Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina v. Zinkweg et al

  1. February 20, 2024

    Jury Says LSD Didn't Cause Quadriplegia; Insurer To Pay $1M

    A North Carolina insurance company is on the hook for a $1 million settlement between a former high school gymnast who became a quadriplegic after taking LSD and the owners of the home where he ingested the drugs, a Houston federal jury ruled Tuesday.

  2. February 13, 2024

    LSD Trip Didn't Cause Quadriplegia, Houston Jury Told

    An attorney for a former high school gymnast who became a quadriplegic after allegedly taking LSD compared the circumstances of the man's injuries to the hypothetical of a juror getting hit by a car on the way to the courthouse as he fought off a bid from an insurance company seeking to avoid paying a $1 million settlement connected to the man's injury.