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City Hit With $1.3M Verdict Over Deadly Single-Car Rollover Accident

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 22, 2015 5:51:00 PM

Plaintiff's attorney William Shapiro shows jurors a photograph of the concrete structure that he said caused Sandy Alechman's death in a 2011 accident. Her overturned car is visible in the background. (Click here to see video from the trial.) 

San Bernardino — A California state court jury awarded $1.3 million on Thursday to the husband of a woman who died in a rollover accident after her car struck a roadside cement box, finding the City of Redlands to be responsible for unsafe road conditions that caused her death.

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Topics: Negligence, Transportation, automotive, California, SHELDON ALECHMAN V. CITY OF REDLANDS

$1.5M Verdict Hits McDonald's Manager, While Franchise Cleared in Fatal Motorcycle Crash

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 17, 2015 12:29:00 PM

James Gordon delivers his closing argument in a suit against McDonald's franchise manager Marie Harrison. Jurors awarded $1.5 million to the parents of Joshua Lopez, who was killed in a 2012 collision with Harrison.


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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation

Tobacco or Asbestos? Cancer's Cause in Smoker a Key as Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 16, 2015 1:53:00 PM

 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Robertson v. R.J. Reynolds

Newton County Surgeon Wins Med Mal Case Arising from Failed Gall Bladder Operation

Posted by Steve Silver on Oct 9, 2015 3:36:13 PM


Covington, GA—A man whose outpatient gall bladder operation turned into over eight months of hospitalization and six years missed from work lost his Newton County Superior Court med mal case against the surgeon who performed the initial operation. William Ron Aiken and Sherri T. Aiken v. Newton Health System, Inc., and Steven Whitworth, MD (2011-SU-CV-2533-1)

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Georgia

UF Lab Tech’s Career Not Ended by Car Crash, Jury Finds in Six-Figure Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 9, 2015 3:22:00 PM

Shelli Healy argues a 2012 car crash between her client, Andre Serenberg and Lauren Stern did not cause Stern's carpal tunnel syndrome. Jurors ultimately rejected Stern's claim seeking $250,000 plus punitives for the accident. 

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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation, Stern v. Serenberg