Nevada Jury Finds State’s ‘Gross Negligence’ Caused $80M+ Little Valley Fire
Aug 20, 2018
A state court jury determined on Friday that the Nevada Division of Forestry’s gross negligence caused a prescribed burn to rage out of control, potentially opening the state up to liability for more than $80 million in property damage caused by t...
Aug 10, 2018
Opening statements began Wednesday in Nevada state court in the first trial over claims that the Nevada Division of Forestry and the University of Nevada are responsible for over $80 million in property damage.
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Aug 8, 2018
This will be the first trial stemming from the Little Valley Fire, a controlled burn started by the Nevada Division of Forestry in 2016 that spread out of control and caused in excess of $80 million in property damage.
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Aug 1, 2018
The first trial over a “prescribed burn” started by the the Nevada Division of Forestry that is estimated to have caused over $80 million in property damage begins on August 6
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Zuhey Cobos v. JMR & CLS Inc
May 9, 2018
A Nevada state court jury slapped truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. and a local towing company with a $3.38 million verdict in a products liability lawsuit filed by a woman injured after a tow truck parked at a gas station rolled dow...
Feb 23, 2018
A Nevada state court jury awarded $18.7 million to the family of a surgeon killed after being sideswiped on his bicycle by a bus, in the first products liability trial of its kind over claims that a bus allegedly faulty aerodynamic design created...
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Feb 7, 2018
A Nevada state court jury slapped a homeowners association with a $20 million verdict on February 15, including $10 million in punitive damages, in a lawsuit filed by a teenager who suffered a traumatic brain injury when a swing sets metal bar b...
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Jul 11, 2016
8-day jury trial in premises liability suit originally filed in 2012.
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$16.4M Verdict Drills Lowe's in Slip and Fall Head Injury Trial
Apr 16, 2016
Jurors Friday awarded more than $16.4 million to a Lowe’s patron who suffered permanent head injuries from a fall at one of the company’s stores.
Apr 1, 2016
Lowe’s Companies Inc. could be on the hook for punitive damages in a premises liability suit alleging that the home improvement retail giant’s failure to clean up standing water in an outdoor area of the store caused a customer to slip.
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Mar 30, 2016
Jurors Friday awarded more than $16.4 million to a Lowes patron who suffered permanent head injuries from a 2013 fall at one of the companys stores. The award came as jurors concluded the companys negligence caused Kelly Hendrickson to slip and...
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Oct 7, 2015
A state court judge overseeing a potentially $2 billion trial over the alleged bladder cancer risks of Takeda's blockbuster diabetes drug Actos announced a tentative resolution of the case on Wednesday.
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