A Susquehanna County woman who underwent hip replacement surgery in April 2014 and was subsequently unable to return to work following the procedure has been awarded a $2.8 million verdict in her medical malpractice claim by a Lancaster County jury. The woman, Theresa L. White-Lightner, of Clifftown Township, had her left hip replaced by Dr.…

This week on Court Radio, Dean Weitzman and Todd Richmond talk about the recent increase in playground and swimming pool injuries.

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge has awarded $1.56 million in damages to an elderly woman who was seriously injured when the car she was riding in September 2012 in Warrington, Pa., was struck from behind by a U-Haul truck being driven by a truck rental customer. The victim, Lillian Parola, was hurt when the…

A 21-year-old motorcyclist and his family will receive a $16 million settlement after he was paralyzed when his motorcycle crashed into a police car that had pulled in front of him in St. Petersburg, Fla., in January. The motorcyclist, Eli Ulibarri, was riding his motorcycle on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive about 7:40 p.m. on…

The family of a 42-year-old Texas man has been awarded a $37.9 million verdict after he was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer that was stuck on an icy road in February 2015. The crash occurred about 6 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2015, when a Chevy Astro minivan being driven by Manuel Galindo of…

Two separate fatal crashes between fire trucks and other vehicles have been settled in Ohio, providing compensation for two families that lost loved ones The first crash, which happened in July 2007, involved a fire truck owned by the City of Canton, Ohio, which struck a van that was being driven by Dale Burlingame, who…