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On November 24, 2015 Gabriel Hernandez was driving his motorcycle southbound on SE Lake Weir Avenue in Ocala, Florida. The defendant, Tara Diamond, was also traveling southbound on SE Lake Weir Avenue, some distance behind Mr. Hernandez’s motorcycle....

On the morning of October 8, 2014, Eric Tenner was headed out before work to get in his daily exercise on his bicycle. He was an avid and competitive cyclist, who was wearing all of the recommended safety equipment, including a helmet, appropriate clothing...

Plaintiff left his home in Oakland on the evening of January 30, 2016 in order to visit a friend. As Plaintiff was crossing through an intersection on a green light, he was t-boned by an Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy who entered the same intersection...

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Sexual Assault

Plaintiffs claim Defendant was negligent in using a concrete "bell liner" instead of a concrete "vault" to surround the decedent's casket for burial of their young son. The Plaintiffs alleged negligence and contended they were...

Property Loss

Car accident.

Car wreck. DF ran red light, got t-boned, then ricocheted into PL who was stopped at red light facing DF head on.

Struck by car turning left while driving scooter

minor rear end collision

minor rear end collision

minor property damage rear end collision

Termination in violation of age (age discrimination); defense was that the termination was because of poor performance not because of age

This case arose from a collision between a motorcycle operated by John Pelaez and an automobile driven by Michael Conlon and owned by Vivian Cubero-Espino that occurred on April 13, 2012 at the intersection of Countryway Boulevard and Oaksbury Drive in...

Motor Vehicle Accident

Plaintiff was equipment operator working near a Florida Turnpike construction project when a portion of the Defendant's vehicle transmission broke from its truck and struck plaintiff in the knee.

Claims of multiple releases of untreated sewage to the ground surface from a septic system along the property line. Defendant claimed an easement to use field lines for the septic system on the property but did not claim the right to discharge sewage...

Plaintiff, Jessie Jones, has filed suit against Defendant, San Diego County Sheriff’s Detective Francis Gardiner alleging two claims for relief: excessive force and negligence. On November 29, 2013, Mr. Jones was incarcerated in the George Bailey Correctional...

On the evening of August 3, 2015, at approximately 9:00 p.m., the Defendant, Gabriel Fleuricourt (“Fleuricourt”) was driving his vehicle at a high rate of speed in a residential area of Northwest 12th Avenue in Miami. At that time, Fleuricourt swerved...

The decedent, Jiyoon Kim (age 34), was tragically killed in a jet ski versus jet ski collision while participating in an excursion organized by Fury Management, Inc ("Fury"). The excursion consisted of 10 individuals operating jet skis off the...

This week's document of the week was not a submission to the JV team. It was pulled from the federal docket and published here due to the impressive nature of the plaintiff's recovery. Plaintiff John Hayes was employed by defendant SkyWest...

Single vehicle accident in which Plaintiff was a back seat passenger; Defendant alleged that Plaintiff was at fault for his injuries because of failure to wear a seatbelt.

On Oct. 3, 2012, six-year-old I.E.S. was on her way to Bonnie Oehl Elementary School in Highland. She tried to cross 9th Street mid-block to get to her bus stop on the other side and was struck by a Subaru Impreza. She suffered multiple injuries, including...

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...