"An appeals court has affirmed an $11 million jury award related to a Minnesota crash that killed three people and resulted in the wrongful imprisonment of a driver.
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Today, Bob Hilliard filed a lawsuit on behalf of Rebecca Veibrock, her four children, and Lisa Vansomeren and her two children who suffered at the hands of Hudson, Wisconsin dentist, Dr. Andy Mancini.
The civil lawsuit, filed in Washington County Minnesota Court, details the mistreatment Rebecca Veibrock and Lisa Vansomeren's children received at La Petite Dentistry, including unfinished...
The Minnesota Association for Justice recently announced through a press release that they introduced a legislative bill called the Minnesota Family Protection Act, which will protect families by closing an insurance loophole that many of the state’s boat owners are unaware of.
"ST. PAUL, MN – Today at the State Capitol, Republican and Democratic parties came together to address a...
A Pennsylvania man has filed a lawsuit alleging that he contracted a serious infection after a dangerous parasite got splashed into his left eye while waiting in line for the Raging Rapids ride at Kennywood Park, an amusement park in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County. According to the complaint, the amusement park failed to use the right filtration system or chlorinate the water to keep...
A decade worth of legal action over a dog attack in Santa Fe has finally been settled. The original 2010 lawsuit was filed against State Farm by a woman whose dog attacked a meter-reader. The plaintiff filed suit against the insurance company after the man attacked by her dog filed a lawsuit against her. The lawsuit sought financial compensation for the plaintiff to cover legal costs...
Polaris has issued a recall on its side-by-side recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs), due to a crash hazard. According to the recall, "The steering wheel shaft can shift and detach while in use, resulting in a loss of control and crash hazard." About 19,000 of the 2016 and 2017 Polaris General 2- and 4-seat side-by-side recreational off-highway vehicles are included in the recall....
A New Jersey teenager who suffered brain damage after a hospital stay has been awarded $17 million. The 16-year-old girl from Monmouth County suffered brain damage nine years ago when she was allegedly taken off a ventilator too soon. Named as defendants in the lawsuit Meridian Pediatric Associates and the girl's doctor. The teen was awarded $5 million for pain and suffering, $2 million...
A real estate broker is to meet with a judge to say whether he will plead guilty or not guilty in a fatal crash. The defendant was involved in a crash into Sweet Tomatoes pizzeria in West Newton, Massachusetts that killed two customers and injured seven others. The man has been charged with two counts of motor vehicle homicide and one count of operating a motor vehicle to endanger....
Residents of Crosby, Texas, have filed a second lawsuit against Arkema over a chemical plant explosion that occurred after flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey on the Texas Coast. Included in the class of residents filing suit over the explosion are a Texas state trooper, Harris County sheriff’s deputy, and sergeant. The lawsuit, filed against the global chemical company after the...
An audio recording has been released in a wrongful death lawsuit over the death of a man who was shot in court. The man, 25-year-old Siale Angilau, was facing racketeering charges in the U.S. District courthouse in Salt Lake City in April 2014. Another man, a former member of Salt Lake City’s Tongan Crip Gang, had been testifying for the prosecution about the gang's practices....
A New Jersey family is filing a lawsuit against the Hasbrouck Heights School District alleging that it is responsible for a student's injury. According to the complaint, the Euclid Elementary School student was injured by a whiteboard at the school. The child's two guardians, who filed the lawsuit, have not commented on the extent of his injuries.
Named as defendants in the lawsuit are...
A woman from Long Island, New York has filed a lawsuit blaming her veterinarian for the death of her dog. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff's dog died after taking painkillers prescribed by the vet after a routine surgery. The Labrador suffered massive kidney failure from taking a painkiller prescribed by her animal doctor at the Veterinarian Center of Long Island following knee...
Amazon is facing a lawsuit alleging that the company sold faulty eclipse glasses that lead to permanent eye damage. The proposed class action lawsuit filed by a couple in South Carolina alleges that the glasses sold on Amazon.com damaged the plaintiffs' eyes. The couple purchased a three-pack of eclipse glasses on Amazon in early August and the lawsuit states that the couple assumed that...
Attorney Brent Schafer gained national attention for his work on the high-profile case of Koua Fong Lee v. State of Minnesota, in which Mr. Schafer successfully represented Mr. Lee, who was wrongly convicted of criminal vehicular homicide. The case dealt with Mr. Lee’s late-model Toyota Camry that accelerated uncontrollably as he exited a highway, causing the vehicle to crash into two...
