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On July 29, 2011, Harvey Chernikoff, a 51-year-old mentally disabled man, choked to death on a sandwich while riding a paratransit bus for the handicapped in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bus driver, Jay Farrales, did not stop Chernikoff from eating, even though...

On Feb. 16, 2009, after dark at approximately 6:00 p.m., Annie Mae Butts was driving her 2004 Dodge Neon when she came to a stop at Edmondson Road's intersection with Alabama Highway 91 in Hanceville, Alabama. At the same time, Hanceville Police Officer...

Ivette Ruiz was a resident of Willowglen Academy - Illinois, Inc. from Nov. 17, 2005 until Dec. 14, 2010. On Aug. 27, 2010, Ruiz fell and fractured a calcaneus and metatarsal. She received a walking boot cast, but was to remain off the foot as much as...

The first day of April marks the annual celebration of pranks and hoaxes known as April Fool's Day. Shakespeare tells us that the “ fool doth think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool .” On April Fool's Day, the...

On Nov. 28, 2010, 81-year-old Edwin Skowyra suffered a stroke while driving. Skowyra lost control of his vehicle, and it crashed into the convenience store and gas station operated by Cumberland Farms, Inc. at 197 Grove Street in Chicopee, MA. Skowyra's...

Social media has forever changed how the world communicates. While many have cited the positive consequences of social media, employment law attorneys are discovering that a simple Facebook post can turn into a costly mistake. A prime example of such...

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...

Picture yourself in the hospital with life threatening renal disease. Doctors tell you that your brother is a perfect match for a kidney transplant. Picture yourself as the brother. You agree to donate a kidney to save your sister. You both go under anesthesia...

Most of the people we now see in movie crowd scenes are not real. They aren’t created with digital special effects, either. In fact, a popular alternative to human extras is to use plastic, inflatable mannequins—as many as 30,000 for some...

A week from this Saturday, the 141 th Kentucky Derby will be run at Churchill Downs, the historic racetrack located in Louisville, KY. Traditionally run on the first Saturday in May and arguably the most famous race in the world, an estimated 100,000...

On May 16, 2011, Rebecca Simonds presented to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital complaining of pain in her right lower quadrant. Simonds was admitted for testing and treatment of possible appendicitis, ovarian neoplasm and/or right tubo-ovarian abscess...

Captain Corcoran was never, never sick at sea. Well, hardly ever —as audiences familiar with Gilbert and Sullivan’s beloved 1878 comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore know so well. Indeed, they eagerly await the moment early in the opera when, challenged...

On April 30, 2013, Sophia Maria Alcon, 77, became a resident of South Pueblo Medical Investors, Ltd. d/b/a Life Care Center of Pueblo, a nursing home in Colorado. While a resident there, she sustained several injuries, including urinary tract infections...

Casey Kent, 35 years old, was skateboarding on a steep bike path in the Cedar Point Estates subdivision in the City of Columbia Falls. He died as the result of an accident that occurred while he was skateboarding. The subdivision was designed and engineered...

On Feb. 26, 2010, Lashon Bilbro-Beverly was a 40-year-old female that was 32 weeks pregnant with her 7th child. She presented to the Emergency Department of Norwegian American Hospital, complaining of shortness of breath and cough. She was diagnosed with...

Eating comes as naturally to human beings as talking, walking, sleeping, and using our opposable thumbs. But according to the National Safety Council, eating food is not without its hazards, as choking is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury...

On Saturday, a 3-year-old boy crawled through a barrier and entered a gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. While the boy was splashing and walking around in a moat, a 17-year-old male lowland gorilla, Harambe, picked the boy up...

On Jan. 27, 2010, Oracle America, Inc. acquired Sun Microsystems, Inc. along with its Java platform. Oracle owned by assignment patents originally issued to Sun as well copyrights in materials that comprised the Java platform. Google Inc.'s Android...

Most attorneys—especially those with smaller law firms—will think at least twice before taking on a medical malpractice case. The reasons for their hesitation are obvious: such cases are complex and increasingly expensive to litigate, and...

The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) operated Douglas State Prison. Corizon Health, Inc. and Corizon, Inc. were contracted to provide medical services at the prison. ADC allegedly had a history of failing to provide adequate health care to prisoners...

Last week, Led Zeppelin successfully fought off copyright infringement claims brought over descending chromatic chords used in “Stairway to Heaven,” the rock band’s most well-recognized song. The stakes of the case were huge, with “Stairway...

In early July, millions of Americans began acting oddly, walking around in ever increasing numbers with their cellphones pointed in all directions, muttering about PokéStops, Poké Balls, and wild Pokémon. The phenomenon expanded exponentially...

During the first half of 2016, the attorney editors on the LexisNexis Jury Verdict team covered several notable employment verdicts from across the country. Even though the year is far from over, we have made a list of the top ten cases that have captured...

On Nov. 1, 2012, twelve year old G.T. was severely injured by a downed power line that dangled within reach -fully energized - over a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. The power line, which was at least 60 years old and already deteriorated, was...

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...