New Legal News

The Trump Taj Mahal  hotel in Atlantic City has decided to give $1.2 million to end a suit by a female hurt when her hotel room commode broke away from the wall while she was using it.

The 74 year old woman had asked for 2 million dollars in damages.

The woman needed an operation after her first fall and she  never  recovered the power in her left arm, her attorney said. As a result, she was not able to prevent herself from falling  when she fell  less than two years after.

Prior to the settlement, the inn had said in a brief that it would be “damn near impossible” for the 320-pounder to catch herself in the second fall, even without prior injury.

The document said due  to the womans stature and complete lack of physical fitness there is no way she could have supported herself.

5.7 million was awarded to a  very sick man who wasnt diagnosed as having skin cancer  by his doctor. The trial was 4 weeks long and the victim required hospitilzation even during the trial. Poor guy .

The doctor failed to remove the cysts on the plaintiffs right shoulder, which over time metasized into cancer. the cancer is life  threatening for the plaintiff.

The plaintiff’s counsel felt pleased by the juries award, as it was sizable enough that she felt it may offset the distress caused by the misdiagnosis.

The plaintiff, Mr, Reilly, went through numerous surgeries to removes the tissue causing the cancer. His wife was by his side through the strenuous ordeal, and solely cares for him when hes at home.

“When you see pictures of the cysts, they are football-sized and deep in the tissue,” Asher said. Reilly went through a series of surgeries to remove the cancerous tissue. His wife, Karen Reilly, served as his nurse during the multiple surgeries and radiation treatments.

Reilly is bound to his home with 24 hour medical care.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has chosen to settle for 660 million dollars paying out to 508 victims for the molestation they enduring over decades.

this settlement is the most extreme one since the sex scandal Boston had in 2002. But hey, the LA Catholic church is by no means broke. In real estate alone they posses approximately 4 billion. This is simply some “please be quiet and go away” money.

Whats important out of this settlement is the records kept by the church of the priests will be made public, assuming that the church complies, i think this will end alot of nonsense, or, i hope it will.

All establishments including the Catholic Church are not above the law. They must be accountable, and they are.

18.9 million was awarded to the wife of a late worker in texas. Gordon Rutherford was killed in an explosion at the Texas Industries  Inc. plant. The widow is accusing TXI  of reckless conduct in her husbands death. The Dallas jury  agreed with her after a 4 week trial.

Three other workers died in the resulting fire as well.

The counsel of the deceased  claimed that TXI of ignores basic safety rules by sending the welders into a very dangerous situation sans proper warning or properly maintained equipment.

A jury in Roanoke has awarded the parents of Justin Simmons 2,000,000. The settlement was against a lawnmower manufacturer, MTD.

The 4 year old was killed in 2004 by a riding lawnmower. The man who ran the boy over was named Orville Reedy. He accidentally reversed over the small boy. Reedy was dropped from the case when the Simmons found out that he had only 100,000 in insurance coverage. So they set their sights on the big money, the maker of a tool. MTD.

The simmons claimed its not money but accountability, stating that the manufacturer should have enabled a saftey device that is common on our riding mowers, one that turns off the blades upon reversing… fine, but if they did their homework, the lawn mower in question was 16 years old, and that wasnt an option in that time. Thus!! shouldnt the liable party be the person controling the mower?

Naturally MTD plans to appeal and I wish them luck

A wrongful death claim in the District of Columbia has netted the parents of 2 deceased children 1.2 million dollars. A man killed them via vehicle while fleeing police in 2004.

Police attempted to use undercover deceit to catch a suspected drug dealer, when they botched the sting, the dealer panicked and fled.

DC officials deny responsibility, claiming that they broke off pursuit prior to the incident.

The parents maintain that there was no reason to pursue the suspect, and even state one officer refused to give up the chase when ordered.

The real tragedy is this, those children were struck in a CROSSWALK, in arms reach of their father, the children were thrown 140 feet through the air, and died in their fathers sight! This disturbs me because as a father, my greatest fear is something liek this or, that i will lose my family to a drunken driver. The words to describe this feeling escapes me, but its a terrible and horrrendous thing to ponder.

When the police screwed up the bust and realized they werent getting him they shoudl have left it alone. Period. Be professional or go back to bed. Drugs? Hey drug dealers wouldnt exist if people didnt WANT the drugs. Go stop terrorism or soemthing!

A Florida jury has awarded several million dollars to a man who received brain injuries in a two car collision. 6,500,000 to be precise.

According to the local newspaper, the victim did not seek medical treatment immediately for his brain injuries simply because he did not realize the depth of them at that time. The brain injury changed the mans capability to earn income and his personal behavior.Also, the man recieved a back injury that will require many operations and physical therapy for life.

Things like this break my heart, I wonder how a person with diminished capability finds a way to carry on, and some even do so in a happy and cheerful way. My hats off to them.

A Federal Jury  has given  a man $10 million dollars by deciding his employer’s insurance carrier acted in bad faith when they turned down his claim for benefits from a  back injury.

The jury is debating  to also award the man with  compensation for punitive damages in additional to the 10 million.

The worker was a computer tech at Norwest Financial at the time he injured his back while  picking up papers that had dropped to the floor. He was diagnosed in severe pain, but his workers compensation claim had been rejected.

The adjusters say he had  two prior surgeries on his back. They claim the injury worsened an existing condition.

The 10 million dollar verdict was to assuage his mental and emotional pain after being denied medical assistance based on a bad faith ruling.

 Knepper chose a doctor out of the yellow pages to do her liposuction, and then did   the procedure. teh doctor wasnt even a surgeon he was a simple dermatologist.

Of course she had some complications. SHe claims she wouldnt have chosen him if she knew he was not board certified. WELL CONSIDER LOOKING FOR MORE THAN A PHONE BOOK ADVERT?! Perhaps a certificate on the office wall? i dont know!

Of course, does she sue the doctor? Naw, she sues the phone book she found the doctor in! She wins 1.2 million for her and 375,000 for her husband’s (loss of spousal services) . What the ^@$@#!!

Robert Clymer is a veteran FBI agent that plead guilty to a DUI and is now suing the maker of his vehicle because it caught fire after he slipped into unconsciousness behind the wheel.

Mr. Clymer had a blood alcohol of .306% almost 4 times the legal limit, and was out cold when the fire department pulled him from his burning vehicle.

The FBI agent was ticketed for dunk driving, and taken to the hospital.

He plead guilty to the DUI, and recieved a suspended jail term.

2 weeks after that, he filed a liability lawsuit against the truck manufacturer and the dealer who sold it to him.

In the suit, the plaintiff claims he parked on the roadside with the motor runnign to make a call on his cell phone. He then “somehow lost consciousness” and the vehicle “somehow produced a heavy smoke that filled the passenger cab”.

In my opinion this guy is a degenerate and should be arrested again for being a nuscience to a perfectly reputable manufacturer. Hes in the public eye, and as a representative of our national police, the FBI, he needs to seta better example. He screwed up, now take the heat. Your truck isnt the piece of crap sir, you are.