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Exxon Mobil must pay NH $236 million for widespread groundwater contamination

Posted: April 10, 2013 Environmental

The longest state trial in New Hampshire history ended Tuesday with a jury verdict against Exxon Mobil Corp. for its role in polluting groundwater with MTBE, a gasoline additive. The jury ordered the oil giant to pay the state $236

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $8.3 million in first hip implant lawsuit to go to trial

Posted: March 8, 2013 Pharmaceutical

A Los Angeles jury found in favor of Plaintiff Loren “Bill” Kransky, ordering Johnson & Johnson to pay the man $8.3 million in compensatory damages for debilitating injuries he suffered as a result of a faulty hip implant. This was

South Dakota woman awarded $3.35 million in transvaginal mesh lawsuit

Posted: February 26, 2013 Pharmaceutical

A New Jersey jury is recommending Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon pay a South Dakota woman $3.35 million for failing to warn her doctor of the serious risks associated with the companies’ transvaginal mesh device. The verdict was

Jury awards Illinois worker record $4.16 million for work-related fall injuries

Posted: October 16, 2012 Personal Injury

CHICAGO, ILL—A DuPage, Illinois County court awarded a Chicago-area man $4.16 million for serious injuries he received while providing the city of Elmhurst an estimate on fixing a broken garage door spring.

Arkansas jury finds trucking company liable for man’s death, issues verdict for $7 million

Posted: November 15, 2011 Personal Injury

A Kentucky trucking company must pay $7 million in damages for hiring an unqualified driver and pushing him to drive an excessively long route, which resulted in a crash that killed another commercial truck driver, a U.S. District Court jury

Jury awards athlete’s family $131 million for defective seat belt, rollover

Posted: September 7, 2010 Product Liability

Nearly ten years after the death of 22-year-old Brian Cole, whose life was cut short when he was thrown from a 2001 Ford Explorer in an accident, a Mississippi jury has awarded the man’s family $131 million in damages. The

Plaintiff wins landmark case in Georgia for Yamaha Rhino injuries

Posted: June 30, 2010 Product Liability

Yamaha Motor Corp. has lost a lawsuit filed against the company by a plaintiff who received extensive leg injuries when his Rhino ATV flipped, pinning him underneath. The case marks the first time a jury has awarded damages to a

Jury orders Novartis to pay $250 million for sex discrimination

Posted: May 21, 2010 Consumer Fraud

Pharmaceutical drug manufacturer Novartis must pay $3.3 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages for systemically discriminating against thousands of female employees, a federal jury in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday.