A Staten Island man stricken with polio has won a multimillion dollar lawsuit against a drug maker, claiming he contracted polio 30 years ago while changing his daughter’s diaper. Dominick Tenuto was awarded $22.5 million, believed to be one of the highest awards ever on Staten Island. The lawsuit claims…
A Miami Beach woman left bedridden and in excruciating pain following spinal surgery in 2003 at Mount Sinai Medical Center was awarded $38 million by a Miami-Dade Circuit Court jury. The six-person jury deliberated nine hours over two days before finding that neurosurgeon Mario Nanes, Mount Sinai and the hospital’s…
DALLAS — A Bedford infectious-disease specialist has been ordered to pay $7.5 million to a former maintenance man who lost his arms and legs to an MRSA infection. Judge Jim Jordan ordered Dr. Meenakshi Prabhakar to pay David Fitzgerald after a Dallas County jury found in Fitzgerald’s favor in his…
An Illinois woman’s homeowners insurance will pay $2.5 M to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who was injured in a crash that occurred after an underage drinking party in her home. The settlement between the woman, whose teenage daughters hosted the party, and George Baldwin, 22, was approved…
On Sept. 24, a jury rejected a family’s claim that its elderly patriarch died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell at a Family Dollar Store. The family of Warren Tiner, 84, alleged he was shopping at the Tyler store when he tripped over a box left out…
DALLAS-A federal court jury ordered Dallas County on Tuesday August 27, 2008 to pay $900,000 to a former Dallas County jail inmate for denying him proper medical care while he was in custody. The jury found that Stanley Shepherd’s constitutional rights were violated when he was denied basic medical care…
A construction worker, Clifford Moncrieffe, was operating a Bobcat X320 compact excavator when the machine tipped over. Moncrieffe’s left foot was outside the operator’s compartment and his foot was crushed. Ultimately he underwent a knee amputation. Moncrieffe sued manufacturer Clark Equipment Co., in Federal Court in Florida, for products liability…