Posts tagged verdict

• Odorless Gas Incident Emphasizes Importance Of Winter Heating Safety Precautions

  David Mittleman | November 12, 2008 9:52 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Two Visalia men were awarded a $12.3 million verdict against Southern California Gas Company after both men were injured by an odorless gas explosion. The two men were trying to ignite a...

• Jury Orders School District To Pay $800,000 to Bullied Student

  David Mittleman | March 13, 2010 4:43 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Hudson, Michigan—in what could be a landmark decision, a jury has ordered the school district to pay $800,000 to a student who underwent years of bullying by his classmates. According to the...

• Altered Medical Records and Patients’ Charts in Medical Malpractice Cases (Part 2)

  David Mittleman | November 18, 2011 9:30 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Earlier this week I wrote about a large jury verdict in a case involving clear negligence on the part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. But what happens when doctors and other medical...

• Jury Awards $90 Million to Son of Nursing Home Abuse Victim

  David Mittleman | October 27, 2011 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A Charleston, West Virginia jury awarded the son of an 87-year-old women $90 million in damages after she died just weeks after being transferred to a temporary nursing home. In spite of the medical...

• $65 Million Jury Verdict Upheld in Florida for Tractor-Trailor Crash Victim

  David Mittleman | August 23, 2010 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Florida Appeals Court recently upheld a $65 Million Jury Verdict from Polk County, Florida, for a woman who was severely and permanently injured when she was 19-years-old. The verdict is said to...

• Florida Appeals Court Orders Walgreens to Pay $25.8 Million for Prescription Error

  David Mittleman | March 28, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Beth Hippley of Lakeland, Florida died in 2007 after receiving a prescription ten times more potent than the correct amount. Hippley, already undergoing treatment for early stage breast cancer,...

• Michigan’s New Jury Rules Set to Take Effect

  David Mittleman | August 22, 2011 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In a little more than a week, jurors in the State of Michigan will have an opportunity to participate more fully in the trial process. Beginning September 1, jury members will be able to (among...

• Jury Awards $6M To Family Who Lost Their 16-Year-Old Daughter In Horrific High Speed Car Crash

  David Mittleman | June 27, 2010 8:00 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It's been almost 7 years since their daughter Kaitlin Kazanjian died in a car crash, but her parents were finally able to officially record the impact her death has had on them during a one-day jury...

• Ohio Jury Awards Family $1.63 Million for Baby's Injuries

  David Mittleman | June 10, 2010 1:30 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  West Chester, OH—a jury recently awarded the family of Dylan Nitzsche, now 4 years old, $1.63 million for birth injuries he sustained that left his right arm useless. The jury returned the...

• Jilted Wife Wins $9 Million From Husband's Mistress

  David Mittleman | March 24, 2010 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Cynthia Shackelford had dreamed of the day that she would sit on the front porch with her husband after decades of marriage, reminiscing about the days when their children were still small....