June 17, 2013
A jury has awarded $55 million to a Southern California man who lost his legs because he claims a private security firm’s guard failed to protect him from gang members who shot him at an apartment building. Jurors awarded the …
June 13, 2013
A Sacramento judge has upheld a $23 million jury award over the bed sore death of a woman at a Northern California assisted living facility. The Sacramento Bee reported the judge on Monday also awarded $4.3 million in legal costs …
June 10, 2013
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury has awarded $3.8 million in lost profits and business reputation damages to HCF Insurance Agency. On June 3, HCF, represented by law firm Winget Spadafora & Schwartzberg LLP, got the unanimous jury award, which …
May 16, 2013
A jury on Tuesday awarded a Hong Kong businessman a $70 million judgment against Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino giant run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Richard Suen claimed he was owed up to $328 million for helping the Las …
May 10, 2013
A jury has awarded $8.8 million to the family of a robber who was shot and killed by a police officer east of Los Angeles in Culver City. The Los Angeles Times reported a federal jury issued the verdict on …
May 6, 2013
A Blaine County jury has awarded $3.5 million in damages to the family of a 15-year-old Carey boy who died in a crash during his driver’s education class. The Idaho Mountain Express reports jurors deliberated for about 90 minutes Wednesday …
May 2, 2013
A Texas company has been ordered to pay $240 million in damages to 32 mentally disabled workers who formerly worked at the company’s turkey processing plant in Iowa for what government lawyers described as decades of around-the-clock abuse on and …
April 26, 2013
Federal jurors in Seattle have awarded $3.45 million to the estate and survivors of a woman who drowned in 2010 while working on a ship conversion. The Seattle Times reported the jurors found the ship’s owner, G Shipping Ltd., was …
April 22, 2013
A jury has awarded $7.7 million to the parents of a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who died during a scuffle with her caregivers. The sum announced Friday after five days of deliberation was significantly larger than the $5 million Lauren …
April 16, 2013
A Colorado jury in a lawsuit brought by the family of a severely injured high school football player has found that helmet maker Riddell was negligent in failing to warn players about concussion dangers. Saturday’s ruling comes as the company …