Category : Amputation Injuries

Woman and City of San Francisco Settle Muni Train Accident Suit

A San Francisco woman, whose leg had to be amputated after she was injured in a Muni train accident, has settled with the City of San Francisco for a sum of $2 million.

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Cell Phone Use in Car Costs Company $5.2 Million

The case against driving with a cell phone glued to your ear just got stronger. For Georgia-based International Paper Company, the lesson has been an expensive one. The company has paid a sum of $5.2 million to settle a personal injury lawsuit that resulted from one of their employees using a company provided cell phone.

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14-Year-Old Girl Gives Written Deposition in Six Flags Incident

Not all the exhilarated screams coming from the people enjoying the Superman Tower of Power ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom were those of joy or excitement. Germantown, Kentucky teenager Kaitlyn Lassiter has now testified that she screamed for the ride operators to stop the ride in vain. Nobody heard the teenager as one of the cables fell on her and her friends, coiling around Kaitlyn’s neck and almost decapitating her. By the time the malfunctioning ride was finally stopped and the girl rescued, both her feet were severed. She’s all of 14 years old.

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