Jury Awards $8.9 Million to Minnesota Mother in Midwife Lawsuit
Jury Awards $8.9 Million to Minnesota Mother in Midwife Lawsuit
Verdicts & Settlements
Des Moines Police Department Agrees to $25K Settlement after Metro Traffic Stop
The Des Moines Police Department and Lonnie Porter recently agreed to settle a lawsuit over a traffic stop for $25,000. The incident itself occurred in 2016. According to a suit filed by Porter, he was driving when he “spotted a Des Moines police officer nearby and started recording live to Facebook.” In the recording, Porter can be heard saying that “he believed he would be pulled over despite having done nothing wrong.” In the recording, he added, “I ain’t going to try to avoid him because there’s no need to try and avoid him, because he is going to pull me over anyway.”
J.B. Hunt Transport, Truckers Agree to $15M Settlement Over Wage Dispute
After more than a decade spent locked in a dispute over wages, J.B. Hunt Transport finally agreed to a $15 million settlement with a class of drivers. The agreement was announced earlier this month on October 1 and final approval of the settlement is scheduled for October 29.
Lawyer Suspended for Causing Accident with Bicyclist and Smashing Cellphone
Lawyer Suspended for Causing Accident with Bicyclist and Smashing Cellphone
Vizio Nears $17 Million Settlement on Data-Tracking Smart Televisions
Vizio seems to be nearing a settlement over its data-tracking smart televisions. The Verge reports that the company’s overall payout could exceed $17 million. Just last year, Vizio was forced to hand over $2.2 million in fines to the Federal Trade Commission in another lawsuit. Starting off as a class action, the case concerns allegations
Settlement Reached Involving Wrongful Death of Developmentally Disabled Missouri Man
A settlement was reached in a case involving the wrongful death of a developmentally disabled Missouri man. Back in April 2017, the body of Carl DeBrodie was found “encased in concrete after he went missing from a supported living home.” The suit itself was filed by DeBrodie’s mother and sister-in-law and their attorney, Rudy Veit, said the details of the settlement are being kept confidential. However, Veit did reveal that it “provides enough money to care for DeBrodie’s mother, Carolyn Summers, and to allow her to make donations to organizations that helped DeBrodie during his lifetime.”
Case Against Former NBA Star Involving Boy’s Drowning Dismissed
Case Against Former NBA Star Involving Boy’s Drowning Dismissed
Four Native Americans Settle Mormon Church Sexual Abuse Cases
Four Native Americans Settle Mormon Church Sexual Abuse Cases
Jury Awards Detroit Area Family $130.5 Million in Beaumont Case
Jury Awards Detroit Area Family $130.5 Million in Beaumont Case
Portland Rental Management Company Forks Over $105K to Settle Lawsuit Filed by Former Tenant
A&G Rental Management, a rental management company in Portland recently agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former tenant for $105,000. The suit was filed earlier this year and alleged that the former tenant, Aleina Langford, lived in “deplorable living conditions that included hypodermic needles, rats and overflowing garbage at her Southeast Portland apartment complex.” To make matters worse, her attorney, Michael Fuller, claimed the rental management company sent a “collection agency after her seeking more than $1,500 in so-called bogus charges.”