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This week's document of the week features a settlement agreement from a federal case that was not submitted to the Lexis Jury Verdict team. It is highlighted this week due to the importance and scope of the Takata airbag litigation. Plaintiff class...

The LexisNexis Jury Verdicts team receives hundreds of case submissions each year from attorneys across the U.S. Some of the cases are submitted here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other cases are submitted to our team’s...

On Nov. 30, 2009, plaintiff Llaulin Cruz, 31, a physical therapist aide, came to St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx for delivery of her first child. During the delivery, the OB-GYN, Michael Ihemaguba, M.D., who was on-call at the hospital, performed a...

On June 22, 2012, plaintiff Zetah Louis was seen at Maternal Gynerations for routine pregnancy care. She was 35 weeks pregnant, had gestational diabetes, and had a non-reactive non-stress test. A follow-up biophysical profile was performed, with an "equivocal"...

Sharyn Orr took the drug Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) manufactured, distributed, marketed, and sold by Janssen Research & Development, LLC f/k/a Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development LLC; Janssen Ortho, LLC; Janssen Pharmaceuticals...

On August 27, 2011, plaintiff Amity Hicks and her 13-year-old son Trevor were passengers on a boat being operated by Jack Struve on Lake Lanier when the boat collided with another boat being operated by defendant Terry Crockford. Trevor was thrown from...

Editor's Note: This week's document of the week comes a case that came to our attention in a news story. The pleading comes from the federal docket, rather than an attorney submission. On Aug. 23, 2012, plaintiff Dulce Rojas was informed at...

In 2001, when M.J. was a fourteen year old girl, she was forced into a "spiritual marriage" with a man several years her senior. The marriage was performed by Warren Jeffs, who was President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...

On the morning of Dec. 27, 2013, plaintiff Rachel Ann Melancon, 40 weeks and three days pregnant, arrived at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas with contractions. Soon after, plaintiff was put on oxytocin. However, twice during the day the oxytocin...

During his first week in office, President Donald Trump made good on his campaign promise to crack down on immigration into the United States. A broad executive order was signed late in the afternoon on Friday, Jan. 28, 2017. The order barred Syrian refugees...

Hat Ballou Inc. and Gina Moore operated All In the Family Child Care Services daycare facility. On April 9, 2014, Zac and Heather Lytle dropped off their seven month old son Roger Lytle at the facility. Roger was laid down for a nap during the lunch hour...

This evening the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to overturn a lower district court's decision regarding President Trump's highly publicized Executive Order concerning immigration and travel in the U.S. and popularized in the media as...

On Oct. 29, 2012, a multi-car tanker train derailed near Louisville, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. CSX Transportation, Inc. owned the train, and Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc. (P&L) owned the railroad tracks. CSX and P&L hired R.J. Corman...

Editor’s Note: This week's document of the week features an order from a federal case that was not submitted to the Lexis Jury Verdict team. This case was chosen based on the noteworthy opinion, which begins by stating “Nowhere is political...

Faustino Torres Solorio v. Nissan of Fontana, Inc., et al. Nissan of Fontana, Inc. operated Nissan dealerships known as Nissan of San Bernardino and Metro Nissan of Redlands. In San Bernardino County, CA. Louie Ayala, Jr. set up L.A.G.D.J. Courier...

In 2001, Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Depuy Products, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson, Inc. (defendants) began manufacturing and selling a hip joint replacement product called the Pinnacle Acetabular Cup System. Although defendants characterized it as a...

Risperdal is a medication manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of the Johnson & Johnson Company. In August of 2003, A.Y., a four-year-old boy, was prescribed anti-psychotic drug Risperdal in order to treat ADHD. He subsequently began...

Case No. 1 -- The RICO Claims -- Art J. Cohen, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Donald J. Trump Art J. Cohen, a businessman and resident of the state of California, learned about Trump University in 2009 when he saw an...

From September of 2001 through 2012, Mary Jean Alsina was employed by Millburn Township Board of Education as a full time band director. In 2011, she began to teach in a room two days a week that was known as the "Brass Cave" and had a damp...

In Nov. of 2014, plaintiffs Brandi Carl and Diana Balderrama each filed a product liability suit against defendants Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America, Inc., in Atlantic County Superior Court, NJ, contending that a talc-based product manufactured...

In January of 2006, Nancy Knox was a patient of Adam P. Beck, M.D. and New England Eye Specialist, P.C. At that time, she lost vision in her left eye due to age-related macular degeneration. She later alleged that Dr. Beck's medical treatment did...

On July 9, 2012, plaintiff Deborah Revette was a customer at Dollar General Store No. 7853 in Mobile, Alabama, when she slipped and fell in clear, liquid laundry detergent that was on the floor in the chemical aisle. She suffered severe leg and shoulder...

In May of 2007, 67-year-old Reba Golden fell from the second story of her home and fractured her spine. The diagnostic workup showed that she had a recent burst fracture at L1 and two older fractures at T10 and L4. She was referred to Dr. Jens Chapman...

On Aug. 18, 2013, Vemma Nutrition Company trainers Yosh Kamine and Jacob Kamine hosted a promotional sales event at their residence on Jefferson Avenue. Nineteen-year-old Michaela Smith had been hired by Vemma to sell its products, including energy drinks...

On Dec 14, 2013, Melissa Horton went shopping at a Target store in Pittsburgh, PA. Although Horton was employed by a hotel design company, she also worked as the producer for NBC Sunday Night Football and was in town for the Steelers v. Bengals game....