National Jury Verdict Review & Analysis
- Publisher:
- Jury Verdict Review Publications, Inc.
- Publication date:
- 2020-11-23
Issue Number
- No. 38-03, March 2023
- No. 38-02, February 2023
- No. 38-01, January 2023
- No. 37-12, December 2022
- No. 37-11, November 2022
- No. 37-10, October 2022
- No. 37-09, September 2022
- No. 37-08, August 2022
- No. 37-07, July 2022
- No. 37-06, June 2022
- No. 37-05, May 2022
- No. 37-04, April 2022
- No. 37-03, March 2022
- No. 37-02, February 2022
- No. 37-01, January 2022
- No. 36-12, December 2021
- No. 36-11, November 2021
- No. 36-10, October 2021
- No. 36-09, September 2021
- No. 36-08, August 2021
Latest documents
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Multiple Vehicle Collision. $______ VERDICT. Motor vehicle negligence - Multi-vehicle rear end collision - Defendant strikes rear of plaintiff's vehicle pushing it in to vehicle in front - Cervical sprain and strain - Radiculopathy - Leg injuries.
Harris County, TX. The plaintiff in this motor vehicle negligence action maintained she suffered injuries to her neck and back when her vehicle was struck in the rear by the defendant and pushed into the vehicle in front of her. The defendant denied all allegations of negligence and injury.
- Nursing Home. $______ RECOVERY. Medical malpractice - Nursing home negligence - Defendant facility allows plaintiff's decedent to develop pressure wounds which become infected and cause death - Failure to reposition decedent with proper frequency - Wrongful death of 83- year-old female.
Allegheny County, PA. In this action for medical malpractice, the decedent’s estate maintained that the defendant facility provided substandard care to the plaintiff’s decedent resulting in severe pressure wounds and infection that caused the decedent’s death. The defendant facility generally denied all allegations of negligence and injury.
- $______ VERDICT - PREMISES LIABILITY - HAZARDOUS CONDITION - PLAINTIFF DELIVERS CASES OF WATER TO DEFENDANT STORE WHEN DEFENDANT'S DELIVERY RAMP COLLAPSES UNDER PLAINTIFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND - ROTATOR CUFF TEAR - TOE FRACTURE - 2 SURGERIES.
Mobile County, AL. The plaintiff in this premises liability action maintained that he suffered serious injuries that required multiple surgical procedures when he was delivering cases of water to the defendant retail store and the delivery ramp collapsed under the plaintiff causing him and his delivery cart to fall to the ground. The defendant generally denied all allegations of negligence and injury.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Head-on Collision. $______ POLICY LIMIT RECOVERY Motor vehicle negligence - Head on collision - Nasal fracture - Soft tissue injuries.
Warren County, NJ. In this motor vehicle negligence action, the plaintiff, age 56 at the time of this accident, was traveling northbound on Route 94 when the defendant, traveling southbound, failed to maintain her lane of travel and crossed the center line, striking the plaintiff’ s vehicle head-on causing her to sustain serious injuries. The accident was witnessed by several individuals who confirmed that the defendant was operating her vehicle in the wrong lane of travel before striking the plaintiff’s vehicle.
- Orthopedics. DEFENDANT'S VERDICT Medical malpractice - Orthopedist negligence - Defendant orthopedist uses over-sized femoral head prosthesis during hip surgery and leaves piece of his surgical glove inside plaintiff - Multiple subsequent procedures - Infections - Fracture - Carpal tunnel with surgery due to consistent crutch use.
Allegheny County, PA. The plaintiff in this medical malpractice action maintained he’s suffered permanent injury to his hip following a hip resurfacing procedure performed by the defendant orthopedist. The plaintiff maintains that the defendant used improper components for the procedure causing a fracture and necessitating subsequent procedures. The defendant maintained that the procedure was properly performed in accordance with all standards of care.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Falling Object. $______ RECOVERY. Premises liability - Falling object - Minor plaintiff injured when shelf at defendant dance studio falls onto her - Laceration of left index finger - Sutures required.
