Atlanta, Georgia Personal Injury Lawyer
Kenneth J.S. Martin, from Wilson, New York, reached a settlement in his suit against Niagara County after he sustained injuries in a collision with the sheriff's car.
Mr. Martin was driving an ATV on the highway, without a helmet, without license plates or registration when he was hit by the sheriff’s patrol car. The collision caused his ATV to flip four times. The accident caused injuries that left Mr. Martin with double vision and a brain injury that caused short-term memory loss. Niagara County is paying $305,000 to resolve the lawsuit.
Mr. Martin was driving an ATV on the highway, without a helmet, without license plates or registration when he was hit by the sheriff’s patrol car. The collision caused his ATV to flip four times. The accident caused injuries that left Mr. Martin with double vision and a brain injury that caused short-term memory loss. Niagara County is paying $305,000 to resolve the lawsuit.
Labels: ATV accident, personal injury, settlement
A Georgia woman has been awarded a $100,000 settlement from Volusia County, Florida, for a personal injury case in which she was run over by a beach patrol truck while sunbathing.
College student Haleigh Howerton was on the beach with her fiancé when a beach patrol officer, distracted by swimmers in the ocean, ran his truck over her, causing damage to her pancreas and spleen and causing one lung to collapse. The truck driver, a veteran of the beach patrol, was reprimanded and given a $118 fine. Ms. Howerton says the award is not sufficient for future medical expenses.
College student Haleigh Howerton was on the beach with her fiancé when a beach patrol officer, distracted by swimmers in the ocean, ran his truck over her, causing damage to her pancreas and spleen and causing one lung to collapse. The truck driver, a veteran of the beach patrol, was reprimanded and given a $118 fine. Ms. Howerton says the award is not sufficient for future medical expenses.
Labels: Georgia personal injury, settlement
As reported in the AJC, last Wednesday a Texas appeals court overturned a multimillion-dollar verdict against Merck & Co. in a case involving the painkiller Vioxx.
In 2006, a Texas jury awarded the widow of 71-year-old Leonel Garza $32 million for his wrongful death. However that verdict was later reduced to $7.75 million under Texas laws capping injury damages.
Three weeks ago, the Texas Court of Appeals overturned the verdict, ruling that the plaintiff’s family failed to provide evidence that Mr. Garza’s heart disease could not have caused the heart attack that killed him in 2001. Mr. Garza died of a heart attack after taking Vioxx for only a few weeks.
During the trial, lawyers for the pharmaceutical firm argued that Garza's heart attack was the result of chronic heart disease.
Merck pulled the painkiller off the market in 2004, after the company's internal research showed the painkiller doubled risk of heart attacks and strokes. That action triggered many lawsuits against Merck, which has a $4.85 billion settlement pending. If you have a question about a harmful drug, email us at the Law Offices of Michael L. Neff.
In 2006, a Texas jury awarded the widow of 71-year-old Leonel Garza $32 million for his wrongful death. However that verdict was later reduced to $7.75 million under Texas laws capping injury damages.
Three weeks ago, the Texas Court of Appeals overturned the verdict, ruling that the plaintiff’s family failed to provide evidence that Mr. Garza’s heart disease could not have caused the heart attack that killed him in 2001. Mr. Garza died of a heart attack after taking Vioxx for only a few weeks.
During the trial, lawyers for the pharmaceutical firm argued that Garza's heart attack was the result of chronic heart disease.
Merck pulled the painkiller off the market in 2004, after the company's internal research showed the painkiller doubled risk of heart attacks and strokes. That action triggered many lawsuits against Merck, which has a $4.85 billion settlement pending. If you have a question about a harmful drug, email us at the Law Offices of Michael L. Neff.
Labels: appeal, damages, lawsuit, settlement, tort reform, vioxx, wrongful death
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