February 20, 2016 A family from Alabama claims that a snake escaped from its cage and bit their son, resulting in a heart attack and the eventual death of the child’s great-grandmother. The family lawyer stated that the family will file a personal injury lawsuit against Disney. In October 2014, the snake allegedly fell out…
January 18, 2016 A couple filed a wrongful death lawsuit last month after their 16-year-old son collapsed and died during a high school football practice in New York City on Sept. 1, 2014. The parents claimed that their son would not have died if the city had provided proper care, including access to a defibrillator….
January 13, 2016 Terry Corso, one of the founding members of the band Alien Ant Farm, claims that a botched surgery brought turmoil to his life four years ago. In February 2013, the former rocker filed a lawsuit against Riverside Community Hospital of California alleging medical malpractice negligence. The lawsuit claims that hospital personnel failed…
November 30, 2015 On Sept. 8, 2015, a jury awarded a restaurant worker in Los Angeles $1,661,800 for unjust termination and sexual and racial harassment after they found he was wrongfully fired from his job. A local diner hired the plaintiff as a shift leader in June 2012. A few months later, he transferred to…
October 19, 2015 An orthopedic surgeon delegated hundreds of operations to a medical assistant and scammed insurance companies to the tune of $150 million in a huge fraud conspiracy, according to Los Angeles prosecutors. Fifteen people were charged in a case that involved 10 years of unnecessary surgeries, scarring many of them for life. In…
September 17, 2015 Children across the nation excitedly anticipate time spent on the playground and beg their parents for a chance to enjoy the equipment and the outdoors. But for the state of New York, unsafe playground conditions have resulted in millions of dollars of payouts in personal injury awards. For example, one 6-year-old lost…
July 30, 2015 Few people can fathom why any doctor would purposely lie to a vast number of patients about their health conditions just to receive huge profits. Yet that’s exactly what Michigan’s Dr. Farid Fata did – he told some patients that they had cancer when he knew they didn’t and prescribed extremely high…
A Virginia man won a $500,000 jury award for medical malpractice and punitive sanctions after he produced a recording of mocking statements medical professionals made about him during surgery in April 2013. Anesthesiologist Tiffany Ingham was recorded calling the man, who wanted to stay anonymous, by derogatory terms. Dr. Ingham further stated that she wanted…
July 8, 2015 Just weeks before Bruce Jenner transitioned to Caitlyn, the family of a woman killed in a Southern California car accident filed a lawsuit against her for the alleged involvement in her death. The lawsuit charges her with negligence and wrongful death in the February 7 crash that claimed the life of Kimberly Howe. Law enforcement…
June 9, 2015 A San Francisco UberX driver is asking for workers’ compensation insurance to cover him in a lawsuit filed on April 28, 2015, after his face was cut by a passenger during the nightshift. The company states that drivers are independent contractors although the driver wants to be classified as an employee. Abdo…