Personal Injury Verdicts

Recently, a California appellate court released its opinion regarding a medical malpractice lawsuit stemming from a 2012 accident. According to the court’s recitation of the facts, the plaintiff was a patient at the defendant hospital, and he was being transferred by an ambulance agency, another named defendant. During the transfer, the gurney tipped over, and... read more

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently released an opinion affirming a lower court’s decision that summary judgment should be granted in favor of a defendant in a product liability lawsuit. The case stems from a tragic traffic accident that occurred when a passenger died when he was traveling as a... read more

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court released an opinion earlier this month regarding a tragic accident that resulted in the death of an employee who was driving a rental truck on behalf of his employer. The accident occurred in 2011 when the driver slid off an icy road. The victim’s family filed a personal injury lawsuit... read more

Last month, the Supreme Court of Iowa decided a premises liability case stemming from a 2010 accident. According to the court’s written opinion, a business guest at a hotel slipped and fell on the ice in the parking lot and broke her ankle. She brought a personal injury lawsuit, claiming that the hotel negligently caused... read more

Late last month, the Court of Appeals of the State of California heard and ruled on a case stemming from a man being hit by a car near a church parking lot. The man was attending a function at the church and was crossing a five-lane road to get to the church from an overflow parking lot. The... read more