"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.
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 […]
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 […]
McLennan County, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the country’s largest opioid manufacturers and wholesale distributors. On Tuesday, county officials filed the lawsuit against Purdue, Johnson & Johnson, and a number of other pharmaceutical companies. As a result of the defendants marketing of the drugs, there have been a substantial number of overdose deaths across […]
A man from Maine has been awarded $2 million after he suffered permanent damage to his hand during surgery following an incident in which his hand was crushed by a kayak. The 49-year-old man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Bangor hand surgeon and Eastern Maine Medical Center over injuries he suffered during the […]
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 […]
Impeachment – Generic Felony Affirming defendant’s conviction of unlawful possession of a firearm, the Court finds no error in the District Court allowing the State to impeach the defendant with two felony convictions without referencing the nature of the felonies (sanitized convictions) with the same standard being applied to a prosecution witness. State v. Bares-Stewart […]
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 […]
Inevitable Discovery Police had a warrant to search an individual’s home and when they entered the bedroom, the person who was the subject of the warrant and the defendant in this case were present. Methamphetamine was seen in the open and the defendant’s hands were on top of a purse that he had carried with […]
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 […]
DataMaster Testing Affirming defendant’s conviction of DWI-alcohol concentration, the Court finds that the District Court is permitted to take judicial notice of the fact that the Commissioner of Public Safety has approved the DataMaster breath testing instrument for use by law enforcement. State v. Norgaard Urine Testing – Consent The defendant was asked if he […]
