Mayor Bloomerg expressed dismay over a jury’s recent decision to award $2.3 million to Dustin Dibble, who lost part of his leg under a subway train after falling onto the tracks drunk in 2006. Bloomberg told reporters, “I wasn’t sitting in the courtroom. I wasn’t on the jury. But on the face of it, you’d [...]
A widower from the United Kingdom has been awarded 250,000 pounds, equating to nearly US$370,000, after his wife died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. She spent years washing her husband’s asbestos laden clothes. Mr Alfred Eccles worked as a pipe fitter…
The Pennsylvania (PA) Supreme Court is today hearing what could possibly be a landmark mesothelioma case to determine whether or not Pennsylvania will adopt the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Restatement of Torts to recognize the elements of negligence in products liability cases – alleging strict liability. Pennsylvania’s laws have, so far, kept these claims separate from one another. In the Bogosh case, his estate was awarded damages after he died of the disease mesothelioma which is caused by insulation materials and asbestos exposure. The defendant in this case was a descendant…
A Judge has upheld a family’s medical malpractice lawsuit claim against doctor. The family of the 12 year old was awarded $9 million, but 10 years after his wrongful death. Leading West Palm Beach medical malpractice lawyers who specialize in doctor injury lawsuits are educating Floridians on a recent judgment.