Tag Archives: wrongful death

Couple wins $5.5 million for defective vaginal mesh implant In the first of jury trial of its kind, a woman and her husband won a $5.5 million verdict for permanent injuries caused by a vaginal mesh device. An estimated 47,000 women have had similar mesh products implanted and about 650 women have filed similar lawsuits that await trial. Christine Scott had the Avaulta Mesh surgically implanted to correct a leaky bladder. The device poked through her colon and the tissue …

Doctor who pulled too hard on baby’s head liable for $21 million An obstetrician accused of pulling too hard on a baby’s head during delivery is liable for $20.9 in damages for causing the baby, Tyler Arnett, to be permanently paralyzed in his left arm. However, the award will be cut drastically to only $1.5 million because of a Maryland state law that caps damages at $650,000 for pain and suffering, which made up the bulk of the award. In …

Shortly after baby Genesis Burkett was born in 2010, he was poisoned by a hospital pharmacy mistake that gave the infant a fatal IV bag of sodium. It was 60 times the prescribed dosage of his electrolyte transfusion. Parents Fritzie and Cameron Burkett filed a lawsuit charging wrongful death against Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL, in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago. In April 2012, Chicago lawyer Patrick A. Salvi recovered a settlement of $8.25 million. Genesis would …

Employer on the hook for $25 million for not stopping years of racial slursAn African-American steelworker won a $25 million jury award for putting up with years of racial slurs and taunting, including being called “boy” and “monkey” by coworkers. Elijah Turley worked at a steel plant in upstate New York owned by global steelmaker ArcelorMittal, a company based in Luxemburg. Turley’s lawsuit claimed that the company allowed a culture of racial discrimination to persist. During the three-week trial, Turley …

Convenience store ordered to pay $716 million for selling alcohol to minor A convenience store was hit with a gigantic $716 million verdict for selling alcohol to a 17 year-old driver who crashed into another car killing a man. High school senior David Holdsworth had blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit when he crashed into a car occupied by Samuel Garcia, killing him. Garcia’s family sued Best for Less Food Mart, the convenience store where Holdsworth bought alcohol before …