Blog Posts in January, 2011
Posted on Jan 28, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A Travis County jury has awarded $6.2 million to a former Austin musician who, after drinking at a private party, was paralyzed when he dove into an underfilled apartment complex pool in 2005. Jurors ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Lawyers for the estate of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley announced last night that they have settled their medical malpractice lawsuit against the girl's psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji of Tufts Medical ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A Brooklyn man whose wife died of a heart attack after waiting more than 90 minutes for an ambulance during last month's blizzard will slam the city with a $20 million lawsuit on Monday. Robert ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Jurors awarded $10.1 million in damages to the family of an overdose victim Tuesday, hoping the multimillion verdict strikes fear into other "pill mills" that have turned Houston into a ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Ron Franklin, the sportscaster fired last month by ESPN for remarks he made to a sideline reporter in a hotel lobby before the Chick-fil-A Bowl, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in a Texas county ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The families of two people killed in the University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting last year have filed wrongful death lawsuits against the university provost Dr. Vistasp M. ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
The federal government will pay $2.3 million to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a child born with neurological damage at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center. U.S. District Judge Robert G. ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A San Diego car dealership will have to pay a portion of the $14.4 million awarded to the sons of San Diego couple who were killed in a 2006 vehicle accident in Arizona , but the exact amount was ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
(Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware, has offered $74 million to settle 150 claims of sexual abuse by priests, an increased offer it said would be the largest settlement per ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
The collective might of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a half-dozen other pro-business groups failed to convince the Nevada Supreme Court that Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. deserves another day in ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
The mother of a spectator killed in the California 200 desert off-road race in August filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the promoter and the off-roader whose pickup truck careened into a crowd ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Pfizer Inc . must pay $1.5 million in damages to a pharmacist who developed breast cancer after taking one of the company's menopause drugs, a jury in Puerto Rico ruled. Jurors in federal court in San ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A Delaware County woman who claims she was groped by Donald Duck at a Disney theme park may proceed with her case in federal court, a U.S. district judge has ruled. April Magolon, 27, was vacationing ...
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