By David Voreacos – Oct 30, 2013
The owner of SeaStreak Wall Street, a commuter ferry that crashed in Manhattan’s financial district on Jan. 9, has settled more than 45 personal-injury claims for almost $1 million, according to a lawyer for th… [Read more…]
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND OTHER COMPENSATION SYSTEMS
39-2-1409 Sellino v. Pinto Brothers Disposal, LLC, App. Div. (per curiam) (13 pp.) Samuel Sellino was employed as a trash truck operator for defendant Pinto Brothers Disposal, LLC and died af… [Read more…]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer… [Read more…]
An 85-year-old man who lost part of his leg after a public bus hit him in a Southern California crosswalk settled a lawsuit Monday for $15 million – just before a jury reached a verdict that would have given him even more.
Julio Huayanca (HOO… [Read more…]
Superior Court to review lawsuit against Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
DALLAS – Is it a valet’s duty to stop a visibly intoxicated person from driving drunk?
That was a case before the state Superior Court during a special session at Dallas High… [Read more…]
Around 1.5 million Americans live in nursing homes and many suffer from both physical and mental illnesses. Often times these nursing home residents need to be restrained for their own safety, as well as for the safety of the staff and other re… [Read more…]
Family of Montclair High School football player Ryne Dougherty who died in 2008 settles lawsuit for $2.8 million
Ryne Dougherty died on Oct. 15, 2008, two days after collapsing in a junior varsity game against Don Bosco Prep.
The family of a M… [Read more…]
The mother of a Pennsylvania child who died in a shoulder-sling infant carrier has agreed to settle her lawsuit with the manufacturer of the carrier for $8 million.
Anthoinette Medley, the mother of Nelsir Scott, and Infantino LLC, a maker of p… [Read more…]
First Federal Transvaginal Mesh Injury Lawsuit: $2 Million Award
Atlanta, GA: A jury hearing the first transvaginal mesh personal injury lawsuit has awarded the plaintiff $2 million in damages. In her lawsuit, Donna Cisson alleges that the mesh… [Read more…]
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 3,757 people were killed and another 88,000 were injured in accidents involving large trucks in 2011. A large number of these accidents were caused by what is known as driver fatig… [Read more…]