$17.4M Awarded in Personal Injury Case Verdict
In a landmark personal injury case, Sweet James, a Newport Beach-based law firm, secured a record-breaking $17.4 million verdict on behalf of two sisters injured in a serious car accident in Kings County, California. The octogenarian plaintiffs, Gayle Dutton, 89, and Barbara Musick, 81, were represented by attorneys Bobby Taghavi and Ashkahn Mohamadi. This […]
Ohio Woman Receives $7.4 Million in Damages After Suffering Brain Damage Because of Misdiagnosed Infection
A court in Ohio issued a verdict in favor of a plaintiff whose wife requires 24-hour care as a result of brain damage suffered because of a misdiagnosed brain infection. The defendants include two neurologists who treated the patient in 2013, when she first began showing signs of illness, as well as the neurologists’ employer, […]
Philip Morris Pays $9.7 Million to Woman Who Got Cancer After Decades of Smoking
A court in Woburn, Massachusetts issued a verdict ordering the tobacco company Philip Morris to pay $9,685,414.00 to a patient whose cancer and other health problems are the result of decades of smoking cigarettes marketed by the company. The company owns many of the most popular cigarette brands sold in the United States, including Marlboro, […]
Michigan Court Awards $20 Million to Family of Woman Who Died After Unnecessary Brain Surgery, but Lawyer’s Actions During Appeal Process Prevent Family From Collecting Damages
A trial court in Michigan awarded $20 million in damages to the family of a woman who died after she underwent an invasive brain surgery she did not need; hospital staff confused her records with those of a patient suffering from an intracranial hemorrhage. It was an enormous award for an unambiguous error on the […]