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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

On Jan. 24, 2015, Florencio Gomez-Mendez was shot and killed at his residence in Bradford Ridge Apartments, which was owned and/or operated by JAMCO Properties, Inc. and Clayton Carriage Apts. LLC. On June 11, 2015, a complaint arising out of the incident...

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...

D.M. was a 15-year-old non-verbal autistic individual that communicated through an iPad. His mother, C.M., claimed that his cognitive impairments necessitated routine, order, and consistency and prohibited idle waits of more than a few minutes. Such idle...

Yee Xiong was a student at UC Davis. On July 9, 2012, Xiong went to a party at Lang Her's apartment. Xiong drank a number of drinks and fell asleep. Xiong claimed when she woke up early the next morning, Her was pinning her down and raping her. Her...

In the afternoon of Oct. 14, 2011, James Fida, II was operating a Ford F250 pickup truck and towing a piece of construction equipment westbound on SR 322 in Delaware County, PA. The vehicle was owned and registered to George J. May, Inc. As he approached...

Jesse Oleksza was a Pennsylvania State Trooper who carried a Glock-37 duty pistol in a state police-issued duty belt and holster, which was designed, manufactured and supplied by Gould & Goodrich, Inc. then supplied to the Pennsylvania State Police...

Phillip Grenchik, who had numerous health problems including renal disease, was being considered for a kidney transplant through Lifelink. Mr. Grenchik asked his family physician, Dr. Stephen Parks, to write a prescription for the necessary tests, including...

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...

Case No. 2 -- The Fraud Claims - Sonny Low, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Trump University, LLC, et al. In August 2008, Tarla Makaeff, a shoe and handbag designer, purchased a three-day Trump University "Fast Track...

On June 14, 2010, Stacy Stepancik-Goff entered her van in the parking lot of a Village Pantry convenience store in Roscoe, IL. Before Stepancik-Goff could buckle her seat belt or drive away, her vehicle was rear-ended by a vehicle operated by Janice Warner...

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 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...

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...

On Aug. 9, 2011, 38-year-old Papu Faalele was working as a longshoremen for Pacific Stevedoring Services (PSS) on a fishing vessel owned by Pacific Princess Partnership and Oceans Unlimited, Inc. During unloading operations at the Starkist Tuna cannery...

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...

On July 3, 2011, 27-year-old Daniel Ficker and his partner Tiffany Urbach went to a Fourth of July party with their two minor children at the home of Tiffany's cousin Kimberly Mindek in Strongsville, OH. David Mindek, Kimberly's husband and a...

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 July 24, 2013, Tanya M. Fuller, an employee of Northeast Commercial Sharpening, injured her right hand and wrist while retrieving a Hobart meat slicer. Northeast Commercial Sharpening had contracted with Reliant Easton Holdings, LLC, to service a meat...

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...

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...