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• JUDGE OVERTURNS $15,000,000.00 JURY

  Bruce Roberts | April 16, 2007 10:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A United States Federal Judge rejected a $15,000,000.00 jury verdict and ordered another trial. The verdict was the result of a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company by a Tulsa, Oklahoma couple whose son died in a rollover crash. According to the United States Chief District Judge Claire Eagan, the defendant, Ford Motor Company was prejudiced by plaintiff's counsel's conduct. The judge stated...

• WIDOW AWARDED $18.9 MILLION IN WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM

  Bruce Roberts | April 13, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The widow of a construction worker killed in an explosion at the Texas Industries Inc. plant in Midlothian, Texas was awarded $18.9 million by a jury. The widow of Gordon Rutherford, 34 had accused TXI of negligence and reckless conduct in the death of her 34 year old husband. A Dallas County jury agreed with her and after a four-week trial awarded the widow almost $19,000,000.00.The verdict...

• JURY AWARDS PARALYZED COLLEGE STUDENT $11.7 MILLION

  Bruce Roberts | April 11, 2007 10:29 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Fulton County, Georgia jury awarded Joshua Coleman, a 19 year old Piedmont College freshman $11.7 million for a spinal surgery that left him paralyzed from the waist down. The surgery, in 2003 was to relieve chronic back pain. But after the surgery, Coleman ended up in a wheelchair paralyzed. Coleman's attorney blamed his paralysis on a medical mistake by his surgeon and a team of doctors...

• OSHA TO DOUBLE REFINERY INSPECTORS

  Bruce Roberts | April 09, 2007 10:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Occupational Health and Safety Administration announced that it would double the number of workers trained to perform safety inspections at oil refineries. The announcement came only after a report by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board chastised the agency's inspection of British Petroleum's refinery in Texas. An explosion at the Texas refinery in 2005 killed 15 workers...

• AFTER LAWSUIT LABOR DEPARTMENT FINALLY ACTS TO REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO PURCHASE SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR EMPLOYEES

  Bruce Roberts | April 07, 2007 10:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The United States Department of Labor has finally issued a set of rules detailing an employer's responsibility for the purchase of workers' safety equipment. Although the Occupational Health and Safety Administration issued proposals a little over seven years ago the Labor Department had never adopted it in final form until two months after a lawsuit was filed by the AFL CIO and the United...

• Harris County, Texas jury finds County not liable for inmate's death.

  Bruce Roberts | April 04, 2007 10:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The estate of a former inmate at Harris County Jail filed suit against Harris County, Texas for violating his civil rights during a 20 day jail stay. The inmate died hours after being discharged from the jail. According to the lawsuit, the inmate, Jimmie Lee O'Neal died of congestive heart failure within hours after being discharged from the county jail. The lawsuit claims that the county...

• Medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that patient died from lethal combination of drugs.

  Bruce Roberts | April 02, 2007 10:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The children of the Waco, Texas man who died after undergoing routine knee replacement surgery have filed suit claiming up to $12,000,000.00 in damages for the death of their father. The man, Thomas L. Nate, Sr., age 75 had previously undergone a successful knee replacement surgery in May of 2002. His children had expected a similar outcome this procedure. The children's attorney however...