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$16.8M Verdict to Family of Trucker Killed in Crash
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|The family of an Alabama truck driver has been awarded a $16.8 million verdict by a jury after he was killed in a 2013 truck crash by a payload of logs that entered the truck’s cab and crushed him after the vehicle went out of control. Larry Albritton died in the Oct. 7, 2013, crash…
$200K Settlement in Crash Involving Texas Mayor’s City-Owned Vehicle
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|The City of San Antonio, Texas, will pay a $200,000 settlement to an 18-year-old woman who was injured in April 2015 when the car she was riding in was struck by a city-owned SUV that was carrying the city’s mayor. Tomekia Baldwin, 18, was seriously injured in the crash when the Chrysler Sebring she was…
$50M Settlement to 3 Families in Ikea Dresser Tip-Over Cases
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|Swedish furniture retailer Ikea will pay $50 million to the families of three small children who were killed since 2014 when their Ikea-designed dressers shifted and fell on the toddlers and crushed them in their family homes. The $50 million settlement, which will be equally split between the families, was revealed in a Dec. 21…
$500K Settlement to Man Injured as He Watched Tree Being Cut Down
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|A 69-year-old St. Paul, Minn., man has reached a $500,000 settlement with the city after he was severely hurt by a flying 800-pound tree as it was being cut down by city forestry department employees in January 2013. The tree was diagnosed as having Dutch elm disease, which required its removal, according to an Oct.…
$150K Settlement to Family of N.Y. Civic Leader Killed by Car
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|The family of a 68-year-old Northville, N.Y., man who died in 2011 after being struck by a car as he crossed his street to retrieve the mail from his roadside mailbox has reached a $150,000 settlement with the Town of Riverhead, N.Y., whose employee was driving the car. Kieran “Kerry” Moran, a longtime civic leader…
$12.7M Verdict to Pa. Woman in in Tonsillectomy Malpractice Case
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|A 33-year-old woman has been awarded $12.7 million in damages by a Montgomery County, Pa., jury after she suffered brain damage following tonsillectomy surgery when her breathing tube was allegedly removed too soon. The woman, Sherrell Clayton, who previously worked as a special education teacher, underwent the 14-minute surgery at Main Line Hospital and was…