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Woman Awarded $37M by Texas Jury over Seat Belts

A Texas jury has awarded more than $37 million to a woman who sued Honda after being paralyzed in a 2015 car crash. Sarah Milburn sued the automaker over its seatbelt design after her Uber driver ran a red light …

Jury Awards $123M to Victims in Washington Duck Boat Crash

A Washington jury has awarded about $123 million to the victims and families of a 2015 duck boat crash that killed five college students and injured more than 60 others in Seattle. After a four-month civil trial, King County Superior …

Jury Awards $735K to Former Official at New Mexico Lab

A former Los Alamos National Laboratory official pushed out of his job amid controversy over his service on an electric co-op’s board has won a jury verdict against the lab’s former management company. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that …

California Mobile Home Residents Awarded $34M in Suit over Living Conditions

A jury has awarded $34 million in damages to 51 current and former residents of a Southern California mobile home park they say is rife with problems including sinkholes, sewage backups and rats. The Los Angeles Times reported the damages …

Montana Man Awarded $2.1M in Lawsuit Against BNSF

A federal court jury has awarded a Montana man more than $2.1 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against BNSF Railway following an on-the-job injury. Zachary Wooten, of Columbia Falls, sued BNSF alleging the company violated the Federal Rail Safety …

Man Dies 2 Days After $2.6M Verdict in Montana Mine Lawsuit

A man who fought for more than a decade to maintain his rights to a mining claim in northwestern Montana died two days after a jury awarded him nearly $2.6 million. A Lincoln County jury awarded the money to Arnold …

Jury Awards $600K in Idaho Triple-Fatal Boat Crash

An eastern Washington man found not guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter in a criminal trial following a boating crash on Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho has been ordered to pay $600,000 in a civil case. A jury …

California Jury Rules Disease Expert Must Pay $105M to Cancer Victim

A California man convicted of practicing medicine without a license must pay more than $105 million to a woman who said he falsely promised to cure her breast cancer. KNSD-TV says San Diego jurors decided Wednesday that Robert O. Young …

California Jury Awards $3M for Catholic School Teacher in Wrongful-Termination Suit

A jury has awarded more than $3.5 million to a former Catholic school teacher who said the Archdiocese of Los Angeles fired her for being pregnant and unwed. City News Service reported that jurors deliberated for less than a day …

Elevator Company Wants Judge to Reconsider $2M Nevada Jury Verdict

An elevator company is asking a judge to reconsider a jury’s $2 million award to a California man who claimed in a lawsuit he was injured by a sudden drop in a Lake Tahoe casino elevator. Schindler Elevator Co. filed …