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Apartment Stairway Fall Injury Leads To $1.75 Settlement
Categories: Settlements
A man who suffered serious injuries post his fall from an apartment stairway received a $1.75 million settlement in his Essex County lawsuit.
On April 4, 2017, the plaintiff was coming down from stairs at 20-30 Astor Street, where his…
DEA Agent's Vehicle Crash Victim Gets $4.1M Settlement
Categories: Settlements
U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez awarded $4.1 million to a man from Long Beach, who suffered a brain injury when the vehicle of a Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Special Agent rammed into the rear end of his vehicle.
The…
Defendants Win Another Xarelto Injury Lawsuit
Categories: Verdicts
The manufacturers of the blood thinner drug Xarelto won another case filed against them over the drug's alleged excessive bleeding effect. Philadelphia Court of…
SGLT2 Inhibitors Linked To ‘Flesh-Eating’ Vaginal Infection
Categories: FDA Related
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials released a strong drug safety communication about the side effects of Invokana, Jardiance, Farxiga and similar…
$30M Verdict In A Broken Ankle & Ended With Death Case
Categories: Settlements
A plaintiff received a $30 million verdict in a medical malpractice case, involving his wife against Baptist Health Medical Group Orthopedics, and its doctors.
According to the lawsuit filed, the plaintiff's wife, who was in her 70s…
14 Times Catheter Insertion Failure Leads To $4M Verdict
Categories: Verdicts
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…
Eleventh Circuit Court Rules Against Tobacco Companies
Categories: Settlements
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied an appeal made by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. over a $41 million jury award given to a former smoker whose decades-long habit allegedly led to pulmonary…
People Affected By Natural Gas Explosion Get $143M
Categories: Settlements
A Massachusetts judge awarded a settlement of $143 million to the residents and business owners who were affected by natural gas explosions in the state in 2018.
The settlement came as Columbia Gas of Massachusetts pleaded guilt for causing…
Connecticut AG Commits $300M In Opioid Crisis
Categories: General
Connecticut's attorney general has committed to getting $300 million for the state from the $26 billion opioid settlement offered by the pharmaceutical distributors and drugmaker…
Attorney Accepts Endo's $35M Settlement Offer In Opioid Lawsuit
Categories: General
An attorney has accepted Endo pharmaceutical's offer of a $35 million settlement in a lawsuit in Tennessee where the manufacturer is alleged of fueling the opioid epidemic in the…
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