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Teenager Sexually Assaulted In Ambulance Awarded $12.5 Million
Wayne County, MI: A 14-year old girl who was allegedly raped by Matt DeFillipo, a convicted felon who was working as ambulance attendant, has been awarded $12.5 million in settlement of her sexual assault lawsuit. The girl, who was being transported between hospitals by Superior Ambulance, was reportedly assaulted while strapped to a gurny during […]
Top Tips When Making a Personal Injury Claim
With more accidents on the road, work related accidents and slips, trips and falls being reported than ever before, the McAleer Law Firm has revealed the 6 top tips to help victims successfully make Personal Injury Claims. 1. Write everything down For victims of accidents, it is important to keep as much information as possible. Claimants need […]
Trucker crushed by steel coils obtains million dollar settlement
An Alabama truck driver was severely injured in May 2009 while loading massive steel coils, weighing about 10 tons, onto a flatbed trailer for the steel company, Olympic Steel, Inc. Instead of laying the coils flat as requested by McGhee, they were loaded vertically upright as preferred by the customer. Before McGhee could chain them […]
Parents sue for son’s death in “Big Cypress” incident
Teenager Daniel Huerta and driver Johnson Atilard were killed when Atilard drove a juvenile justice program vehicle off a Florida road into a canal. At the time, Atilard was transporting a group of teens back to the Big Cypress Wilderness Institute, a behavioral camp for at-risk youth. Now Huerta’s parents, José and Anita Huerta, are […]
Celeberty Bret Michaels settles lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting
On June 2009 Bret Michaels, according to reports, was at the Tony Awards and hit in the head with a set piece. Michaels has claimed that this caused brain injuries and a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him, in addition to a busted lip and broken nose. Along with the physical damages he suffered, he claimed because […]
Neck Injury Compensation 10 Years in the Making
This year a jury in a US District Court in DC awarded $2.9 million to the family of a mentally disabled resident, who was deemed to have a neck injury that complicated his health and eventual death in the year 2000 at the age of 68. According to The Washington Post, breathing difficulties experienced by the man—for which […]
Girl Wins $8.3M from KFC
Restaurant KFC has been ordered to pay $8.3M to a girl who, according to the court, suffered severe brain damage and was paralysed from eating a Twister wrap. The girl was 7 years old when she suffered salmonella encephalopathy — a brain injury linked to food poisoning that also left her with a blood infection and septic shock. […]
Crash victim’s family wins $8.8 million
Crash victim’s family won $8.8 million. Myriam del Socorro Lopez was riding in a car driven by her husband, Wilson Torres. At the same time, 17-year-old Luis Cruz-Govin was traveling on the same road, only he was speeding, weaving in and out traffic and texting. Cruz-Govin slammed into Lopez’s car; she died at the scene. […]
Man sues Starbucks for $7.5 million
Starbucks’ clean floor costs it $7.5 million for customer’s injuries. A store manager finished mopping the floor of his San Diego area Starbucks. Moments later, Anthony Zaccaglin made the short walk from the cashier to the pick-up counter to get his order, crossing over the freshly moped floor. Zaccaglin slipped and fell, hitting his head […]
Spine implant maker reaches $1M settlement with FDA.
According to Reuters, Globus Medical Inc and its chief executive officer have reached a $1 million settlement with the US Food and Drug Administration for marketing their NuBone Osteoinductive Bone Graft device without approval from the agency. During a September 2010 inspection, FDA investigators learned the company had marketed its NuBone Osteoinductive Bone Graft […]
