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Minnesota Man Awarded $25 Million in Amputation Lawsuit

Federal jurors say a Twin Cities plastic surgeon is entitled to nearly $25 million because an emergency medical provider declined to fly him back to the United States after a ziplining injury in Mexico led to a leg amputation. Richard …

Workplace Injuries Lead to $1.4M in Fines for Ohio Chicken Processor

A supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken is facing more than $1.4 million in fines this year for worker safety and health violations at Ohio facilities, including several that led a teenage worker to suffer the amputation of his …

Florida Man Sues Hospital after Amputated Leg Found in Trash

A Key Largo, Fla., man is suing a hospital after his amputated leg was found in the trash. The Miami Herald reports that the man found out about the incident when homicide detectives knocked on his door and asked him …

Los Angeles Woman Awarded $28.2M in Lost Leg Suit Against Kaiser

A Los Angeles jury has awarded $28.2 million to a woman who said treatment delays by Kaiser Permanente doctors cost her a leg. City News Service says jurors found that Southern California Permanente Medical Group was negligent. Twenty-three-year-old Anna Rahm …