The family of a 60-year-old Oklahoma truck driver who died in 2013 when a train smashed into his rig at a non-gated railroad crossing as he was loading a trackhoe onto a trailer has been awarded a $9 million jury verdict. The victim, Richard Knight, of Edmond, Oklahoma, was killed on May 8, 2013, when…

A tractor-trailer driver who was told by his trucking company to falsify his driving logbook to make it appear that he was well-rested between long-distance deliveries has been awarded an $80 million verdict by a Texas jury. The driver, Lauro Lozano Jr., fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into the rear of another tractor-trailer…

A $270,000 settlement has been reached with the city of Toledo, Ohio, on behalf of a woman who was severely injured in 2017 when her car was struck by a city police car that was speeding on its way to pick up toys for a holiday toy drive for children. The woman, Susan Schlageter, who…

Philadelphia personal injury law firm, MyPhillyLawyer, provided legal assistance in a recent transvaginal mesh surgery case that won an $80 million verdict for a 75-year-old Philadelphia-area woman who suffered serious injuries following the medical procedure. MyPhillyLawyer assisted the law firm of Kline & Specter in Philadelphia on the case, which was filed on behalf of…

The family of a 30-year-old woman who died in Oregon in 2016 when her car was struck head-on by a tractor-trailer that was racing and speeding with two other tractor-trailers and a motorhome has been awarded a $26.5 million verdict by a federal jury.   The victim, Sara Allison, of Boise, Idaho, died on June…

A Wisconsin family has reached a $22.5 million medical malpractice damage settlement after their 6-week-old son suffered brain damage following surgery to correct a birth defect involving his spinal cord. The boy’s parents, Ramasurreddy and Neeraja Mallidi, of Fitchburg, Wisc., had taken their infant son to the University Of Wisconsin Health System’s American Family Children’s…