Quadriplegia, total or partial loss of control over one’s arms and legs, was the result of severe neck and head injuries a woman from Los Angeles, California (CA), when her car was rear-ended in 2006. But she did not get thrown into the steering wheel, dashboard or windshield. Instead, according to the lawyer who represented…
The family of a victim of medical malpractice has received a settlement of $825,000, thanks to their Richmond, Virginia (VA), trial attorneys. According to trial testimony, the patient underwent a lithotripsy procedure for the treatment of kidney stones. Three days later, the patient went to the emergency room with severe pain in his side. A…
Litigation on the Sugarland concert stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, which killed six people, began with a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of one of the victims. According to the Daily Press, an attorney in the lawsuit told the Los Angeles Times that flimsy stage construction and a failure to take simple precautionary measures…
A motor bike rider hailing from Chester, West Virginia (WV), was enjoying a day out on his motorcycle when his life was turned upside down. He was waiting in the westbound lane of US 30 when a tractor-trailer came around a right-hand bend in the road and didn’t stop before hitting a vehicle which caused…
If you suffer a disabling injury caused by a product or business practice and it is debilitating enough, you may not be able to recover thanks to a new tort law