Verdicts
Massachusetts Girl Gets $11.5M In Medical Malpractice
A jury awarded $11.5 million in medical malpractice to an 18-month-old girl in Massachusetts. In April 2009, the girl, now 11, was brought to Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts by her father after she started vomiting and showed…
Quadriplegic Victim’s $9.5M Settlement Approved
A jury awarded $11.5 million in medical malpractice to an 18-month-old girl in Massachusetts. In April 2009, the girl, now 11, was brought to Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts by her father after she started vomiting and showed…
Summary Judgment For J&J's Mentor TVM Reversed
A three-judge panel in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the summary judgment granted to a plaintiff in a case against Johnson & Johnson unit Mentor Worldwide LLC over the alleged complications related to the company's…
Defendants Win Another Xarelto Injury Lawsuit
The manufacturers of the blood thinner drug Xarelto won another case filed against them over the drug's alleged excessive bleeding effect. Philadelphia Court of…
14 Times Catheter Insertion Failure Leads To $4M Verdict
A jury awarded $4 million verdict to the family of a 72-year-old man who died after his doctor tried to insert a catheter 14 times.
According to the lawsuit, the victim was suffering from mitral valve regurgitation, a heart problem that can…
$2.25M Verdict For The Family Of DUI Death Victim
The family of a man, who was killed by a drunk pickup truck driver, received a $2.25 million award.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was riding his vintage 1970s bicycle on Sunday morning on April 6, 2014, when a pickup truck driver…
Judge Declines To Reduce Medical Negligence Verdict Of $29M
A federal judge declined to reduce a $29.9 million verdict awarded earlier to an Illinois man who was forced to undergo a kidney transplant by a health clinic.
The federal appeals court upheld U.S. District Court Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel…
Wawa Store Compensates $3M To A Girl Child
A jury awarded a settlement of $3 million to a girl child who suffered third-degree burns when hot water spilled over her at a Wawa store in New Jersey.
According to the lawsuit filed, the girl, along with her mother, was at the Wawa store…
Uconn Student's Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled For $1M
A wrongful death lawsuit for about $1 million has been settled in a case involving a UConn student who was run over and killed by a campus fire department truck in 2016.
Authorities said that the 19-year-old sophomore from West Hartford…
Plavix Lawsuits Cost Manufacturers $834M
On Monday, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi S.A. were ordered to pay more than $834 million to the state of Hawaii over failure to warn the patients about the risk associated with the blood thinner…