On November 1, a Yellowstone County, Montana, jury awarded $1.7 million in damages to a railway worker who was injured, but fortunately not killed, when five coal cars crashed into a locomotive where he was working. He filed his claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability (FELA), which, unlike normal Workers’ Compensation, requires that an employee […]
$3.6 million dollar settlement against family inappropriate
A Palm Beach County jury recently awarded $3.6 million to a couple whose daughter was killed while driving a friend’s ATV. The jury ruled that the wrongful death of the 13-year-old girl was due to the ATV owners’ failure to heed the warning stickers on the ATV, which stated that the ATV should not be […]
Doctor-Patient Relations Strained
Since the 1990s, the doctor-patient relationship has been eroding, according to a recent article in the Boston Globe. In response to the increasingly assembly-line approach to health care and a wave of high-profile medical malpractice cases in the late 1980s and early 1990s, patients began to get more involved in their health care. Since the […]
Concussions a threat to student athletes
Although it is routine for kids playing football, soccer, or even basketball to suffer concussions, many of them go unreported, putting kids in danger. A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury, and it is usually recoverable with rest within two weeks. However, if an athlete plays on with a concussion, and they receive three […]
Lawyer’s talk on nursing-home deficiencies brings controversy
When one of the lead attorneys in a $22 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit against Beverly Health and Rehabilitation center spoke at a small gathering in Lexington, Kentucky, he did not expect to be challenged. After all, he was the expert, and had proven to a jury that nursing home neglect was responsible for the […]
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