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On Oct. 2, 2013, Warren G. Roberts, M.D. performed spinal surgery on Jason Croff at the Aspen Spine and Neurosurgery Center, P.C. Croff had been experiencing pain and numbness. Croff asserted that after the surgery, his spinal and sacral nerves were permanently...

This week's document of the week features a settlement agreement from a federal case that was not submitted to the Lexis Jury Verdict team. It is highlighted this week due to the importance and scope of the Takata airbag litigation. Plaintiff class...

On Aug. 6, 2014, Markeese Hodge was shot and killed while he was at an apartment owned by McCorlew Realty, Inc. The apartment unit was allegedly a "problem unit" with a high level of undesirable late night traffic. On Jan. 7, 2015, Katrina...

Editor’s Note: This week's document of the week features an order from a federal case that was not submitted to the Lexis Jury Verdict team. This case was chosen based on the noteworthy opinion, which begins by stating “Nowhere is political...

On Aug. 20, 2012, Nicole Bermingham (age 30) gave birth to her first child. The labor had been difficult, lasting over 20 hours and leaving Nicole with significant vaginal tearing. On August 23, Nicole began experiencing chills, nausea, worsening vaginal...

Note: This week's Document of the Week was not submitted to the Jury Verdict Team, but was obtained from documents filed with the court. On Dec. 9, 1999, the body of a woman was found in the Greenbelt Forest Preserve in Waukegan, IL. Officers allegedly...

In October of 2014, Richard J. Pellock was diagnosed with non-metastatic bladder cancer by Dr. Alex Horchak. On Jan. 5, 2015, Richard was admitted to UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, to undergo a robotic-assisted laparascopic radical...

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...

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 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...