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A $750,000 settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against a Jefferson County, Ill., police officer who allegedly used a stun gun unnecessarily on three teenagers and assaulted another.

According to the suit, Deputy David Bowers used the stun gun on the teens at the Southern Thirty Adolescent Center two years ago. Illinois state investigators found no wrongdoing, however, and Bowers is still employed with the department.

Staff Report, United Press International 08/03/2010
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“Roche Holding AG won reversal of a $10.5 million verdict over its Accutane [isotretinoin] acne drug because a judge improperly barred the company from using evidence about the medication’s use,” according to an appeals court ruling made in Kendall v. Hoffmann LaRoche Inc., ATL- L-8213-05, New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County (Atlantic City).

“Roche’s lawyers should have been able to use data about how many acne sufferers had used Accutane over the years throughout Kamie Kendall’s 2008 trial of her lawsuit over the drug, the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division ruled,” prompting “a judge in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to delay the trial of an actor’s suit alleging the medication causes inflammatory bowel disease.”

Bloomberg News (8/6, Feeley) reports

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A Friendswood attorney filed a federal lawsuit over the release of more than 500,000 pounds of pollutants — including high levels of benzene — into the air after a unit failure at BP’s Texas City refinery.

The lawsuit seeks monetary damages in the release of pollutants between April 6 and May 16, when the refinery’s ultracracker’s hydrogen compressor went offline.

BP doesn’t argue the fact that more than 250 tons of emissions were sent into the atmosphere during the 40 days. The company does take issue with claims the health of workers and residents was affected. T.J. Aulds, Galveston County – The Daily News 08/05/2010

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AstraZeneca Plc, which settled almost 4,000 product-liability cases this month involving its antipsychotic drug Seroquel through mediation, said it will keep terms of the agreements confidential.

The company, said it was defending more than 10,000 cases involving 22,500 plaintiff groups. Some of the cases were previously dismissed because plaintiffs lacked sufficient evidence to support allegations that Seroquel causes diabetes.

The company, said in the July 29 filing that by March, it had spent about $688 million defending Seroquel-related cases.

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The death of a woman who was hit by a car on a crosswalk at the Salt Lake City International Airport has prompted a lawsuit from the woman’s husband.

The lawsuit claims that airport officials were aware of the “dangerous traffic situation” at the crosswalk but had done nothing to make it safer.

The airport had been warned by an employee of the potential for accidents at the crosswalk, the lawsuit states. The suit also names the driver of the car, Evelini Kinikini, as a defendant. Sheena McFarland, The Salt Lake Tribune 07/28/2010
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A sports bar in Austell, Ga., has agreed to pay $1 million to the widow of a man killed by a drunk driver who was allegedly over-served by the bar staff.

The lawsuit claims that in October 2008, The Sports Grill served alcohol to William Paul Davis IV when he was already drunk.

Davis then crashed his car into Cuneyt Erturk’s vehicle, killing Erturk. The judge also sanctioned the bar after it was discovered that they destroyed video tapes and bar tabs that showed Davis drinking. Andria Simmons , Atlanta Journal-Constitution 07/27/2010
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Bloomberg News (7/28, Voreacos, Johnson) reports “Merck & Co. paid claims to the families of 3,468 users of its Vioxx painkiller who died of heart attacks or strokes,” a court-appointed administrator told a judge Tuesday.

“A $4.85 billion settlement fund made payments to the families of 2,878 Vioxx users who died of heart attacks and 590 who died of strokes,” according to Lynn Greer of BrownGreer LLP, a law firm in Richmond, Virginia, that analyzed 59,365 claims. Merck “pulled Vioxx from the market in 2004 after a study showed it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.”

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A San Diego jury will decide this week if Pizza Hut is liable for a November 2008 accident involving one of their drivers.

The accident left a mother and daughter severely injured. According to the lawsuit, driver Nicole Fisk had a seizure while driving during work, causing her to black out and crash into the car containing Olena and Shari Novak.

The lawsuit claims that Pizza Hut should have known that Fisk was at risk for seizures and has the responsibility of putting safe drivers on the road.

Fisk was eventually dropped from the Novaks’ lawsuit. Dana Littlefield, San Diego Union Tribune 07/25/2010
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Current, former workers and documents question care of medically fragile residents at the Austin State Supported Living Center the Cardinal residence.

Some current and former employees say that Cardinal is so poorly run that residents who are unable to speak for themselves are at serious risk for harm.

Five current and former staffers identified problems that were not mentioned in an independent monitoring report published in June that found critical staffing shortages, high staff turnover, “dehumanizing practices” and a serious staff morale problem at the Austin facility. Corrie MacLaggan, Austin American Statesman 07/26/2010
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man involved in a serious motorcycle crash in 2006.

John Lancaster claims in his lawsuit that the DOT was aware for years that the roadway where he crashed was dangerously designed, but had failed to do anything to fix it.

The area has a high level of traffic accidents, and a 2001 report by the DOT recommended the road be fixed. Four years later, Lancaster still cannot use his right arm and has limited mobility in his left hand. Jeremy Pawloski, The Olympian 07/20/2010
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