Nassau County, NY. In this premises liability action, the minor plaintiff sustained injuries when a shelf fell onto her at the defendant dance studio. The defendants generally denied all allegations of negligence.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Hazardous Premises. $______ RECOVERY. Premises liability - Hazardous premises - Plaintiff's decedent killed when defendants failed to prevent elevator decedent was performing maintenance on from moving resulting in decedent being crushed between floors and falling to his death - Wrongful death of 65-yearold male.
Orangeburg County, SC. This premises liability case arose from an incident which occurred on December 3, 2019 when the plaintiff’s decedent, an employee of Alimak Hek Elevator Company, visited the premises of the Holcim Plant to conduct routine elevator maintenance as requested by Holcim employees. He plummeted to his death when the elevator descended without warning. The defendants generally denied all allegations of negligence.
- MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE. Rear End Collision. $______ VERDICT
Motor vehicle negligence - Rear end collision - Plaintiff rear-ended by driver under influence of drugs who was negligently entrusted to operate vehicle by defendant owners - Right shoulder rotator cuff tear and cervical disc herniations - 2 arthroscopic surgeries - Numerous spinal injections, cervical rhizotomy, and physical therapy - Plaintiff claims $______ in medical expenses - Plaintiff files post-trial motion for new trial. Palm Beach County, FL. In this motor vehicle negligence case, the plaintiff, an 18-year-old man, asserted that the defendant driver struck the rear of his vehicle with such force that it caused significant, permanent injury. The plaintiff maintained that the defendant driver was negligent and the defendant owners of the vehicle were negligent in allowing the driver, who did not hold a valid driver’s license and who was under the influence of drugs, to operate the vehicle with their permission. The defendant owners denied negligence and asserted that the vehicle was stolen by unknown persons who caused the hit and run crash with the plaintiff.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Hazardous Premises. $______ RECOVERY. Premises liability - Hazardous premises - Minor plaintiff injured when foot gets caught between ground tiles on defendant playground - Spiral fracture of right distal tibia shaft.
Queens County, NY. In this premises liability action, the minor plaintiff was injured when his foot became caught in a hole between 2 ground tiles on the defendant playground. The defendants generally denied all allegations of negligence.
- $______ RECOVERY - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT NEGLIGENCE/PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE NEGLIGENCE - DEFENDANT PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT DIAGNOSES PLAINTIFF'S DECEDENT WITH GERD AND ESOPHAGITIS WHEN DECEDENT PRESENTS WITH COMPLAINTS OF HEARTBURN AND SUFFERING CARDIAC DISTRESS DEMONSTRATED BY ABNORMAL DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC TESTS - WRONGFUL DEATH OF 61-YEAR-OLD MALE.
Bucks County, PA. In this medical malpractice action, the estate of the decedent maintained that the defendant physician’s assistant and defendant cardiologist failed to appreciate the decedent’s physical symptoms of cardiac distress and failed to communicate with the decedent regarding his abnormal stress test. Instead, the decedent was informed by the physician’s assistant that he had GERD and died 2 days after presenting to the PA with cardiac symptoms. All defendants denied all allegations of negligence and injury.
Featured documents
- $______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - ORTHOPEDIST'S NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE TO ADDRESS CARTILAGE INJURY WHILE DEFENDANT ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON PERFORMING OPEN REDUCTION TO TREAT NFL PLAYER'S FRACTURED ANKLE - LOSS OF CAREER.
New York County, NY. This was a medical malpractice/informed consent case involving a then 25-year-old NFL player on the NY Giants. The plaintiff contended that the defendant orthopedic surgeon, who performed an open reduction to treat an ankle fracture sustained in a game the previous day,...
- $______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - HOSPITAL NEGLIGENCE - MISMANAGEMENT OF POSTPARTUM BLEEDING - HEMORRHAGE - EMERGENCY HYSTERECTOMY REQUIRED - INABILITY TO CONCEIVE FUTURE CHILDREN.
Palm Beach County, FL. This medical malpractice case was tried against the defendant hospital on behalf of the plaintiff mother and her husband who alleged negligence in treating and monitoring the mother’s postdelivery condition. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant’s nurses mismanaged...
