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$6M Settlement for 5 People Injured in Ohio Greyhound Bus Rollover
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|Five people who suffered serious neck and back injuries when the Greyhound bus they were riding in veered off an Ohio Interstate highway in 2013 have received a $6 million settlement in the case. The driver of the bus had slumped over the steering wheel of the bus as it traveled down Interstate 75 in…
$1.08M Jury Verdict in Man’s Asbestos-Related Death
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|The estate of a western Pennsylvania man who died in 2012 from workplace exposure to asbestos products has been awarded a $1.085 million verdict by an eastern district U.S. District Court jury. The man, Valent Rabovsky, who was 86 when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2009, had worked from 1951 to 1986 as a…
$3.1M Verdict to Family of Motorcyclist Killed in 2013 Crash
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|The family of a 27-year-old Philadelphia man who was killed when he was struck by a car as he rode his motorcycle on Belmont Avenue in April 2013 has been awarded a $3.1 million verdict by a Philadelphia jury. Calvin M. Wilson Jr., the father of two young children ages 6 and 3, was riding…
Pennsylvania Innocence Project: Protecting Those Who Shouldn’t be in Prison
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|When a jury convicts someone and sentences him or her to prison, we assume the prosecution presented compelling and accurate evidence. We believe that the person was guilty as charged and that he or she deserves the resulting punishment. Unfortunately, several people every year are wrongfully convicted of a crime they did not commit. Pennsylvania’s…
$72M Jury Verdict in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Cancer Case
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|A Missouri jury has ordered consumer products company Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a 62-year-old woman who died in 2015 from ovarian cancer after using the company’s baby powder and body powder products for some 35 years. The verdict was awarded to the family of Jacqueline Fox.,…
$2.39M Verdict to Woman Injured in Fall After Knee Surgery
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|A Macungie, Pa., woman has been awarded $2.39 million in damages by a Lehigh County jury after knee replacement surgery in 2012 left her disabled and confined to a wheelchair. The patient, Betty L. Shiflett, had originally undergone a left knee replacement operation in the early 1990s which by March 2012 needed to be redone,…