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Washington Jury Awards $26M Over Plane Crash Deaths

A jury has awarded $26 million to the families of three people killed when a small plane crashed near Arlington, Wash. in 2008. The single-engine Cessna went down en route from San Juan Island to Auburn when its engine failed. …

Lawyers Ask Hepatitis C Jury To Award $2.5 Billion In Nevada Case

Plaintiffs’ attorneys asked a Nevada state court jury on Monday to put the state’s largest health management organization on the hook for a stunning $2.5 billion punitive damage award in a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak that lawyers called the largest …

Jury: HMO Liable For $24M In Vegas Hep C Outbreak

A Nevada jury says the state’s largest health management organization is liable for $24 million in compensatory damages to three plaintiffs in a negligence lawsuit stemming from a hepatitis C outbreak that became public in 2008. A plaintiffs’ lawyer asked …

University Of Idaho Student Sues After Fraternity Fall

A University of Idaho student who suffered injuries after falling at a fraternity has filed a lawsuit against a national fraternal organization seeking money to pay medical costs of more than $10,000, plus other damages. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported …

Washington Woman Awarded $813,000 in Medical Suit

A Spokane jury awarded $813,000 this week to a woman whose foot was amputated following the wrong diagnosis by her physician. It was the second time a jury heard Darlene Turner’s medical malpractice suit against now-retired Dr. Nathan Stime. The …

1980s Computer Monitor Blamed For Utah Church Fire

Investigators are blaming a 1980s-era computer monitor for a fire that ravaged a Clearfield church this week. The Standard-Examiner reports the old monitor had overheated and sparked the Tuesday afternoon blaze in the Clearfield Community Church library. North Davis District …

Ex-Charter School Principal Claims Wrongful Firing in Idaho

The former co-principal of a southwestern Idaho charter school is suing the school and its board chairman for wrongful dismissal because she says she was fired after reporting that the school was violating admission lottery rules. Monika Gangwer, who worked …

California Judge Overturns Verdict to ‘Price Is Right’ Model

A judge has overturned an $8.5 million verdict awarded to a former “Price is Right” model in a pregnancy discrimination case and ruled a new trial is necessary. Judge Kevin Brazile ruled Tuesday that he didn’t properly instruct the jury …

Southern California Jury Awards $8.3M In Hip Implant Case

A jury awarded $8.3 million to a former prison guard who accused Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary of knowingly marketing a faulty hip implant that was later recalled. Jurors found that the ASR XL implant was defectively designed and …

Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Idaho Filed On Behalf Of Marine

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a Meridian apartment building and its property management company after an 18-year-old Marine died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his girlfriend’s apartment last November. KTVB-TV reported attorneys filed the …