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On June 8, 2013, Plaintiff Gary Leonard was helping his sister Pamela Leonard by working in her food concession truck at the Leelanau Food and Wine Festival. Pamela had purchased the truck five years previously at a fraction of its value through eBay...

Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CFA), Cancer Support Services, Inc. (CSS), Children's Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CCFA), and The *** Cancer Society in America (BCSA) solicited charitable donations that would allegedly go towards cancer research and...

On June 23, 2011, plaintiff Eric Johnson was getting out of his car after returning home from work in Southwest Philadelphia at around 2:00 a.m. when he was shot by Shykir Crew. Crew, 16 years old at the time, was a resident of a psychiatric residential...

Pfizer, Inc. manufactured and sold Zoloft, a drug consisting of Sertraline Hydrochloride, which was used to treat depression and anxiety. A few of the women who took Zoloft during pregnancy gave birth to children who suffered from heart defects and some...

March 10, 2016 - Ruthie Allen and others were passengers on a bus owned and operated by Greyhound Lines, Inc. The bus departed Cincinnati, Ohio, on its way to Detroit, Michigan, at around 3:30 a.m. EST on Sept. 14, 2013. Less than an hour after leaving...

June 23, 2016 - On July 21, 2010, Wesley Skiles was scuba diving one mile off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida, performing underwater cinematography for National Geographic Television. He was using a Dive Rite O2ptima closed circuit rebreather manufactured...

Plaintiffs, student-athletes, filed separate class actions in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, District of Minnesota, Eastern District of Louisiana, and District of New Jersey challenging the National Collegiate...

Plaintiff Dennis Pitman was attempting to secure a tree stand base to a tree for an upcoming deer hunting season. He was using a dual ratchet strap kit, manufactured and sold by defendants Ameristep Corporation and Tahsin Industrial Corporation USA, to...

Jere L. Wagner, M.D. practiced internal medicine and emergency medicine at Geisinger-Shamokin Area Hospital and Geisinger Clinic. On June 4, 2012, Charles P. Smith, 53 years old at the time, presented to the hospital, complaining of chest pain and presenting...

Missouri Jury Awards $507,000 To Patient Who Had Needle Break Off In Back During Outpatient Procedure On Dec. 10, 2009, Claudia Ball, who was 62 years of age and 220 pounds, underwent a trigger point injection outpatient procedure performed by Catherine...

J.V., a ten-year old girl, was shopping at a Macy's Inc. department store in Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, NJ on Aug. 16, 2013 with her mother Nora Valdez and her little brother B.V. The family got on an escalator in the store that had reportedly...

On Dec. 2, 2012, at around 2:30 a.m., a vehicle being operated by defendant Lanessa Riobe rear-ended a vehicle in which Eliezer Maldonado, Sr., (34-year-old father-husband) Deborah Maldonado (35-year-old mother-wife), Eliezer Maldonado, Jr., (12-year...

Plaintiffs Mark and Patricia Hughes alleged that podiatric surgeon Dominick Sansone, DPM, was negligent when he performed a tarsal tunnel decompression surgery on Mr. Hughes on Oct. 19, 2010. Mr. Hughes had originally been injured by a pressure cleaner...

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Audi of America, LLC, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (collectively Volkswagen) sold TDI vehicles which purportedly operated clean diesel motors. However, Volkswagen...

On March 18, 2013, Marjorie Ashmore filed a medical malpractice action against Hartford Hospital in the Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of Waterbury. Ashmore, who brought the action as the administratrix of the estate of her deceased...

On Dec. 21, 2015, plaintiff Andrea Mirabal was standing on the side of the road inspecting minor damage to her vehicle from a fender bender when she was struck by a vehicle being operated by defendant Christopher Petricone, Jr., pinning her between the...

On Feb. 4, 2014, John BB Doe filed an action against Redlands Unified School District, Laura Whitehurst, and others in the California Superior Court for Riverside County. Doe alleged that while he was a student at the school district, he engaged in a...

On Sept. 8, 2015, an Ohio federal jury awarded the Estate of Kenneth C. Smith $5.5 Million to compensate for Smith’s death caused by an off-duty police officer. On March 9, 2012, 20-year old Smith had attended a party at a club in Cleveland, OH...

On June 15, 2014, Patricia Mincey was driving her 2001 Honda Civic when she was involved in a minor collision. Her vehicle airbag, manufactured by defendants Takata Corporation and TK Holdings, Inc., allegedly failed to perform properly, deploying late...

On May 7, 2013, at approximately 11:00 p.m., David Silva was found lying unconscious on the front lawn of a home across from Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, California, after Kern County deputies responded to reports of a possibly intoxicated man...

On Jan. 27, 2012, defendant Omega Psi Phi, Omicron Kappa Chapter, hosted a fraternity party at their house off of the campus of Missouri State University. Fraternity members, including chapter president Emmanuel Chapman and Kelvin Jones, and some party...

On Dec. 29, 2012, Benjamin Carey, III, was riding a 2012 Dyna Wide Glide motorcycle manufactured by Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC, when defendant Martrel Dees allegedly turned into his path, causing Carey to wreck his motorcycle and suffer...

On March 13, 2012, plaintiff Douglas R. Peden was operating his motorcycle heading east on P.J. Keller Hwy. in McLean County. Defendant Michael W. Baker, who was operating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), turned onto P.J. Keller Hwy. from Hwy 1925 E. Rd...

April 21, 2016 - On Feb. 27, 2012, at 12:05 p.m., Dennis Cash was working the accident scene of an overturned gravel truck on State Route 130 on Snowden Mountain. The owner of a family garage in Madison Heights, Dennis was working with a crew at the site...

On Dec. 21, 2012, Gloria Alexander was driving Angel Alexander's 2007 Cobalt automobile when the power steering assist allegedly failed. Gloria lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a wall. The Cobalt, which was manufactured by ESIS/General...