Posts tagged damages

• Malpractice Damage Caps: Adding Insult to Injury

  David Mittleman | August 18, 2008 10:14 AM | 13 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  No matter how much education or training a doctor has, he or she is still a human being. As all of us know, humans make mistakes. Although some degree of error is essentially inevitable in any...

• Of Corporations, By Corporations, For Corporations; Will Citizenship “Perish From the Earth”?

  Mark Bello | August 24, 2011 11:55 PM | 6 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  What’s wrong with this country? Here’s a prime example: Earlier this year, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) approved a $750,000 cap on non-economic damages; he wanted to create a more...

• Botox Injury Brings $212M Injury Verdict for Permanently Disabled Man

  Mark Bello | August 16, 2011 1:26 PM | 4 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A Virginia man received Botox injections to 2007 to treat a hand tremor and writer's cramp. The first two treatments went smoothly; after the third injection he suffered a rash, then mental...

• How “Tort Reform” Prevents Access to Justice

  David Mittleman | June 10, 2011 12:52 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  These days, you can scarcely mention McDonald's coffee without conjuring memories of the “Hot Coffee Case.” Some 15 years ago, this lawsuit was held up as an example of a frivolous claim...

• Neither “Far Share” nor Limits Will Stimulate Job Growth

  Mark Bello | July 14, 2011 8:29 AM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On June 28, Governor Tom Corbett (PA) signed into law Senate Bill 1131, better known as the “Fair Share Act.’’ The law reforms how damages are recovered in civil lawsuits. It...

• Michigan Supreme Court rightfully decides that domestic labor has economic value

  David Mittleman | July 10, 2009 4:21 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a 4-3 decision, the new Gang of Justice at the Michigan Supreme Court stood up to conservative Justice Robert Young and ruled that backbreaking domestic work is, in fact, work. Michigan...

• Medical Malpractice Resulting in Cerebral Palsy Leads to $58 Million Verdict

  David Mittleman | May 27, 2011 11:40 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In February 2003, Cathy D'Attilo was an expectant mother preparing to deliver little Daniel into the world. Despite the fact that her amniotic fluid had dropped precipitously a few days before, her...

• Long Legal Battle Ends With $3 Million Verdict

  David Mittleman | June 05, 2009 7:27 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Earlier this week, a jury awarded an Owosso, Michigan, woman $2.9 million in her medical malpractice action against an area hospital, two doctors, and their professional corporations. In the...

• Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Vioxx Verdict

  Devon Glass | May 14, 2008 10:09 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The Texas Court of Appeals today reversed a jury verdict against Vioxx manufacturer Merck. Just over two years ago, a Texas jury awarded 71-year old widow Leonel Garza $7 million for compensatory...

• Mississippi Judge Declares Cap on Damages Unconstitutional

  Diego Avila | April 25, 2012 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A judge in Mississippi has ruled that a cap on pain and suffering damages is unconstitutional in the state of Mississippi. It's not the first time a cap on noneconomic damages has been ruled...