Miscellaneous

• Ford Motor Company Ordered To Pay $6.5 Million In Rollover Case Where Man Suffered Brain Damage

  Amy Rothschild | February 06, 2008 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  In 2004, Ruben Zamora, an oil field worker who was disabled prior to the accident, lost control of a 1993 Ford Motor Company Explorer sports utility vehicle when a tire lost its tread. The Explorer rolled over and the 41 year old driver was ejected from the vehicle. Ruben Zamora lost control of the 1993 Explorer when a tire lost its tread and was ejected from the vehicle as it rolled over. Mr....

• Hospital Accused In Sending Deceased Infant to Dirty Laundry Rather Than Morgue

  Amy Rothschild | January 23, 2008 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On July 8, Kourtney McGee of Cleburne was in her second trimester when she went to Huguley Memorial Medical Center of Fort Worth because she was bleeding. She gave birth prematurely to Jacob Dwayne Robinson, who did not survive. Hospital staff told Ms. McGee, the mother, and Milburn "Pete" Robinson, the father, that their child's body would be taken to the morgue.When the funeral director...

• Students Burned in School Chemistry Accident Reach $1.8 Million Settlement

  Amy Rothschild | January 18, 2008 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Calais Weber and Cecilia Chen suffered personal injuries when a chemistry experiment burst into a ball of fire at a private boarding school in Hudson, Ohio. The personal injury lawsuit settled for $18.9 million. Calais suffered burns over 46 percent of her body, and Cecilia was burned over 18 percent of her body. In addition to the intense pain, Calais also suffered deep depression. Calais...

• Flight Students Settle Case Against Flight Instructor After Crash

  Amy Rothschild | December 18, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Two students filed a lawsuit against their flight instructor as a result of a 2004 plane crash near the Dubuque airport. Just prior to the crash, the pilot had tried to make an emergency landing in order to remove ice that was accumulating on the airplane and to assess the weather conditions. Fortunately, no one was killed as a result of the crash. All three men walked away with minor injuries....

• Jury Awards $3.4 Million To Man Injured Using Tool Gun Which Must Be Paid By Stanley Works and Home Depot

  Amy Rothschild | December 10, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  After 8 hours of deliberatations, a jury in Hartford Connecticut issued a jury verdict of $3.4 million to a construction worker who was seriously injured when a nail became embedded in his brain as he worked with a nail gun. The jury held that Stanley Works and Home Depot, which sold the nail gun, were partly for the worker's injury in 2003. The court held that the worker was 55% at fault,...

• Woman Awarded $10 Million After Sponge Left Inside Her Body During Surgery

  Amy Rothschild | December 03, 2007 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A Georgia jury has awarded a woman $10 million for injuries that resulted from a sponge left inside her body during surgery. The sponge was not discovered until a CT scan was performed 10 days after the initial surgery. The 67-year-old woman developed a number of complications and infections that required subsequent surgeries, according to court records. For more information on this subject,...

• Woman Awarded $3 Million in Malpractice Action for Misdiagnosis

  Amy Rothschild | November 26, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Lynn and James Flaherty of Bethel Park, Pittsburgh couple won a $3 million malpractice lawsuit against two doctors and a physician's assistant after the woman was misdiagnosed as having a sinus infection. Mrs. Flaherty visited the doctors' office in 2001 complaining of headaches and nasal discharge. The doctors were not available. The physician's assistant recommended additional testing and...

• Maine Jury Awards $8 Million Malpractice Verdict Against Hospital and Midwife

  Amy Rothschild | October 29, 2007 10:22 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A severely brain damaged boy and his mother received almost $8 million in damages on Thursday, October 26, 2007, in a lawsuit against a Maine hospital and one of its midwives. The verdict was rendered in Auburn, Maine. The verdict in favor of Sasha Emond of Lewiston and her son, Odysseus, was described as the largest malpractice award ever handed down in Androscoggin County Superior Court. It...

• Florida Jury Awards $4 Million To Boy Who Injured Arm During Game At School

  Amy Rothschild | October 24, 2007 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On October 22, 2007, a Florida jury awarded $4 million to a boy from Tampa who suffered permanent damage to his arm during a pick-up football game at a private school. According to the lawsuit, school staff members were not supervising the game when another student jumped on the plaintiff's arm. The boy, who was 12 years old at the time of the accident, broke his left arm in a schoolyard...

• Illinois Jury Awards South Carolina Woman $15 Million in Personal Injury Case Involving Motorcycle Tires

  Amy Rothschild | October 18, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A federal jury in Peoria, Illinois awarded a South Carolina woman $15 million after finding that a tire on the motorcycle she was riding had a defect which resulted in a fall and severe brain damage. The jury deliberated over two days before deciding that defendant Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America Ltd. was liable for the May, 2002, incident on Interstate 55 in Livingston County, Illinois.In...