Chile Daily Must Pay Readers for Exploding Churros December 28, 2011 Chile’s Supreme Court has ordered a newspaper to pay $125,000 to 13 people who suffered burns while trying out a...
Iowa Jury Awards $1.7M in Home Explosion Lawsuit December 16, 2011 A Black Hawk County jury has awarded $1.7 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by a Hudson woman who...
Helicopter Maker Doesn’t Owe Damages for Deadly Louisiana Crash December 15, 2011 By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN A federal magistrate has refused to order Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to pay damages to another company for allegedly hiding an...
Illinois Jury Mulls Man’s Suit in Pizza-Delivery Case December 14, 2011 A jury in southwestern Illinois is deliberating how much in damages should go to a man who claims he suffered...
Family of Bicyclist Sues 2 Connecticut Officers December 9, 2011 Two Norfolk, Conn., police officers are being sued by the family of a man who was killed while riding his...
Louisiana Case of Jailed Tourists After Katrina Reviewed December 7, 2011 By CAIN BURDEAU Two Ohio tourists imprisoned for a month on public drunkenness charges in New Orleans’ notorious Orleans Parish Prison in the...
Colorado Transit Authorities Seeks $70K from Driver for Accident December 5, 2011 Metro-Denver public transit authorities in Colorado are seeking $70,000 from the driver of an SUV for damages to a bus...
Mom: Amputation Decision in Pennsylvania Bus Crash ‘Excruciating’ December 5, 2011 An eastern Pennsylvania woman says the decision whether to have doctors amputate her 16-year-old daughter’s leg after she was run...
Jury Awards $27M in Damages Over Indiana Explosion November 30, 2011 A jury has awarded $27 million in damages to a family over a propane explosion at a central Indiana horse...
Fire Officials Suspect Arson in Nevada Thanksgiving Fire November 28, 2011 Las Vegas, Nev., fire officials say arson may be behind an early Thanksgiving morning fire that caused $20,000 in damages...