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Colorado Jury Awards Nearly $9M in Fertility Fraud Case

A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate three mothers who requested anonymous donors. The jury found that Dr. Paul B. Jones and his clinic, …

Jury Awards $1.5M to Family in California Mistaken Body ID Case

A Southern California jury on Tuesday awarded $1.5 million to the family of a man who was mistakenly declared dead by authorities, resulting in a stranger being buried in the family plot. A Superior Court jury found the Orange County …

$102M to Pay California Students Abused by Teacher

A jury has awarded $102.5 million to two women who sued a Northern California school district over what they said was officials’ failure to stop a middle school teacher from sexually grooming and abusing them as minors. Parents had repeatedly …

Nevada Casino to Pay $8M For Serving Chemicals Instead of Beer

A jury in Las Vegas has awarded $8 million to a middle school special education teacher who sued after being permanently injured when he was served cleaning solvents instead of tap beer at a casino bar. Lon Enwright, 38, used …

Jury Awards $100M-Plus to Victims of Washington Crane Collapse

A jury awarded more than $100 million this week to some of the victims of a tower crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle in 2019. Workers were disassembling the 300-foot crane in strong wind gusts when it fell …

California Couple’s $86M Award in Monsanto Pesticide Case Stands

California’s highest court rejected has a challenge by Monsanto Co.’s to $86.2 million in damages to a couple who developed cancer after spraying the company’s Roundup weed-killer in their yards for three decades. The state Supreme Court’s denial of review …

$17M Jury Award in Deadly Shooting by Off-Duty Officer in California

A federal jury has awarded $17 million to the parents of a mentally ill man who was shot in a Costco store by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer. The panel in Riverside ruled in a lawsuit filed against the …

California Jury Awards $6.3M to Actress in State Farm Fire Suit

A federal jury in Los Angeles awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty on Monday in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to pay sufficiently for damage to her house in a 2018 California wildfire. The jury found that …

Jury Says Washington City Must Pay $3.26M to Men Shot by Police

A federal jury has awarded two men who live south of Tacoma, Wash., a total of $3.26 million for injuries suffered when they were shot by one of the town of Roy’s two police officers during a drunken joy ride …

$2.7M Jury Award Upheld Against ‘Predator’ Landlord in California

A San Francisco landlord once described as a “ruthless predator” who allegedly tried to drive tenants out of a rent-controlled unit must pay them $2.7 million, a state appeals court ruled. The court last month upheld the award in a …