A man who was injured while shopping at a Home Depot store in Marietta, Georgia has been awarded $1.5 million dollars. The victim suffered severe neck and spinal cord injuries that prevent him from resuming his work in residential construction.
In a verdict announced last week, a $55 million dollar settlement against the U.S. Government has been upheld. The settlement was awarded to a mother and daughter who were injured in a 2002 car crash caused by a federal employee.
In one of the largest personal injury settlements in Kansas state history, a federal jury awarded Terry Frederick $15. 3 million dollars for injuries he sustained in a 2006 late-night tractor-trailer crash.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an analysis of the results of 41 clinical trials today which demonstrates that use of statins does not increase the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).