When a Bronx County, New York jury recently returned a verdict that failed to award any future pain and suffering damages in a traumatic brain injury case (in which the jury verdict was $100,000 for six years of past pain and suffering (i.e., from the date of the incident to the date of the verdict)
December 2008
$8,000,000 Verdict for Family of Floridian Shot to Death
A 27 year old man, Starsky Garcia, was shot to death in the parking lot of a North Miami Beach parking lot two years ago. The Miami Herald reports that the shooter has never been found but the family hired The Haggard Law Firm in Coral Gables who sued the apartment owners for their negligence.…
$Millions for Brain Damage from Lead Paint
Toy manufacturer Mattel, Inc. will pay $12 million to 39 states (including New York, Texas and Florida) to settle an investigation over lead-painted toys made in China and sold in the USA, according to the Associated Press, Environment News Service and John Bisnar of California Injury Blog. More than 21 million toys were…
$4.5 Million Jury Verdict for Cop Shot in Knee
Ouch! Bullet in the knee. But in Alexander v. City of New York, a cop shot himself!
When Detective Anderson Alexander leaned back in a chair at his Brooklyn, New York precinct house, it didn’t hold his weight and he stumbled out of the defective chair and his gun accidentally discharged. He sued the city for the defective…