospital Over Medical Malpractice

Categories: Settlements

A woman has sued a West Side hospital for medical malpractice after she claims that last year, doctors sterilized her without her permission.

The Cook County Circuit Court received the complaint in June against Mount Sinai Hospital in North…

Commission Members Announced To Oversee Opioid Crisis

Categories: General

The Attorney General of Kentucky announced members of a group who will oversee the settlement money's allocation that will be used to combat opioid addiction in the state.

The…

IND Communities To Participate In $507M Opioid Settlement

Categories: General

Indiana's Attorney General informed that all the cities, towns and counties in Indiana are now participating in the $507 million opioid settlement with major pharmaceutical…

JMPL Agrees To Centralize 70 Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

Categories: Bellwether News

A panel of federal judges has agreed to centralize over 70 hernia mesh lawsuits against a Medtronic unit in the Massachusetts federal court.

The Judicial Panel on…