| $5M Awarded in Texas Woman’s Slip-and-Fall Case |  | Nearly $5 million has been awarded to a Texas woman in a slip-and-fall lawsuit. On March 5, the Scott County jury decided to award $4.9 million to the woman who broke her ankle when she slipped on ice outside a hotel in Bettendorf, Iowa. The jury ruled that Marriott International Inc. and Courtyard Management Corp., were at fault for injuries suffered by the plaintiff. The most recent trial, which began on Feb. 28, was the second in the case.
Tara Becker-Gray, Quad-City Times 03/12/2018    | | Read Article: Quad-City Times |
| Massachusetts High Court Allows Generic Drug Injury Lawsuit | | The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that consumers can file suit against Merck & Co Inc and other makers of brand-name drugs over injuries suffered by users of generic versions of the drugs. On Friday, the court ruled that the drugmakers can be sued for recklessness if they intentionally fail to update warning labels for their drugs that makers of cheaper, generic versions must adopt as well. The lawsuit was originally filed by a man who alleged he suffered from side effects, including sexual dysfunction, after taking the generic version of Merck’s Proscar.
Nate Raymond, Reuters 03/16/2018 | | Read Article: Reuters |
| Diocese of Buffalo, New York Quiety Paid $1.5M to Settle Abuse Lawsuit | | The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, paid out $1.5 million to a settle a lawsuit from a man who alleges he was sexually abused by a priest thirty years ago. The lawsuit alleged that the former diocesan priest, who served in at least six Western New York parishes and taught religion at Archbishop Walsh High School in Olean, sexually abused the plaintiff when he was a teenager. The plaintiff, now 52 years old, says the abuse occurred from the time he was 14 to 17 years-old. This is the second settlement of a lawsuit by the diocese over this same priest.
Jay Tokasz, Buffalo News 03/18/2018 | | Read Article: Buffalo News |
| Pharmacies Dismissed From Oklahoma Man's Opioid Abuse Lawsuit | | Four central Oklahoma pharmacies have been dismissed from a lawsuit alleging opioid abuse. The lawsuit was filed by a former fireman who says that the pharmacies negligently filled the prescription medications for him, despite the fact that he had a drug abuse problem. The plaintiff filed suit against the pharmacies, former Oklahoma City doctor William M. Valuck and former physician assistant Michael E. Hume, alleging that they contributed to his addiction to the drugs. Dr. Valuck pleaded guilty to eight counts of second-degree murder for causing several deaths by overprescribing pain and anti-anxiety medications and is now facing an 8-year prison sentence.
Randy Ellis, NewsOK.com 03/18/2018 | | Read Article: NewsOK.com |
| Parents of Florida Student Killed in Fraternity Ritual Seek Anti-Hazing Law | | The family of a Florida college student who died in an alleged hazing incident is pushing for a new federal anti-hazing law. In November, the couple’s son was found unresponsive on a couch the morning after a Pi Kappa Phi fraternity party at Florida State University. The student died of alcohol poisoning after allegedly being pressured to drink an entire bottle of 101-proof bourbon. Nine members of the fraternity pleaded not guilty to hazing charges in connection with the recall.
Staff Report, CBSNews.com 03/13/2018 | | Read Article: CBSNews.com |
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