$18M Church St. South Settlement Reached
Category: Civil Plaintiff | March 9, 2020
Hundreds of tenants who were displaced from the mold-infested former Church Street South apartment complex are slated to receive upwards of $17,000 each, under a proposed $18.75 million settlement agreed to by the Massachusetts-based landlord and the tenants’ civil rights … Continue reading
Teens Misidentified After Deadly Car Crash: “Just heart-dropping”
Category: Civil Plaintiff | March 6, 2020
The bodies of two Florida teenagers were misidentified after they were killed in a car crash near Pensacola last July. The mistake wasn’t caught until just before a wake, and not until after organs had been taken from the wrong … Continue reading
$1.25B West Virginia Opioid Settlement Trial Date Set
Category: Civil Plaintiff | March 6, 2020
West Virginia communities seeking a $1.25 billion settlement with the opioid industry are set to go on trial against the companies in late August, a federal judge said Thursday. The Aug. 31 trial date will serve as a deadline for … Continue reading
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against St. Joseph Hospital for Unfair, Abusive, and Predatory Practices
Category: Civil Plaintiff | March 6, 2020
An Inland Empire-based firm specializing in matters including consumer class actions and catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death, filed a class action lawsuit against St. Joseph Hospital Orange, St. Joseph Health, and Paratus Partners LLP (the St. Joseph Defendants) on March … Continue reading
Women With Transvaginal Mesh Implants to Share $21.5M in Settlement
Category: Civil Plaintiff | March 5, 2020
A group of Canadian women who suffered ill-effects from implantation of a medical device called transvaginal mesh will receive a total of $21.5 million in compensation under a proposed class-action settlement, court records show. The settlement, between the women and … Continue reading
Member value increases for The National Trial Lawyers with CVN Essentials
Category: Blog | February 25, 2020
The National Trial Lawyers is excited to announce a new partnership with Courtroom View Network (CVN) to provide current members with FREE access to CVN Essentials, a curated legal video library of 250+ video clips featuring … Continue reading
Judge Upholds $6.7 Million Ruling For 5Pointz Graffiti Artists
Category: Civil Plaintiff | February 24, 2020
A New York appeals court has upheld a ruling to pay a group of graffiti artists $6.7 million. Developer Jerry Wolkoff asked the artists in 2002 to convert the dilapidated warehouses in Long Island City, Queens. The project became known … Continue reading
$12.5 Million Verdict in Tobacco Case
Category: Civil Plaintiff | February 24, 2020
Fort Lauderdale litigators Catherine Darlson of Kelley Uustal and Eric S. Rosen of Rosen Injury Law collaborated to secure a $12.5 million jury verdict for the widow of a South Florida homicide detective who died in 2009 after more than 40 years … Continue reading
Bayer Asks California Court to Reverse $86M Roundup Cancer Verdict
Category: Civil Plaintiff | February 11, 2020
Bayer AG has asked a California appeals court to overturn an $86 million verdict that found it was responsible for a couple’s cancer caused by its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup. In a Friday night filing with the California First District … Continue reading
St. Louis County Settles $10.25M Lawsuit with Gay Police Officer
Category: Criminal Law | February 11, 2020
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced the county settled the discrimination lawsuit with gay police officer, Lieutenant Keith Wildhaber. Page announced the settlement they reached was for about $10.25 million. “Which is substantially less than the $20 million judgement … Continue reading