$8 Million Awarded In Transit Bus Personal Injury Suit

A 34-year-old research librarian has been awarded $8 million by a Richmond, Virginia jury for injuries she suffered when struck by a GRTC Transit System bus in 2007, reports the Richmond Times-Herald.

The librarian suffered spinal and shoulder damage as well as hip and pelvis fractures when she was struck by the bus which made a right hand turn as she was crossing the street beside the Library of Virginia. She will probably need multiple hip replacement surgeries before she turns 50-years-old.

The bus company originally offered a $1.8 million settlement. The $8 million awarded was the full amount requested in the case.

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Tavern To Pay $500K In Teen’s Death

A Jersey County, Illinois, jury ruled that Thirsty’s Tavern should pay the family of a 19-year-old girl who died in an alcohol-related accident, more than half a million dollars, reports the Journal-Courier.

The girl was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by a 24-year-old boy who had been drinking at the tavern for several hours before the accident. The driver was also killed in the accident.

The lawsuit claimed the young man’s drinking at the tavern owned by his father, caused his intoxication which was one of the causes of the girl’s death. Toxicology reports showed no alcohol in the young girl’s system while the young man’s was almost double the legal limit for Illinois.

Judgment limitations under Illinois’ Dramshop Act will limit the award to closer to $100,000.

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AstraZeneca Faces Lawsuits Over Drug Seroquel

AstraZeneca, the U.K.’s second-largest drug maker, faces over 14,000 lawsuits claiming its anti-psychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes.

A U.S. District Judge said she will recommend sending all the cases back to their home courts for trial. AstraZeneca wanted the judge to send only 60 cases back to their home courts for trial as test cases in order not to needlessly burden other judges across the country.

The lawsuits allege the London-based company downplayed the diabetes risks of Seroquel. AstraZeneca has spent $623 million to date in legal defense costs defending Seroquel, the company’s second largest selling drug after Nexium. The judge also ordered attorneys for both sides to meet with a mediator to seek the possibility for a settlement.

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Auto Accident Death

The Watertown (NY) Daily Times reports the estate of a 54 year-old woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit after the woman died as a result of a two-vehicle accident in the town of LeRay.

The woman’s car was hit by a van as she entered an intersection with a missing stop sign. The lawsuit names the driver of the second vehicle for negligence for failing to avoid the crash, for speeding, and for failing to slow down at an intersection.

The town of LeRay was also named for negligence for not properly maintaining the stop sign. The sign had been missing long enough that it should have been replaced by the town. The amount being sought in the lawsuit is not known.

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$6.5 Million Awarded To Boy Injured By Ford Seatbelt

A 14-year-old boy who was left paralyzed below the waist from a 2002 automobile wreck has been awarded $6.5 million by a Memphis jury, reports The Commercial Appeal.

The boy, who was 6 years old at the time of the accident, was in the back seat of his grandfather’s 1995 Mercury restrained by an adult seatbelt. The shoulder strap was behind the boy because it did not fit, when his car was struck head-on by the second car. The boy’s father, grandfather and the driver of the other car were all killed in the accident.

Ford Motor Company was found to be 15% liable for the total $43.8 million judgment for an adult seatbelt that was defective and not suitable for a child.

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New Jersey Man Awarded $6 Million When Tree Limb Falls On Car

What is reported to be one of the largest verdicts in Hunterdon County has been awarded to a Delaware Township man for injuries suffered when a large tree limb fell on his car in 2006.

Kenneth Matlock and his wife suffered broken necks when a limb from an oak tree fell onto their car from a height of about 20 feet, according to news reports. Mr. Matlock is permanently disabled from the incident.

The DOT was found to be responsible since the tree was in the state’s right-of-way. The tree was thought to have been weakened from recent flooding and rot. The lawsuit claimed the defendants failed to maintain the property next to the road and failed to warn drivers of the tree hazards which they knew of and failed to fix.

There had been 55 reports of tree-related incidents in the area in the 2 years prior to Matlock’s accident. The jury was unanimous in agreeing the DOT was negligent for not removing the tree.

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Pfizer To Pay $75 Million To Woman Who Developed Cancer After Taking Prempro

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $75 million in punitive damages to an Illinois woman who developed cancer after taking one of Pfizer’s menopause drugs. The punitive damage award is about 20 times greater than the $3.7 million awarded in actual damages.

More than 6 million women have taken Prempro, a hormone replacement drug used to treat symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats and mood swings during menopause. A study in 2002 by the Women’s Health Initiative suggested women who use hormone replacement drugs are at higher risk for developing breast cancer.

The Illinois woman took Prempro for five years before she developed breast cancer in 2002. Since the lawsuits against Pfizer’s Wyeth unit began in 2006, it has lost five of the eight cases with thirty-three more scheduled for trial. In an earlier case, three Nevada women were awarded $99 million in punitive damages, which was later reduced to $35 million and is now being appealed.

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Homeless Man Awarded $41,000 for Fraternity Shooting Incident

A homeless man who was shot with a .22 caliber rifle by an Oregon State University fraternity member has been awarded over $6,000 for medical expenses and $35,000 in non-economic damages, totaling over $40,000.

The jury found both the Association of Alpha Beta Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) and a former member responsible for the 2006 shooting, according to news reports. The national organization was not held responsible.

Witnesses testified that the fraternity members were known to shoot BB guns from the fraternity building windows and had talked about shooting homeless people with BB guns, news reports stated. After a search of the fraternity house, police found more than 24 firearms. The guns are allowed according to the AGR guidelines as long as they are securely locked.

The individual found liable in the case testified he was aiming at a dumpster and not the homeless man. After the shooting incident, he was kicked out of the fraternity.

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$2.5 Million Awarded In Lead Paint Damages Lawsuit

The Baltimore Sun reports a jury has awarded a mother more than $2.5 million for damages suffered by her two children due to lead paint poisoning while living in a West Baltimore rowhouse.

According to the article, the children — a son now 20 and a daughter now 17 — have permanent cognitive and behavioral disabilities due in part from lead paint exposure in the house they rented from City Homes, Inc. for four years in the early 1990s. Her son was four years old when she learned he had been exposed to lead in the house the family was living in at the time. She then moved her family into the rowhouse owned by City Homes to protect them from lead exposure and was assured the house was safe.

As years went by, her children seemed to get worse, have had trouble in school, and have IQs significantly below average. The son has dropped out of school and has been unable to pass the GED and the daughter, who wants to be a cosmetologist, is behind two grades in high school and will probably never graduate.

The jury found City Homes and the president, Barry Mankowitz, liable for negligence and negligent misrepresentation, the Sun reports.

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$4.34 Million Awarded To Veteran Paralyzed After Spinal Surgery

A 66-year-old veteran who alleged he was left paralyzed from spinal surgery at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Los Angeles has been awarded $4.34 million by a federal judge, according to Courthouse News Service.

In October 2005, Alvin Johnson had spinal surgery to correct a ruptured disc at the VA medical center, according to the article. Doctors injected Surgifoam, a material which absorbs blood and other fluids, into the space created once the ruptured disc was removed.

According to the complaint, the doctors did not remove all the excess foam and it expanded, pressing against the spinal cord. When the veteran’s daughter was notified two and a half hours later, Mr. Johnson had no feeling from his neck down and was nearly completely paralyzed.

An MRI showing the spinal cord was compressed was ordered by another doctor, but Mr. Johnson’s doctors did nothing, the veteran’s complaint alleged. The complaint also alleged that had corrective steps been taken, permanent damage could have been prevented. Mr. Johnson is now totally dependent on others and confined to a bed or wheelchair.

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