Jury awarded $40 million in damages to a Brooklyn construction worker who was left severely disabled after a Verizon truck struck him
New Jersey jury awarded $7.2 million to a doctor who sued Port Authority after she fell and broke her elbow at a North Jersey rail station
Jury awarded $15 million to the parents who filed a wrongful death suit against Enterprise Rent-A-Car in San Fransisco after their two daughters died in a fiery car crash in 2004
Jury in Arkansas awarded over $7 million to the family of a man who was killed when his 1994 Ford Explorer rolled over twice
Federal jury in New Hampshire awarded $21 million to a woman who was blinded and scarred by a prescription drug she took for shoulder pain; the woman suffered extreme burns to her skin, mucus membranes and eyes after taking the drug Sulindac
Jury found a Pennsylvania restaurant liable for continuing to serve alcohol to an intoxicated man who later cause a car accident that severely injured a young woman; the 22-year-old woman was awarded $6.8 million in damages
A $52 million legal settlement will help Minneapolis bridge collapse victims cover lost wages and pay medical bills
The parents of a college student from Texas, who died in a California hazing incident have settled their lawsuit against a former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity member for $500,000
A Chicago jury awarded $30.4 million to a plant worker who was exposed to the butter flavoring chemical diacetyl, causing irreversible lung damage, in what is believed to be the largest individual verdict in a popcorn lung disease case
Jury awarded $14 million to a man who was burned over much of his body as the result of a preventable tanker explosion
Georgia jury returned a $43.5 million verdict against a nursing home operator in a wrongful death lawsuit; the verdict favored the estate of a man who was malnourished, dehydrated, denied medical care for a broken hip and ultimately died after what was supposed to be a temporary stay at the nursing home
Federal court jury in Arkansas returned a $19 million verdict against Ford Motor Company; the plaintiff in the case was paralyzed in a motor vehicle accident when he was ejected from his 1998 Ford Windstar even though he was wearing his seatbelt; the claim focused on the defective design of the seatbelt release button
Starbucks has agreed to pay a $4.8 million settlement to an elderly California woman who sued the company after she tripped and fell at one of its coffee shops
Jury in Arkansas awarded $10.3 million to the family of an Iraq war veteran who was burned while rescuing his wife and two children after a devastating collision on an interstate highway
The family of a toddler who suffered a severe brain injury in a traffic accident has settled its lawsuit for $12 million; the settlement will cover a lifetime of care for the little girl who was struck in the head by a pipe that came loose from a truck during a minor collision with her mother’s van
New York jury returned a $66 million verdict in favor of a woman who was rendered a quadriplegic after a Cybex weight machine crushed her vertebra
Florida jury awarded almost $14 million to a family who lost two young boys in a drunk driving crash
Virginia jury awarded more than $10.5 million to the family of a woman who died after a concrete mixer truck fell on her car
A smokeless tobacco company has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer in what appears to be the first wrongful death settlement involving chewing tobacco
New York jury awarded $50.6 million to a worker left paralyzed after he fell 15 feet from a NYC scaffold
Georgia jury awarded $1.2 million to a woman who was scalded by 190-degree water that shot out of a convenience store’s cappuccino machine A Florida school teacher has been awarded $3 million in damages after a jury found that State Farm Insurance refused to live up to its contract on a 2008 car accident
A $3 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed after a 20-year-old young man suffered brain damage during a 2009 dental procedure because the oxygen and nitrous oxide lines were crossed during the design and construction of a new dental office
Pennsylvania jury ruled that Johnson & Johnson must pay $10 million in damages to the family of a 13-year-old girl who suffered skin burns and eye damage after she took Children’s Motrin to treat a fever and cough
SOURCE: The Jere Beasley Report, July 2010-June 2011 Issues
