Man Can Sue Store he Robbed
A Michigan judge has said a man who claims he was chased, shot, and beaten by workers at a store he robbed can sue the men if he comes up with ten thousand dollars in two weeks. Scott T. Zielinski is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence after being convicted of unarmed robbery for holding [...]
Lawsuit Filed to Stop $13M Contract
A legislative oversight committee appeared in an Alabama court on Thursday to halt a thirteen million dollar no-bid computer contract. The contract was between Governor Bob Riley’s administration and a company with no listed business number and no web site. The Legislature’s Contract Review Committee and its Chairman, Rep. Alvin Homles D-Ala., filed the suit [...]
Breast Implant Lawsuit Lawyer Dies
John O’Quinn, the lawyer who won billions of dollars in verdicts against makers of breast implants and tobacco products, died at sixty-eight on Thursday. He and his passenger were killed in a car accident when their sport-utility vehicle crashed near downtown Houston. O’Quinn’s law firm said that his personal assistant, fifty-six-year-old Johnny Cutliff of Houston, [...]
Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death
A Sacramento County jury awarded $16.5 million to the family of a twenty-eight-year-old woman who died after participating in a radio station’s water-drinking contest. Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, died of acute water intoxication in January 2007. The challenge was to see who could drink the most water without urinating. The prize for the [...]
Fla. Court Overturns $24M Verdict Against Honeywell
A Florida court of appeals has overturned a twenty-four million dollar decision against Honeywell International entered after a jury in Miami found an amateur mechanic developed lung cancer due to his exposure to asbestos in brake pads made by the company. According to the 3rd District Court of Appeals’ decision, the trial court should have [...]
University of Michigan to Settle Case with Ex-Student
The University of Michigan has dropped an appeal of the $1.7 million verdict and has agreed to settle the lawsuit with a former dental student. The student had convinced the jury that she was illegally kicked out of school. Lawyers for Alissa Zwick and four faculty members said they’ve made a deal in a court [...]
Court Will Not Get Involved in Hamas Suit
The Supreme Court has decided not to let the parents of a teenager killed in a terrorist attack in Israel collect damages from a man accused of helping fund Hamas. The court refused on Tuesday to hear appeals from the parents of David Biom, a seventeen-year-old boy killed in the 1997 drive-by shooting in Beit [...]
Store Owes $200K for Failure to Accomodate Worker
A California court of appeals recently upheld a two hundred thousand dollar verdict in favor of an Albertsons grocery clerk who sued the company. The lawsuit was due to her urinating and menstruating on herself because her supervisor did not accommodate her disability. The court rejected Albertson’s argument that the failure to accommodate her was [...]
Judge Throws Out Craigslist Adult Services Lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit against Craigslist’s ‘adult services’ section. The suit was intended to remove prostitution ads from the site. United States District Court Judge John Grady said that not all postings on Craigslist’s ‘adult services’ section were advertisements for prostitution, and that other legitimate services appeared there. “A woman advertising erotic [...]
Biker Says LA Doctor Deliberately Caused Crash
Posted by John Fiore on November 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A Los Angeles doctor has been accused of purposefully injuring two bicyclists by slamming on his car brakes – he is being sued by the rider that crashed through his rear window. Dr. Christopher Thompson was sued in a federal court on Thursday for negligence and battery. Ron Peterson claims in the suit that he [...]
Filed under Commentary · Tagged with criminal law, lawsuit, personal injury