Company Promoting Lead-Based Paint Reaches Settlement with Superior Court
Company Promoting Lead-Based Paint Reaches Settlement with Superior Court
Verdicts & Settlements
Jury Sides with Children’s Care Hospital and School in Negligence Lawsuit
Back in 2010, the Children’s Care Hospital and School in Sioux Falls was accused by a family of “improperly restraining an autistic student.” As a result, the family of the student, a boy named Ben, filed a lawsuit against the school “for damages they claim the facility caused their son Ben while he was a full-time resident there for about seven months in 2010.” According to the family, Ben suffered lasting emotional distress and negligence. However, earlier today a jury ruled that the children’s hospital and school was not “negligent in its care and did not cause the student lasting emotional distress.”
Judge Dismisses Michigan Inmate’s ‘Virtual Sex Slave’ Lawsuit
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought forward by a former inmate who claims to have been used as a ‘virtual sex slave’ by a female counselor. According to the Detroit Free Press, U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland—who issued a judgment in the case on Thursday—said the state can’t be sued, citing governmental immunity. And
San Francisco Man Wrongfully Accused of Fatal Shooting Sues City
San Francisco Man Wrongfully Accused of Fatal Shooting Sues City
Dell EMC Agrees to Settle Race, Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit for $2.9M
Gender, race, and pay discrimination allegations against Dell EMC were just settled for more than $2.9 after the U.S. Department of Labor accused the computing giant of “allegedly paying female workers in Santa Clara, Pleasanton and North Carolina less than men.”
Principal is Transferred While City Settles Harassment Lawsuits
Principal is Transferred While City Settles Harassment Lawsuits
Seattle Family Settles Lawsuit for $13M After Relatives Killed by Repeat Drunk Driver
A lawsuit related to a couple killed by a drunk driver in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood back in 2013 recently settled for $13 million. The lawsuit itself was filed against the city of Seattle by the couple’s son, Dan Schulte, “whose wife and infant son was also injured in the crash.” Schulte decided to file his lawsuit against the city because he believed the city failed in “supervising people known for driving intoxicated.” The wrongful-death and personal injury lawsuit was settled in time to avoid a jury trial.
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Ends with $700,000 Settlement Agreement
Over two years ago San Diego musician Nicki Lyn Carano was driving when a “giant tree fell o her car in Pacific Beach.” Since her tragic death, her parents spent time filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the city that finally reached a settlement recently for $700,000. In their lawsuit against the city of San Diego, Carano’s parents, Anthony and Carole Ann Carano, alleged “city authorities had ‘actual and/or constructive knowledge’ that there was a defect in the tree that caused their daughter’s death
Six More States File Opioid Abuse Lawsuits Against Purdue Pharma
Six More States File Opioid Abuse Lawsuits Against Purdue Pharma
Michigan State University Will Pay $500 Million to the Victims of Former Physician Larry Nassar
Michigan State University will pay $500 million to the victims of former physician Larry Nassar, who molested hundreds of girls and young women while working as a sports medicine specialist on-campus. According to the New York Times, the settlement will entail the largest amount ever paid in a sex abuse scandal involving an American university.