A Bronx, New York jury has awarded the mother of a convicted drug dealer $10 million for the wrongful death of her son at the hands of a New York police officer. According to the jury’s verdict, Officer Louis Rivera was “100% responsible” for the shooting death of an unarmed man who was shot in […]
Pfizer Faces Charges for Experimenting on Children
The world’s largest drug manufacturer, Pfizer Inc., is facing criminal and civil charges in Nigeria. Nigerian officials brought the charges in early May 2007 because of a study eleven years ago in which Pfizer gave children an experimental drug for meningitis called Trovan. Pfizer says its decision to give Trovan to children saved many lives […]
Firefighter’s Widow Fights for Settlement in Florida Supreme Court
On May 22, 2007, Orlando firefighter Bob Flamily died due to cardiac problems and complications from hepatitis C after a several-year battle with these illnesses. In 1996, Flamily retired from firefighting when he was diagnosed with work-related cardiac problems. At the time of his retirement, he signed an agreement with the city to receive a […]
Juries Tend to Favor Doctors in Malpractice Cases
After analyzing three decades of research, a law professor at the University of Missouri at Columbia has concluded that juries in medical malpractice cases tend to sympathize with the doctors being sued rather than the patients suing them. For years, President Bush’s administration has pushed to reform the current tort system, citing an epidemic of […]
Large Chains Deal with Premises Liability Suits
An ATM that was not properly secured fell on a customer’s foot in a CVS store recently. The suit claims the ATM became unsecured and came to rest on the customer’s foot and that CVS failed to properly operate, manage and control the machine. Allegedly, screws were missing from the ATM. The plaintiff in this […]
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