Her attorney asked for $64.8 million, but the jury found that the seat belt she wore was not unreasonably dangerous and defective.
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Noble Brigham started covering breaking news at the Review-Journal in June 2024. He graduated from Brown University in 2024 and previously freelanced for The Providence Journal and interned at the Idaho Statesman and The Virginian-Pilot. He grew up in Philadelphia.
Allie Mead was a passenger in a 1998 Chevrolet truck and sustained serious injuries in a crash seven years ago.
Jordan Cristos pleaded guilty in September to a count of attempted stalking with use of internet or electronic communication.
Councilwoman Carrie Cox was indicted on a count of monitoring or attempting to monitor a private conversation, prosecutors said.
Samuel Howard was sentenced to death in 1983, but the Nevada Supreme Court deemed him ineligible for capital punishment in 2021.
Clarence Wilson previously faced the death penalty but escaped that possibility with a jury’s verdict at trial.
K-9 Marley was determined to have likely died from heat-related illness. The officer admitted to not checking on the dog.
A key issue at trial was whether Black Lives Matter demonstrator Jorge Gomez had pointed a rifle at police.
The Resort Corridor Court led to an increase in the number of orders banning criminal defendants from the Strip. It could be revived in a special session.
Although the governor’s crime bill failed in June, language related to the Resort Corridor Court could be brought to legislators in a special session.
Despite that interpretation, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware has not declared a mistrial and jurors have indicated a desire to continue deliberations.
Jorge Gomez, 25, was fatally shot in downtown Las Vegas on the third night of protests over the murder of George Floyd.
An officer said Tuesday that he did not initially tell investigators about seeing an armed protester raise or point a gun before police killed the protester.
Parents of an armed Black Lives Matter protester shot to death by police testified Monday that the loss of their son has left a void.
That shooting is the subject of an ongoing federal civil trial stemming from a lawsuit Jorge Gomez’s family filed against the Metropolitan Police Department.