- $______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE - PLAINTIFF PRESENTS TO DEFENDANT DOCTORS SEVERAL TIMES WITH COMPLAINTS OF RIGHT BREAST MASS WHICH DEFENDANTS DISMISS AS CYST - PLAINTIFF DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER 5 YEARS LATER - DECREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY.
Philadelphia County, PA. The plaintiff in this medical malpractice negligence action maintained that she presented to the defendants repeatedly from 2010-2015 with complaints of the palpable right breast mass. The plaintiff was assured that it was a simple cyst and the mass was not investigated...
- $______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - PRIMARY CARE - FAILURE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT TO TIMELY DIAGNOSE AND TREAT SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA - METASTASIS INTO LYMPH NODES - PERMANENT TRACHEOTOMY.
Pinellas County, FL. The plaintiff in this medical malpractice action alleged that the defendant, a physician assistant (PA), failed to timely work-up or timely make a referral to a specialist in order to diagnose and treat the plaintiff’s neck mass that had cancerous features. As a result, the...
- $______ VERDICT INCLUDING $______ IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES - CIVIL RIGHTS - POLICE LIABILITY - WRONGFUL CONVICTION - PLAINTIFF ALLEGED HE WAS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED AND IMPRISONED FOR ALMOST 16 YEARS OF CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT.
- PREMISES LIABILITY. Hazardous Premises. $______ RECOVERY. Premises liability - Hazardous premises - Plaintiff's decedent killed when defendants failed to prevent elevator decedent was performing maintenance on from moving resulting in decedent being crushed between floors and falling to his death - Wrongful death of 65-yearold male.
Orangeburg County, SC. This premises liability case arose from an incident which occurred on December 3, 2019 when the plaintiff’s decedent, an employee of Alimak Hek Elevator Company, visited the premises of the Holcim Plant to conduct routine elevator maintenance as requested by Holcim employees. ...
- $______ VERDICT - MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST NEGLIGENCE - FAILURE TO ORDER IMAGINING STUDY WHEN ELDERLY PATIENT IS ADMITTED WITH RECENT HISTORY OF BACTERIAL INFECTION, NECK PAIN, AND. ONSET OF URINARY RETENTION - QUADRIPLEGIA.
- $______ VERDICT - UTILITY COMPANY NEGLIGENCE - PLAINTIFF HIRED BY DEFENDANT ELECTRICAL COMPANY TO INSTALL 'STEP-BOLTS' ON UTILITY POLE - 40 FT FALL - MULTIPLE FRACTURES - INABILITY TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL WORK.
Harris County, TX. This action involved a plaintiff in his late 20s, who worked for a contractor who had been hired by the defendant energy company to install a number of "step-bolts" that would facilitate the climbing of the pole. The electrical company had a utility easement where the pole at...
- DEFENDANT'S VERDICT - POLICE NEGLIGENCE - EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE - WRONGFUL DEATH CLAIM - PLAINTIFF ALLEGES THAT DEFENDANT'S OFFICERS WERE NEGLIGENT IN USING EXCESSIVE FORCE AND SHOOTING DECEDENT DURING FOOT PURSUIT
Witheld County, CA In this excessive force matter, the plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s police officers violated the decedent’s civil rights and used excessive force during a foot pursuit of the decedent. which resulted in the decedent being shot several times. The decedent died as a result...
- $______ RECOVERY - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - PARKING LOT COLLISION - PLAINTIFF DRIVER COLLIDES WITH DEFENDANT DRIVER WHO FAILS TO STOP AT STOP SIGN IN SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT - CERVICAL AND LUMBAR HERNIATIONS - LUMBAR FUSION WITH EXTENSIVE HARDWARE.
Bergen County, NJ. In this motor vehicle negligence action, the 52- year-old plaintiff driver contended that as she was driving in a shopping center parking lot, the defendant driver negligently failed to stop at a stop sign at the end of an aisle, causing the accident. The plaintiff maintained...