Case Verdicts
 Woman injured in tractor-trailer crash
settles with trucking company
Truck’s driver failed drug test
after accident and had a criminal history.
Confidential Settlement
A woman who was hurt when a tractor-trailer
loaded with rock overturned settled
her claim against the trucking company
for a confidential amount after a four-day
trial.
On April 1, 2002, Carla Kemry, 45,
was a passenger in the cab of a tractor-trailer
owned by James Trucking Co. and driven
by Billy Lee Love, an employee of James
Trucking Co. The tractor-trailer was
loaded with approximately 25 tons of
rock. Click here to continue
reading.
Jury
awards $1.2 million after woman died
from a perforated ulcer
Two doctors allegedly missed an ulcer visible in a
CT Scan.
$1.2 million verdict
The
doctors who failed to detect a woman’s
ulcer that was visible in a CT Scan
were hit with a $1.2 million verdict
in a wrongful death case.
To
win the big verdict in rural Scott
County, David M. Zevan and Spencer
E. Farris, the St. Louis lawyers who
handled the case, adopted an unusual
approach at trial.
“There
was nothing textbook about this case,” said
Farris. “Because of time constraints
and scheduling problems, witnesses
didn’t appear chronologically.” Click
here to continue reading.
A Macoupin County jury reaches
a $3.1 million verdict in case filed
against doctor.
A Macoupin County jury awarded more
than $3.1 million to a woman whose
bile duct was damaged during gall bladder
removal surgery.
The verdict was handed down on May
17 against Dr. Anand Y. Talcherkar,
a general surgeon based in Staunton,
Ill.
The patient, Jacqueline Essen, was
46 when she was admitted to Carlinville
Area Hospital on Nov. 3, 2000 to have
her gall bladder removed. During the
surgery, Dr. Talcherkar damaged the
bile duct when he placed surgical clips
on it. He did not recognize the injury
before closing the abdomen. Click here
to continue reading.
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