Verdicts

A wrongful death lawsuit involving a now-former police officer who is facing a murder charge for choking a man to death settled for $6.5 million. According to the lawsuit, in February, a 40-year old chokehold death victim fought and fled from a…

A 2016 lawsuit filed over a disastrous Ghost Ship warehouse fire has been settled for $32.7 million by the city of Oakland. According to the court records, the incident happened on December 2, 2016, when an illegal music party was going on inside…

The City of Fort Lauderdale has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $18 million over an old incinerator that residents claimed was making them sick. An attorney filed a lawsuit on behalf of 182 named plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleged that the residents of…

A lawsuit has been filed against a medical center for $6.3 million over the death of an infant who died from meningitis. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed by the parents of a 7-month-old, accusing the hospital emergency room doctor and the…

A federal judge declined to reduce a $29.9 million verdict awarded earlier to an Illinois man who was forced to undergo a kidney transplant by a health clinic. The federal appeals court upheld U.S. District Court Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel's…

A jury awarded a settlement of $3 million to a girl child who suffered third-degree burns when hot water spilled over her at a Wawa store in New Jersey. According to the lawsuit filed, the girl, along with her mother, was at the Wawa store in…

A wrongful death lawsuit for about $1 million has been settled in a case involving a UConn student who was run over and killed by a campus fire department truck in 2016. Authorities said that the 19-year-old sophomore from West Hartford fell asleep…

A jury awarded $4 million verdict to the family of a 72-year-old man who died after his doctor tried to insert a catheter 14 times. According to the lawsuit, the victim was suffering from mitral valve regurgitation, a heart problem that can cause a…

A family whose son was born at the Hoboken University Medical Center received a settlement of $7.1 million for the severe brain damage that their son suffered. Parents of the child filed a malpractice lawsuit against the hospital, alleging the…

The owner of the duck boat that sank in 2018 in Missouri, at Table Rock Lake near Branson, killing 17 people, has settled the claims of the 31 lawsuits filed against the company. Two brothers filed a joint motion for approval of a confidential…