The Inconsistency that Undermined a Railway Worker's $2M FELA Suit
Nov 4, 2015
The difference between a railway worker's version of an accident and the conclusion of his accident reconstruction expert may have been the key to a defense verdict in a $2 million suit against U.S. Sugar Corp. and its short-line railroad.
Oct 26, 2015
Plaintiff claims that defendant Julia Demmer ran a red light and spun her car around so that it collided with a third car. She has also sued Michael Demmer under the family service doctrine. Plaintiff suffered fractured ribs and clavicle Plaintif...
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Oct 22, 2015
A California state court jury awarded $1.3 million on Thursday to the husband of a woman who died in a rollover accident after her car struck a roadside cement box.
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Oct 17, 2015
Jurors this week awarded $1.5 million to the parents of a motorcyclist killed in a collision with a McDonald’s franchise manager, but cleared the franchise of liability.
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UF Lab Tech’s Career Not Ended by Car Crash, Jury Finds in Six-Figure Trial
Oct 9, 2015
A 2012 car crash did not deliver the career-ending injuries a former lab technician claims she suffered, a jury found last week in a quarter-million-dollar-plus trial.
Oct 7, 2015
A woman’s death in a single vehicle rollover accident was caused by the City of Redlands’ failure to remove a roadside cinderblock structure that she struck while driving, her widower’s attorney argued in a trial that began Tuesday in California.
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Oct 6, 2015
In this wrongful death negligence case, William Gregory claims defendants caused the vehicular collision that killed 22-year-old Joshua Lopez, who was riding a motorcycle at the time a vehicle allegedly turned into his path.
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Oct 6, 2015
A California state court jury awarded $1.3 million on Thursday to the husband of a woman who died in a rollover accident after her car struck a roadside cement box, finding the City of Redlands to be responsible for unsafe road conditions that cau...
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U.S. Sugar and Railroad Cleared in Worker's $2M FELA Suit
Sep 8, 2015
U.S. Sugar and its railroad, South Central Florida Express, prevailed Tuesday in a worker’s suit claiming a depot yard accident caused his post-concussion syndrome and required his hip replacement.
Aug 28, 2015
As trial opened Wednesday in a rail yard laborer's suit against U.S. Sugar and its short line railroad, attorneys debated the circumstances and severity of the depot accident that allegedly left Manuel Valdes with an artificial hip and post-concus...
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Aug 20, 2015
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-owned freight rail giant BNSF Railway Co. was cleared by a state court jury in a personal injury lawsuit filed by a fireman who was pinned against a guardrail by a utility cart during a late-night shift in a California trai...
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Aug 12, 2015
Plaintiff was rear ended by defendant's ambulance when she slowed for the flashing light and the driver looked away to turn his siren on. Defendants admit negligence but contest the damages. Plaintiff has had a cervical fusion operation.
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