Archive for April, 2009

Minnesota Bridge Collapse Settlements Total $36.6 Million

All 179 claims presented against the state of Minnesota on behalf of those impacted by a 2007 bridge collapse have been settled for a total of $36.6 million, with individual settlements ranging from $4,500 to over $2.2 million. The state of Minnesota agreed to pay the settlements to survivors of the tragedy and to family [...]

Radioactive Site In Armstrong County Settles With Local Residents For 52.5 Million Dollars

Babcock & Wilcox has settled a 14-year-long lawsuits for $52.5 million for personal injury, wrongful death and property damage to 365 claimants from the Apollo and Parks area. U.S. District Court Judge Donetta Ambrose, chief judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, approved the settlement Friday. The plaintiffs alleged that airborne radioactive emissions from the [...]

Supreme Court steps in to break logjam of malpractice cases

Las Vegas Business Press, NV The Nevada Supreme Court is conducting a “settlement marathon” to reduce a backlog of hundreds of medical malpractice cases clogging dockets in Clark County District Court. Many of the cases are more than 2 years old and violate a … Topics: case, court, law, lawyer, malpractice, medical, medical malpractice, news, settlement

Officials Probe Biomet’s Sales Practices

Wall Street Journal A page-one article in the Wall Street Journal about him said that about 120 malpractice lawsuits were filed against him, alleging chronic pain and other damages. Efforts to reach him through the hospital and its then-parent company were unsuccessful. Topics: Biomet, damages, filed, law, lawsuit, lawyer, malpractice, medical, medical malpractice, news