A Minnesota jury has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic who sued his anesthesiologists after suffering spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery. Joseph Lakoskey’s attorney argued that an anesthesiologist left him dangerously dehydrated before surgery …
A U.S. jury has ordered Apple Inc. to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing arm more than $234 million in damages for incorporating its microchip technology into some of the company’s iPhones and iPads without permission. The amount was …
Mathenia Insurance Group owner Dave Mathenia announced that Bill Kaatman and Kristin Rubinstein have earned co-ownership of the insurance agency based in St. Peter, Mo. Mathenia, who has more than 35 years in the industry, will continue to serve as …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing penalties of $122,000 for a glass company after a worker in southeast Missouri suffered third-degree burns on the job. OSHA announced the proposed penalties on Oct. 14 for Piramal Glass USA …
Ask truck drivers about the most important aspect of their job and chances are you will get the same answer: safety. Last year, about 78,000 total crashes were reported to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Of those reported, just …
The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) presented the Outstanding Young Agent of the Year award to Lisa Lemanski of the Young Agents Council of the Michigan …
A central Kansas pharmaceutical plant accused of gender discrimination must pay about $400,000 in back wages and hire more women, according to a federal settlement. The U.S. Department of Labor said in a release that the Hospira Inc. plant in …
A jury has ordered a gun shop to pay nearly $6 million in a lawsuit filed by two Milwaukee, Wis., police officers who were seriously wounded when shot by a gun purchased at the store. Jurors ruled that Badger Guns …
Lawyers for a central Ohio megachurch and its former insurance company are squaring off in the Ohio Supreme Court over payment of $3.1 million settlement in a lawsuit over the alleged beating of a toddler at the church. The Columbus …
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm is seeking $400 million from Apple Inc. for infringing the school’s patent on microprocessor technology. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is owed that much, its lawyer told the jury after it found Apple had …
