Alabama
Supreme Court of Alabama · 2018
$10,000,000 verdict reversed; new trial
In September 2009 three month old Daniel Cantu was seen twice at a Walker County emergency room with fever, poor appetite and irritability when his neck was touched, and was treated for a viral infection; on the second visit he was admitted, and the admitting pediatrician diagnosed a viral infection and possible acetaminophen toxicity.
head & brain in Alabama →Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court · 2012
$20 million verdict reduced to $11 million, affirmed
In 2004 Cody Metheny, 15, had elective surgery to remove a lesion on the right side of his brain that caused seizures.
head & brain in Arkansas →Connecticut
Connecticut Appellate Court · 2014
$82,959.89 economic and $288,000 noneconomic, affirmed
A nanny hurt in a collision the defendant admitted causing complained of headaches, a crawling sensation on her head, numbness, insomnia, and back and shoulder pain, and could not return to full time work.
head & brain in Connecticut →Georgia
Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2025
$75 million verdict, affirmed
Jonathan Buckelew had seizure-like activity and became unresponsive during a chiropractic neck adjustment and was taken to North Fulton Hospital, a primary stroke center.
head & brain in Georgia →Illinois
Illinois Appellate Court, First District · 2024
$45.3 million verdict plus $2.8 million interest, affirmed
Steven Butts went to an emergency room with a broken jaw.
head & brain in Illinois →Kentucky
Kentucky Court of Appeals · 2009
$2,268,878.20 verdict, fault split 80%, 15% and 5%
A man stepped into what felt like a hole on a stairway, fell into a handrail that gave way, and dropped about ten feet face first onto concrete.
head & brain in Kentucky →Maryland
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2012
$8,605,000 judgment affirmed
Darryl Gholston was born at 26 weeks at a university hospital in September 2002.
head & brain in Maryland →Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court · 2019
Summary judgment reversed; claims go forward
In March 2011, two men drank heavily at a Minneapolis bar; one of them, by his own estimate, had 6 to 10 beers and shots.
head & brain in Minnesota →Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court · 2021
$5,000 verdict affirmed
Sutton rear ended Gina Yagodinski in 2011.
head & brain in Nebraska →New Jersey
New Jersey Supreme Court · 2020
$625,000 settlement vacated
A 44 year old chemical engineer was struck in the head by a metal plate that fell from above a building doorway in Bloomfield.
head & brain in New Jersey →North Dakota
North Dakota Supreme Court · 2021
$30,000 verdict affirmed; mother 45% at fault
In 2015 N.B. was playing outside a relative’s house when a horse on the property kicked her in the head.
head & brain in North Dakota →Oregon
Oregon Supreme Court · 2017
Dismissal reversed; loss of chance allowed
A 49 year old man went to the Hood River hospital within two hours of stroke symptoms; the emergency physician misdiagnosed him and sent him home, and did so again the next day.
head & brain in Oregon →South Carolina
South Carolina Court of Appeals · 2013
Affirmed in part; remanded on brain damage
In November 2007 construction worker Hector Fragosa was hit in the head by part of a crane and knocked off the roof of a parking garage, then flown by helicopter to the Medical University of South Carolina.
head & brain in South Carolina →Utah
Utah Court of Appeals · 2011
Summary judgment for trucking company affirmed
At 4 a.m. in August 2008, a pickup carrying Christopher Ladd rolled on Interstate 80.
head & brain in Utah →Washington
Supreme Court of Washington · 2013
$12,750,000 verdict, affirmed
Seattle firefighter Mark Jones got up to use the bathroom at about 3 a.m. in December 2003 and fell 15 feet through the station’s pole hole, suffering physical and cognitive impairments.
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