The verdict was levied against Exxon Mobil which was deemed liable for $12 million in compensatory damages, $12.5 million in punitive damages, and close to half a million in medical bills, according to the Virginian-Pilot. The plaintiff in this mesothelioma cancer case was a 72-year-old man named Rubert Minton. He was a repair supervisor on…
A teenage driver is facing misdemeanor charges after killing her passenger in an North Carolina car crash. Reports indicate the at-fault driver was texting while driving. According to the NC Highway Patrol, the passenger died at the intersection of Old Highway 87 and Fertilizer Plant Road. The driver, age 16, failed to yield, and…
The City of Lynchburg in Virginia, (VA), has reached a settlement in a wrongful death case brought by the family of a man who died in police custody. The family of Clarence Beard Jr. filed the $12.5 million lawsuit against seven police officers. Circuit Court Clerk Eugene Winfield told the News & Advance that the…
Wednesday April 13, 2001, saw major early-morning tractor-trailer crashes in Portsmouth, near Williamsburg and in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA). All occurred within two hours of each other, and the wreck on I-264 in Portsmouth resulted in the release of hazardous blood plasma and reckless driving charges against the truck driver. The incident close to the…
The U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s role in protecting (or not protecting) patients’ safety in the course of the medical device approval process. During the hearing, the committee examined adverse effects caused by the defective ASR XL Acetabular System market by Johnson & Johnson…