A jury has just awarded a former High School student $5 million for permanent injuries he suffered in a 2006 lunchtime fight. The jury also awarded the former student interest dating back to the fight, which could increases the award by $1 million. In awarding the damages, the jury determined that a student who threw…
NATIONAL – A federal jury has awarded a couple $1.5 million for injuries the husband suffered after a hernia patch made by the Cranston firm Davol Inc. ruptured in his abdomen. After deliberating about two days, a jury found that the failure of Davol and its parent company, C.R. Bard Inc., to warn about the dangers of mesh…
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Pfizer Inc.’s appeal of a ruling that ordered a retrial on how much punitive damages should be awarded to a woman who developed breast cancer after taking the company’s hormone replacement therapy drugs. Pfizer in its appeal argued that a retrial limited to just punitive damages had violated its constitutional…