Settlements

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied an appeal made by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. over a $41 million jury award given to a former smoker whose decades-long habit allegedly led to pulmonary…

A Massachusetts judge awarded a settlement of $143 million to the residents and business owners who were affected by natural gas explosions in the state in 2018. The settlement came as Columbia Gas of Massachusetts pleaded guilt for causing the…

A man who suffered serious injuries post his fall from an apartment stairway received a $1.75 million settlement in his Essex County lawsuit. On April 4, 2017, the plaintiff was coming down from stairs at 20-30 Astor Street, where his sister lived…

U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez awarded $4.1 million to a man from Long Beach, who suffered a brain injury when the vehicle of a Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Special Agent rammed into the rear end of his vehicle. The lawsuit was…

The family of a 15-year old pupil of San Ramon Valley High School who drowned in the school’s swimming pool in Danville in May 2018, received an $8 million settlement. Parents of the boy who drowned in the pool filed a lawsuit six months after the…

United States Attorney announced that Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc. and its related companies have to pay $15,466,278 as a settlement for the unnecessary rehabilitation therapy to patients for meeting the financial targets rather than clinical…

On February 12, 2020, a district judge issued an order in response to the evidence provided by an attorney that he had negotiated over a $9,500,000.00 settlement on a semi-truck accident. The victim suffered from quadriplegia due to the accident.…

A man has sued Kaiser Permanente, a healthcare company, whose neurosurgeon performed brain surgery on Zimmer, which resulted in permanent brain damage to him. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was suffering from headaches, confusion, and…

Attorneys have ordered Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its Southern California hospital Desert Regional Medical Center to pay $1.41 million for the allegations of implanting unnecessary cardiac monitors in patients. According to the lawsuit filed…

In 2016, a construction worker from Elizabeth was killed after falling from a forklift at a banquet hall construction site in Morris County. His family recently received a wrongful death lawsuit settlement of $2 million from the court. According to…