Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been hit by a pair of lawsuits over its handling of a canal failure two years ago that forced thousands of Placer County residents to ration water. The Sacramento Bee reported the suits were …
A federal judge has ordered the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center to pay nearly $60,000 to a Winston, Mont. man who was wrongly diagnosed with brain cancer and told he had just a few months to live. U.S. District Judge …
The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should pay for its negligence leading up to the blast. The City of …
Federal jurors in Seattle have awarded $3.45 million to the estate and survivors of a woman who drowned in 2010 while working on a ship conversion. The Seattle Times reported the jurors found the ship’s owner, G Shipping Ltd., was …
James Dorsey led a full and active life, his final years spent helping care for his grandchildren and enjoying big family dinners. The 70-year-old died Sept. 12, 2011 at Complex Care of Idaho in Meridian. His family believes he died …
A jury has awarded $7.7 million to the parents of a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who died during a scuffle with her caregivers. The sum announced Friday after five days of deliberation was significantly larger than the $5 million Lauren …
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 …
Relatives of a 20-year-old Tacoma, Wash., woman fatally shot by gang members in a case of mistaken identity are suing the state Corrections Department, saying it failed to supervise the felons charged in the case. The News Tribune reported that …
A 28-year-old Manoa woman has filed a lawsuit against a Honolulu naturopathic doctor she says acted negligently and caused her son to suffer permanent brain injury. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Margaret Drake filed the negligence lawsuit Monday against naturopathic doctor …
Jurors who wanted to send a message to the trucking industry awarded $58.5 million to the estate and family of a Carlsbad, N.M. man fatally injured in a 2010 accident when his vehicle collided with an oil industry tanker. The …
