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Connecticut Woman Awarded $15.8M in Construction Zone Crash

A jury says a Connecticut construction company should pay a western Pennsylvania woman $15.8 million for injuries she suffered in a work zone crash a day before her daughter’s wedding five years ago. A spokeswoman for Lane Construction Corp. of …

New Mexico Jury Awards $67M in Damages in Pacemaker Lawsuit

New Mexico jurors have awarded a pacemaker patient more than $67 million in damages in a lawsuit. The Albuquerque Journal reported a 3rd Judicial District Court jury in Las Cruces on Monday found German pacemaker manufacturer Biotronik negligent in the …

South Carolina Family Awarded $2M in Woman’s Death

A Spartanburg, S.C., woman’s family has been awarded $2 million in damages for her death five years ago. A jury this week found in favor of the family of Janice G. Easler, the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported. The family sued …

Alabama Jury Awards $4M in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

A Walker County, Ala., jury has awarded a Carbon Hill woman millions of dollars in a medical malpractice suit against a doctor who mistook symptoms that led to her husband’s heart attack for a stomach illness. Al.com reported Wednesday the …

New York Man Awarded $2.3M in Malpractice Lawsuit

A jury has awarded $2.3 million to a Rockland County, N.Y., man who said the head of Nyack Hospital’s orthopedic surgery left a serious infection untreated. The Journal News says the jury found Dr. Jason Fond negligent in his treatment …

Massachusetts Jury Awards $14M in Elderly Woman’s Death

A Middlesex County jury has awarded $14 million to the family of a 90-year-old nursing home resident who died in 2008 after being taken to a Massachusetts hospital suffering from a variety of untreated ailments. Genevieve Calandro was taken to …

Jury Awards $136,030 in West Virginia Locker Room Fight Case

A West Virginia jury has awarded $136,030 to a former Parkersburg South High School football player and his mother in a lawsuit over a locker room fight. The lawsuit alleged that Parkersburg South assistant football coach Dwain Sponseller encouraged a …

Jury Awards Dead Smoker’s Wife $23.6B in Damages

A Florida jury has slammed the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996. The case is one of thousands …

$2.26M Florida Wrongful Death Jury Award Upheld

A federal judge has upheld a jury’s $2.26 million wrongful death award against the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in a case where two deputies shot and repeatedly shocked a suspect. The Ocala Star-Banner reports that U.S. District Court Judge William …

City in Oklahoma Awarded $3.35M in Suit Against Former Manager

A Pittsburg County jury has awarded the Oklahoma city of McAlester more than $3 million in a judgment against a former city manager. The McAlester News-Capital reports that a 12-person jury awarded the city $3.35 million in damages. Federal investigators …