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Judge Upholds $2.6 Jury Award to Tourist Run Over on a Florida Beach

A judge upheld a $2.6 million judgment awarded to a Kansas tourist whose skull was fractured when she was run over by a truck driven by a lifeguard. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Volusia County had appealed part of the …

Massachusetts Court Affirms $20.6M Award in Slide Death

The highest court in Massachusetts upheld a $20.6 million jury award on Friday for the family of a woman who died after hitting her head on a concrete pool deck when an inflatable slide partially collapsed. A jury awarded Robin …

Iowa Court Upholds $32.8M Cooper Tire Case Verdict

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a $32.8 million jury award against Cooper Tire and Rubber Co., affirming it is in line with the evidence. The case involves a 2007 crash near Bondurant that left a Des Moines woman …

California Stun Gun Case Damages Award Upheld

A federal appeals court has upheld $250,000 in damages to a San Francisco Bay area man who was shot with a stun gun during a confrontation with police five years ago. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the Ninth U.S. Circuit …

Maryland Court Upholds $151,000 Award in Dog Shooting

Maryland’s second highest court has upheld most of a $151,000 jury award against a man sued by his neighbors for shooting two of their pet dogs. Jeffrey Lynn Hurd of Williamsport was sued after shooting one family’s dog in 2007 …