Latest Personal Injury News and Updates

On December 17, a press release was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announcing a proposed nationwide settlement with Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. to resolve violations of the EPA’s Lead Renovation,…

Tyco Fire Products, a major manufacturer of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), and two other companies agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS contamination in the Peshtigo and…

In January, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the aircraft maker Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to resolve a federal charge of “criminal misconduct” over the collisions in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people. The…

Jersey City property owners will receive $5 million from PPG Industries as per the terms of a proposed agreement over a class action filed against the company claiming that waste from a former chromium plant presented health risks and lowered…

Whittier, the city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, has reached a tentative $28 million settlement deal with the family members of a 61-year-old San Pedro grandmother killed by a large falling tree at her daughter’s wedding party in…

A lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was killed after police used a chokehold has been settled after the city of Pittsburg to pay $7.3 million in a settlement. According to the lawsuit filed, the incident happened when the victim was on the…

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved a $56 million settlement that Columbia Gas of Massachusetts and its parent, NiSource, had agreed in July to pay over a series of explosions and fires in the state in 2018. The…

The family of an inmate who died from the flu at the Oregon State Penitentiary reached a record $2.75 million settlement with the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC), and its Director Colette Peters publicly apologized to the family. According…

On September 15, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors consented to a $5 million settlement over a 2017 lawsuit involving a patrol vehicle that killed two boys, 7 and 9 years old, on a sidewalk. According to a charge evaluation worksheet…

The family of a teenager who endured a brain injury while under anesthesia for a knee operation and an anesthesiologist reached a $9.38 million settlement over a medical malpractice case filed by the family. According to the lawsuit filed, on…