First Wright Hip Implant Product Liability Trial Begins
May 29, 2015
Wright Medical Technology Inc. defended one of their metal hip implants for the first time before a jury in a product liability trial that began Thursday in state court.
May 29, 2015
Days after perjury claims led to a decision striking defense pleadings, jurors awarded less than $300,000 to a woman who claims she suffered lifelong brain and spinal damage following an ATV crash.
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May 28, 2015
In this medical product liability case, Alan Warner received a "Profemur R" artificial hip implant from Wright Medical Technology Inc. This implant broke around three years after it was installed, replacing Warner's previous artificial hip. Warner...
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May 28, 2015
Nursing home operator Five Star Quality Care Inc. was walloped with a $16.7 million punitive damages verdict on Thursday after already being nailed with a $2.5 million compensatory damages verdict.
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Nursing Home Slapped With $2.5M Bedsore Verdict, Punitive Phase To Follow
May 27, 2015
A state court jury has awarded $2.5 million to the family of an 86-year-old woman who developed an infected bedsore in a nursing home operated by Five Star Quality Care Inc. and later died, along with an undetermined amount of punitive damages.
May 27, 2015
Under cross examination, the defense's medical expert in a personal injury case says patients could save "a lot of money if you went straight to me."
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May 26, 2015
In openings of January's trial over the drowning of powerboat racing champion Joey Gratton, Gregory Barnhart details the moments following an accident like the one that caused Gratton's death.
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May 26, 2015
Check to see which veteran defense attorney is featured on this week's Engle progeny trading card.
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Injured Driver Gets Day in Court Despite Prophecy but Loses Anyway
May 26, 2015
An injured driver got a second chance in court thanks to a Court of Appeals ruling that the Prophecy Rule did not apply but could not prove his case to the jury.
May 22, 2015
Former Ultimate Fighting champion Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell accused a title company of forging his signature on escrow documents and costing him $2 million by investing in a real estate Ponzi scheme, at a trial that began Wednesday.
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May 22, 2015
Jurors found Willie Gray, the deceased smoker at the heart of his widow Ethel Gray's suit against tobacco maker R.J. Reynolds, had not been addicted to Reynolds-brand cigarettes.
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May 21, 2015
The riding companion of a woman who claims she suffered brain injuries following an ATV crash detailed how the group moved the woman themselves across rough terrain to a hospital miles from the off-road crash site.
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