 | A Sedalia, Missouri woman who suffered brain damage and more than 20 broken bones in a 1997 train-crossing accident was awarded more than $40 million. |
| A Texas jury ordered Riddell Sports, a nationally-known manufacturer of football helmets, to pay an 18-year-old high school football player $14.62 million dollars in damages for severe brain injury. The lawsuit maintained the manufacturer’s helmet was defective. |
| A drug manufacturer and a drug retailer were ordered to pay $3.5 million dollars on behalf of a seven-year-old girl who suffered brain damage as a baby after being prescribed theophylline, a common medication used to treat bronchitis and asthma. The lawsuit alleged that pediatricians were not warned that theophylline could be toxic to children. |
| A jury awarded $1.5 million dollars, plus an annual annuity of $40,000 for a brain-damaged teen injured by an intoxicated teenage driver. The defendant was the convenience store who sold the teenage driver the beer. |
| A 30-year-old teacher’s assistant was awarded $2 million dollars after an employee at K-Mart closed a 400-pound mechanical garage door, striking her on the head. |
