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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. 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...

On Dec. 12, 2012, at about 7:14 a.m., plaintiffs, 17-year-old Regina Monzon and her younger brother, 15-year-old James Monzon, were walking to Fairview Jr. High School, crossing Central Valley 23 Road N.E. in a marked crosswalk near N.E. Conifer Drive...

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...

On Oct. 3, 2012, Craig Litch was badly burned while working at an offshore oil rig owned by DCOR, LLC and located just off the California coastline. At the time, Litch's employer, DCI Electric, Inc., was a subcontractor hired in connection with maintenance...

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...

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....

iguel A. Gomez, III, M.D., was a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon doing business as Miguel A. Gomez, M.D., P.A. He chose to perform surgeries at hospitals run by and/or affiliated with Memorial Hermann Health System and MHMD, also known as Memorial Hermann...

Florence Nemeth used cosmetic talc from 1960 to 1971. The talc, Desert Flower Dusting Powder, was distributed by Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Inc., (WCD) to the product manufacturer, Shulton, Inc. Mrs. Nemeth developed peritoneal mesothelioma and died...

On May 27, 2013, Aidan Pankey, then 10 years old, visited a pet store with his grandmother and adopted a pet rat. The grandmother signed a waiver releasing Petco from liability for any injury or damage resulting from the rat's adoption. The store...

On June 6, 2012, seven days after the birth of her fourth child, 30-year-old plaintiff Chenille Cordon underwent surgery by Dr. Michael Booth to rule out cancer in lymph nodes in her chest. Within minutes of starting the procedure—a mediastinoscopy—Dr...

On Dec. 14, 2014, Jack Lipp was attending a fraternity party at a house in Columbia, MO, when railing on a balcony broke. Lipp fell to the ground and sustained injuries from which he died on Dec. 25, 2014. The student rental property was owned by defendant...

On Sept. 13, 2011, plaintiff Michael Gilmore was working for defendant Accurate Valve Services at an oil drilling site operated and/or maintained by defendants Unit Corporation, Unit Drilling Company, Unit Texas Drilling, LLC, and Blackbrush Oil &...

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...

On June 15, 2013, plaintiffs Richard Brown and his wife Elizabeth Brown were seated at a picnic table located at the Horse Palace at the Spring Creek Association Annual HOA barbeque and meeting. There were three or four people (including plaintiffs) seated...

On Sunday Nov. 9, 2014, defendant Joshua Bell was driving his pick-up truck to Acadia, FL, traveling to a business trip for his employer, defendant Gibbs & Register, Inc. (G&R). Roitiki Tyler was traveling southbound on US-17 with her 11-year...

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...

Plaintiff Jerene Dildine claimed that she was harassed, physically and emotionally abused, and stalked by defendant Sean Saxon, a married attorney, whom she met when she was working as a prostitute. Following an initial relationship, defendant allegedly...

Lance Corporal Jason S. Roth served in the Marine Corp during the war in Afghanistan until his honorable discharge on July 27, 2012. While in Afghanistan, Jason was the target of an improvised explosive device (IED) and was subsequently diagnosed with...

Plaintiff Eloyd Robinson, an 82-year-old male security guard, underwent a total knee replacement surgery on July 16, 2013, performed by Dr. Rida Azer at United Medical Center. Due to a loss of arterial flow to plaintiff's right leg after the surgery...

Professor J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the literary works "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" (the works). Fourth Age Limited and The J.R.R. Tolkien Estate Limited were successors to Tolkien with respect to his copyright interests in...

On July 15, 2015, a data security breach affected AshleyMadison.com, an online dating website designed to facilitate intimate relationships for individuals married or in a committed relationship. The breach resulted in the electronic theft of personally...

On July 11, 2016, John Fassig was operating a motor vehicle with his wife, Betty Fassig, as a passenger and travelling northbound on East 8th Road near its intersection with North 33rd Road in the County of LaSalle, IL. John M. Goldone was operating his...

In 2009, defendant Shahab Derazi purchased a two-story residential home at a foreclosure sale. Between 2009 and 2013, Derazi rented the home to tenants but did not have the home inspected. In June of 2013, Derazi received complaints from his tenant, defendant...

On Aug. 31, 2013, 21-year-old Kevin Figaniak was walking back to Wheeling Jesuit University with his friend Tyler Johnson around the area of the Owl's Nest and Ye Old Alpha bars when the two became involved in an altercation with Craig Peacock and...