Video shows woman running in front of MAX train
A jury awarded the woman, Andrea “Amy” Laing $15 million, saying TriMet could have installed better pedestrian safety features. Also, jurors said TriMet hadn’t proven the earbuds the woman was carrying were actually in her ears at the time of the collision.
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Jury awards $15M after train severs leg of pedestrian
A Portland jury on Monday awarded $15 million to a woman whose right leg was severed by a MAX train as she tried to run across the tracks to catch a train on the other side.
The amount will likely be reduced to as little as $3.58 million or to as much as $8.7 million, under various Oregon laws applying to the case. The amount Laing will receive will be vigorously debated by both sides.
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MS recovers $26.6M against contractors alleging bribes, kickbacks
Eleven lawsuits filed by the state of Mississippi against several government contractors that allege bribery and kickbacks of a former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) commissioner have resulted in $26.6 million in recoveries.
According to the Mississippi Attorney General's Office, the contractors used the bribes and kickbacks on former MDOC Commissioner Christopher Epps to gain and keep government contracts.
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LPL Financial could face about $26 million in civil penalties
LPL Financial LLC has reached a settlement agreement with the state of Maryland that could result in more than $26 million in civil penalties and will resolve allegations the company's policies and actions resulted in unregistered, non-exempt securities sales.
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Man shot in eye by nail gun gets to proceed with lawsuit against Hitachi
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) – A Delaware court has denied a motion by Japanese company Hitachi to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a construction worker who was injured while operating a nail gun it manufactured.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Sheldon Rennie issued a 21-page ruling on Feb. 5 denying a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Eduardo Diaz Cardona and Wendy Cardona against Hitachi Koki Co. LTD, Hitachi Koki USA LTD and Schell Bros. LLC.
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'What are they afraid of?': Hogan rips RNC for shielding Trump from primary
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday he expects to make a springtime trip to New Hampshire as he weighs a 2020 challenge to Donald Trump — and accused the Republican National Committee of going to extraordinary lengths to shield the president from a potentially draining primary.
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Feds demand Johnson & Johnson turn over talc-testing documents
Last month, a prominent U.S. senator asked Johnson & Johnson to turn over documents related to asbestos testing at the center of a set of lawsuits linking its iconic baby powder to cancer. But a new J&J disclosure shows it has bigger problems on its hands.
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Orleans lawyer recovers $100K in defamation suit
A Massachusetts jury awarded an Orleans lawyer $100,000, a third of what he had requested, after it found an Oklahoma woman defamed him when she accused him of bribing public officials.
The case revolved around a Facebook post Manuel made in 2015. She denied writing the post, which accused Kanaga and “them” of trying to bribe her attorneys, judges and a police officer.
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Denver bicyclist awarded $53 million after crash left him paralyzed
Gary Suydam was struck by two cars and paralyzed on Jan. 27, 2017, as he rode his bike home from work. This month, a jury awarded him more than $52 million in a judgment against a driver and the temp-work company that employed her.
As he lay wounded in the street, a second driver, Stephen Tecmire, followed Brewer into the intersection. Tecmire’s Honda CRV wheel ran over Suydam’s head and dragged him several feet, according to police reports.
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Transgender nurse barred from using men's restroom recovers $120K
A transgender nurse who was barred from using the restroom corresponding with his gender identity and denied transition-related care won a discrimination lawsuit against the state of Iowa this week. The jury awarded Jesse Vroegh $120,000 in damages on Wednesday.
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Christian university to pay $2.5M for Higher Education Act violations
North Greenville University has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations by the federal government that the South Carolina college submitted false claims to the U.S. Department of Education.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), NGU violated Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) which prohibits higher education institutions receiving federal student aid from offering commissions, bonuses or other incentives to student recruiters.
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$269.2M settlement reached over Walgreens alleged fraud, overbilling
Several states settled two whistleblower lawsuits against Walgreens for knowingly engaged in fraudulent over-dispensing of insulin pens to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and billed Medicaid for certain prescription drugs at rates higher than its usual and customary rates.
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Settlement brings reforms to Oregon county jail
Terry Carlisle looks at the Douglas County Jail in Roseburg, Ore., where she was incarcerated under what she describes as horrific conditions in 2015 for drunken driving.
Carlisle was locked up in 2015 for driving under the influence. She says a jailer accused her of hoarding her medication for a nerve disorder and punished her by moving her to a hot, stinking cell for six days crammed with other female inmates with one open toilet.
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Five orange juice brands found to be laced with Monsanto chemical
Five major orange juice brands found to be laced with cancer-linked Monsanto glyphosate weedkiller. In August, news broke that Cheerios, Quaker Oats, and other breakfast cereals were contaminated with glyphosate weed killer.
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Judge Tosses $900M Suit Over Greenpeace Pipeline Protests
A federal judge in North Dakota dismissed a $900 million racketeering and defamation lawsuit against environmental group Greenpeace by the company that built a nearly 1,200-mile crude oil pipeline across four states.
Energy Transfer’s action stemmed from Greenpeace’s part in the protests of the building of the Dakota Access pipeline. The builder claimed negative publicity it garnered as a result of the protests caused billions of dollars in damages.
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