MOM SUES ARMY OVER CHILD BEATING DEATH
A South Carolina mother has been granted permission to sue the U.S. Army in the beating death of her little girl in a case that could force the Pentagon to take a hard look at its duties to families stationed on base.
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BRAIN-DAMAGE VICTIM WINS $11.3 MILLION IN TRIPLER SUIT
HONOLULU - A federal judge has awarded $11.3 million to the family of a boy who suffered permanent brain damage due to negligence by Tripler Army Hospital personnel. |
NAVY FAMILY TO GET $15 MILLION
HONOLULU - The family of a 10-year-old, brain-damaged boy will receive $15 million to support him during his lifetime under a special settlement with the federal government.
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Record Malpractice Award
HONOLULU - In what is believed to be the largest judgment of its kind, the federal government was assessed $2.4 million yesterday for medical malpractice that left a woman a quadriplegic with severe brain damage.
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Medical Fraud Case - Record $3.4 Million Settlement
HONOLULU - One of Hawaii’s leading health care companies has paid $3.4 million to the state and federal governments to settle claims that two of the company’s subsidiaries filed more than $700,000 in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims.
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Cop case costs city
$1.1 million
HONOLULU - The $1.1 million, out-of-court settlement between the city and former police officer Clarissa Barta for sexual harassment by colleagues is the largest settlement of its type.
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Pearl Harbor Family Awarded $2 Million in Brain Damage Suit
HONOLULU - A Pearl Harbor officer's wife was awarded nearly $2 Million by a federal judge yesterday in compensation for her son's brain damage.
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$2.4 Million Is Awarded For Wife's Brain Damage
HONOLULU - A federal judge in Honolulu yesterday awarded $2.4 million to a San Diego-area Navy enlisted man who sued for medical malpractice. |
$3.2 million in hit-run case
HONOLULU - The family of a teenage girl killed in a 1986 Kalanianaole Highway hit-and-run accident that also left her brother paralyzed yesterday agreed to a $3.255 million settlement.
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Doctor Liable for Inserting Screwdriver In Patient's Spine
HONOLULU - A Hawaiian jury awarded $5.6 million to the family of an elderly minister whose doctor improvised by implanting the shaft of a screwdriver into his spine during surgery. |
