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Oilfield accident lawsuit settles for almost $10 million a truck moving a pump pinned and crushed hips and other injuries

by admin 29. April 2010 07:15

John David Hart of the Law Offices of John David Hart in Fort Worth, Texas and Simpson, Boyd & Powers in Decatur, Texas have settled an oilfield accident lawsuit on behalf of 31-year-old Larry Mullins, Jr. and his family for $9.5 million dollars. July 17, 2008, Larry Mullins was crushed by oilfield equipment being positioned by a tandem truck in a rig move in Wise County, Texas. At the time, he was an employee of Nabors Drilling USA, LP, working on a drill site location on a lease operated by EnCana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc., in Rhome, near Decatur, Texas.

He was injured when a truck moving a mud pump used in drilling operations caused him to be pinned, resulting in crushed hips, pelvis and other internal injuries. He was airlifted to JPS Hospital in Fort Worth. The tandem truck was owned and operated by Fowler Transportation, Ltd., a rig moving

company with its principal office in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. The lawsuit was filed in Wise County, Texas on behalf of Larry Mullins, his wife Amy and their children, Grant and Gabrielle against Fowler Transportation, Ltd. "Safety must be the number one priority in the oil and gas, drilling and trucking industries," said attorney John David Hart of the Law Offices of John David Hart in Fort Worth, Texas. "We were pleased to reach a settlement for the Mullins family that will provide long-term financial security to compensate them for their financial and personal injuries."

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$1 million settlement reached for short-term care resident who fell from a bed and suffered a subdural hematoma

by admin 25. March 2010 08:38

The attorneys at Morgan and Morgan have recovered a $1 million settlement for their client in a nursing home neglect lawsuit in Pasco County, Florida. The case involved a short-term care resident who fell from a bed and suffered a subdural hematoma, which is a form of traumatic brain injury in which blood collects on the surface of the brain. The resident died as a result of their nursing home’s delay in obtaining medical care.

Failure to provide the proper medical care to injured residents is a form of nursing home neglect. Other types of nursing home neglect include failure to administer appropriate medications, failure to take reasonable precautions to prevent falls, and failure to turn residents in their beds. Nursing home neglect can cause bed sores, infections, broken bones, and other medical problems for seniors. Although nursing home neglect can occur in any facility, there are certain risk factors that may increase the likelihood that neglect will occur. These risk factors include overcrowding of residents, understaffing of the facility, and insufficient training of staff members.

$12M settlement for passengers of plane that overshot Pearson airport

by admin 6. January 2010 02:57

Passengers on board an Air France jet that overshot a Pearson Airport runway and crashed into a nearby ravine have been issued a $12-million settlement to cover post-traumatic stress and injuries, a judge on Dec. 24. Justice Joan Lax approved the $11.65-million settlement to a class-action lawsuit stemming from the 2005 crash, in which an Airbus flying into Toronto from Paris missed the runway and ended up dropping into Etobicoke Creek ravine, near Highway 401, before bursting into flames.

All 297 passengers and 12 crew members on board Air France Flight 358 managed to escape before the plane was consumed by fire, but as many as 33 were taken to hospital. Twenty-three people were seriously injured.

Life goes on a year after Rancho Cordova home destroyed in PG&E blast

by admin 24. December 2009 05:11

A year ago today, Sunny Dickson, then 17, was sitting in the bathroom of her grandfather's Rancho Cordova home waiting for her mother to finish preparing for the family's annual Christmas Eve dinner. Her mom, Kimberly Dickson, had asked Sunny to help with her makeup, but the teenager said she wanted to have a smoke first. Sitting on the lid of the toilet, Sunny put a cigarette between her lips, took out her purple Bic lighter and closed her eyes. She later told a Sacramento County sheriff's deputy, "I always close my eyes when I light my lighter."

She thumbed the wheel on the Bic. What happened next would change a family, a neighborhood and how a massive utility company handles public safety. The spark of the lighter ignited natural gas that had been building in the house from an undergound leak in the front yard – the result of a faulty Pacific Gas and Electric Co. repair job in 2006. The explosion obliterated the home at 10708 Paiute Way, killed Wilbert "Bill" Paana, 72, and sent his granddaughter Sunny, and daughter Kimberly, 44, to the hospital with horrible burns. The echoes from the blast reverberate even as time moves on. The blast injured others in the neighborhood, including Abran Lopez's wife and daughter.

The family never filed a lawsuit, although PG&E did settle in August in lieu of going to court, Buccola said. The terms of the settlement are confidential. Last week, PG&E publicly admitted that the explosion was its fault. A worker inadvertently used the wrong pipe when the company repaired a leak in Paana's front yard in 2006, the company said.

Lawyers to get $59 million from Station fire settlement

by admin 2. December 2009 10:15

No one who lost a loved one or suffered injuries in the Station nightclub fire stands to make as much money as some of the lawyers who filed lawsuits in their behalf. Lawyers who represent the fire victims are slated to make almost $59 million from the $176 million that’s been offered to settle the personal-injury suits now pending in U.S. District Court, according to a newly filed report by a court-appointed special master. The report, filed by Providence lawyer William A. Poore, says that the plaintiffs’ attorneys charged a one-third contingency fee in agreeing to take on the cases, and to date have spent more than $1.2 million of their own money fronting the costs of the sprawling litigation.

Poore, who was appointed by Senior Judge Ronald R. Lagueux to review proposed settlements to children who will receive money from the lawsuits, called the fee arrangement fair given the amount of work involved. He also pronounced as equitable all of the proposed settlements that are earmarked for the minors who lost a parent in the Feb. 20, 2003, fire or who have a parent who was injured in the blaze.

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Police Settle $2.2 Million Brain Injury Lawsuit Settlement

by admin 23. November 2009 09:47

A city council has agreed to pay $2.2 million to the family of a 14-year-old girl who was chocked by playground equipment. The 11-year-old girl was found unconscious hanging by the neck from a rope tied to a playground ride. She suffered an irreversible brain injury and remains in a vegetative state. The girls sued the police department because its officer who responded to the incident concluded that the victim was dead and did not attempt to resuscitate her or remove her from the rope. Instead the officer, after determining the girl had no pulse, began taking pictures of her as she was hanging by her neck. He then directed medical first responders not to disturb what he thought was a crime scene.

Oilfield accident lawsuit settles for almost $10 million a truck moving a pump pinned and crushed hips and other injuries

$1 million settlement reached for short-term care resident who fell from a bed and suffered a subdural hematoma

$12M settlement for passengers of plane that overshot Pearson airport

Life goes on a year after Rancho Cordova home destroyed in PG&E blast

Lawyers to get $59 million from Station fire settlement

Police Settle $2.2 Million Brain Injury Lawsuit Settlement

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Oilfield accident lawsuit settles for almost $10 million a truck moving a pump pinned and crushed hips and other injuries

$1 million settlement reached for short-term care resident who fell from a bed and suffered a subdural hematoma

$12M settlement for passengers of plane that overshot Pearson airport

Life goes on a year after Rancho Cordova home destroyed in PG&E blast

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