On Aug. 29, 2008 a jury awarded $3.3 million to an emergency medical technician who said her employer transferred her after she complained that she had been sexually assaulted and harassed by a co-worker. In 2004, Kathy Nieves told management at East Texas Medical Center EMS that she had been…
An Indiana woman has been awarded $157 million in a wrongful death lawsuit she filed against the manufacturers of a tree stand that malfunctioned, killing her husband three years ago. The substantial default judgment, reached by jurors in about an hour, no one representing the defendants — L & L…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., will pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the company discriminated against African-Americans in recruiting and hiring truck drivers. The lawsuit was filed in 2004 by Daryal Nelson, who claimed he was rejected for a truck-driver position because of his race. Nelson filed the suit in…
A South Carolina jury has awarded $4.4 million to the parents of a 4-year-old girl who died after suffering brain injury at birth at Piedmont Medical Center. The jury found that the hospital was at fault in 2003 when it assigned a nurse trainee to monitor expectant mother Robin Wilson,…
Philip Morris has to pay the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer $8 million in damages in a case that could affect about 8,000 similar Florida lawsuits. The six jurors deliberated over two days before returning the award for Elaine Hess, whose husband Stuart Hess died…
A California doctor accused of molesting female patients during medical procedures has been ordered to stop practicing medicine until further notice. Dr. Peter Chi, has turned in his license, according to the Medical Board of California. He previously had been ordered by a San Joaquin County judge to stay away…
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…
Peanut Corporation of America, the company responsible for the nationwide salmonella outbreak, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and will begin liquidating its assets as legal claims pile up against it. Companies that Lynchburg, Va.-based PCA supplied with peanut products have also filed suit against it, and PCA’s insurer,…
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…
Stacy Rojas was declared brain dead one month before Zoe Rojas’ birth. The mother was kept on life support to save their daughter’s life. Two days after Zoe was born, Mr. Rojas said goodbye to his wife forever. For two days, a pregnant Mrs. Rojas endured vomiting and excruciating headaches.…