In This Issue:

• $10 million jury award for deserving student after Segway Challenge disaster.

John Ezzo, 23, of Norwalk, CT, suffered a traumatic brain injury during a “Segway Challenge” benefit for Special Olympics. The program, run by Segway, consisted of an obstacle course to navigate on the popular two-wheeled Segway. The benefit took place in the university center ballroom at Southern Connecticut State University, where Ezzo was a student, preparing for a career as a police officer. Ezzo fell backwards off a Segway, struck his head on the ballroom floor, and his life changed forever....

• Jury awards $11.35 million to small plane crash victims.

A Philadelphia jury found that because of a lack of repairs and proper maintenance, an aviation company was responsible for the horrifying crash of Dr. Robert Marsico’s small twin-engine plane. Marsico and his hired pilot, Heather Moran, suffered third-degree burns and other serious injuries when the plane crashed shortly after taking off from an Atlanta area airport in 2007....

• $6.4 million verdict after sliding door slams senior citizen.

Ninety-year-old Bennie Garcia suffered a broken hip when an automatic sliding door at a Corpus Christi, TX, hospital professional building struck her. The jury returned the award for Garcia in less than three hours, covering her medical expenses, pain and suffering and mental anguish. Evidence included testimony that the hospital received repeated notices that the door was broken....

• Wrong turn by pizza delivery vehicle ends with $2.3 verdict for accident victim.

Matthew Bruntjen suffered traumatic brain injuries in an auto accident when a pizza delivery driver crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic in Bethalto, IL, and hit the van in which Bruntjen was passenger. Bruntjen worked as a vacuum cleaner salesman, and a vacuum in the van hit him in the head upon impact of the vehicles....

• No warning for work hazards lead to $2 million verdict in asbestos case.

A jury awarded Gerald Failing, 66, of Niagara Falls, NY, $2 million for injuries caused by work place asbestos exposure. Failing worked in a plastics factory that made resins and molding compounds containing asbestos. Part of Failing’s duties included pouring and mixing ingredients, releasing asbestos fibers into the air. Failing worked at the company from about 1966 to 1978...

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