Mass Tort News

A 2016 lawsuit filed by the state of New Mexico over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill has reached a settlement, and the state will receive $11 million from Silverton-based Sunnyside Gold Corp., owned by the international mining conglomerate Kinross…

The University of Maryland has agreed to pay a settlement of $3.5 million to the parents of a football player who died of heatstroke following a workout in 2018.

The settlement was announced in a meeting agenda released by the Maryland…

In January, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the aircraft maker Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to resolve a federal charge of “criminal misconduct” over the collisions in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people.…

The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc., Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. The…

Cherokee County’s insurer announced it would pay $1.8 million in a settlement to a 4-year-old daughter of a jail inmate who died in Cherokee County three years ago.

As per the court documents, the police officers found the plaintiff…

A Dallas woman was awarded $37.6 million after a Texas jury found that Honda Odyssey's seat belt was poorly designed and caused cervical injuries to the woman.

According to court records, on November 15, 2015, the…

In what is believed to be the largest civil judgments in Colorado’s history, a jury awarded more than $52.5 million to a Denver bicyclist, who got paralyzed after being struck by two cars, while he was riding on his bike from work to…

On Friday, February 1, a Louisiana federal court judge awarded $3.3 million to a maritime construction worker who was subject to a head and spinal injuries due to a boat captain's alleged negligence during equipment transfers between…

A West Seattle woman was awarded nearly $14 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against Seattle Children's Hospital and Children's University Medical Group.

According to Seattle Times reports, the jury ruled…

On Wednesday, February 27, following a three-week trial, a Florida jury hit R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. with $25 million in punitive damages for the victim's cigarette addiction and fatal lung cancer and awarded…