Category Archives: Verdicts & Settlements
Goldasich, Vick & Fulk Obtain $6,000,000.00 Settlement in Commercial Trucking Litigation
Goldasich, Vick & Fulk is pleased to announce that attorneys Josh Vick and Dennis Goldasich have obtained a $6,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of a family that lost a loved one in a commercial trucking accident. The case involved allegations that the defendant driver was likely under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the… Read More »
Goldasich, Vick & Fulk obtain $2 million settlement for workplace injury
Goldasich, Vick & Fulk recently obtained a $2 million settlement on behalf of a client who was severely injured in a workplace accident. The case involved allegations that defective commercial equipment exploded, leaving a machine operator with significant burns and permanent injuries. Workplace Accidents Thousands of workers suffer serious injuries or are killed on… Read More »
Goldasich, Vick & Fulk obtain $4 Million settlement in commercial trucking case
Goldasich, Vick & Fulk is pleased to announce that the firm has obtained a $4 million settlement on behalf of a client who was severely injured in a commercial trucking accident. The case involved allegations that the defendant commercial truck driver was distracted by cell phone usage at the time of the accident. Distracted… Read More »
Doctor’s failure to act and properly respond to fetal distress results in $6 Million settlement
Case Summary $4 million of the $6 million dollar settlement paid by the obstetrician MD for her responsibility. $2 million of the $6 million dollar settlement paid by the health authority for their responsibility. OBGYN missed signs on fetal heart monitor that baby wasn’t getting enough oxygen. Umbilical cord was obstructed during delivery, continually… Read More »
$26 million verdict reached in child medical malpractice case
Jurors took just eight hours to award a Brooklyn couple $26 million — double what they had sought — after overwhelmed medical residents at Maimonides Medical Center allegedly botched the birth of their twins, leaving one dead and the other deaf and mute. “It’s like a baby mill,” mom Danielle Madden Buck said of… Read More »
Jury awards $6.8 million to family in mesothelioma case
A Boston-area jury has awarded $6.8 million to the family of a man who died of mesothelioma, holding New England Insulation liable for the man’s exposure to asbestos dust when he did part-time insulation work in his youth, the family’s attorneys announced Thursday. Plaintiff Amy Ross, suing on behalf of herself and as the… Read More »
Florida jury awards $5.3 million in lawsuit against tobacco giant, Phillip Morris
Tobacco giant Philip Morris should pay a suburban Boynton Beach man at least $5.3 million for hiding the dangers of low-tar cigarettes that caused his wife’s 2014 death from lung cancer at age 56, a Palm Beach County jury agreed this week. Brenda Gentile, who started smoking in high school, believed that the cigarettes… Read More »
$7,500,000 verdict reached in medical malpractice case
A medical malpractice lawsuit has concluded with a $7.75 million jury verdict for the plaintiff, who suffered a severe pressure ulcer due to medical negligence. The $7.75 million jury award was comprised of a $4 million award to the plaintiff for compensatory damages, $1.5 million award to the plaintiff’s wife-turned-caretaker for compensatory damages of… Read More »
AbbVie ordered by jury to pay $15 million to Depakote victim
AbbVie Inc. must pay $15 million to compensate a California boy with a split spine for failing to properly warn his mother and her doctors that its Depakote drug could cause birth defects. Jurors in federal court in Illinois delivered the verdict for Stevie Gonzalez on Friday in their third day of deliberations. The… Read More »
Bristol-Myers to pay $19.5M over improper marketing of Abilify
California officials alleged the company promoted the anti-psychotic drug for unapproved uses on children, elderly patients with dementia Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will pay $19.5 million to settle allegations that it promoted the anti-psychotic drug Abilify for unapproved uses and misled doctors about its dangers, it was announced Thursday. California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced… Read More »
