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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...

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...

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...

AbbVie Inc. manufactured, sold, and distributed prescription drug AndroGel, a testosterone replacement therapy product. James D. Couch said that he was prescribed AndroGel in 2013 for symptoms he attributed to low testosterone as a result of viewing AbbVie's...

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...

On July 10, 2014, Daniel McGuire, 25 years old, was driving on Highway 17 near Santa Cruz, CA. He reportedly slowed and/or stopped due to heavy traffic. A tractor trailer truck contracted to Saini Trucking, Inc. was coming down the highway headed in the...

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 the morning of July 23, 2014, 55-year-old plaintiff Rhonda Martin was riding a bicycle southbound on Landis Avenue in the City of Sea Isle City, New Jersey. At that same time, defendant Jeffrey Jones was operating a work vehicle in the course of his...

On Aug. 2, 2015, 24-year-old Tierney Darden was returning to Chicago from a shopping trip to Minneapolis with her mother and sister. While waiting for a ride from O'Hare International Airport, they stood next to a pedestrian shelter near the outer...

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...

The case arose from a rear end collision when a Chevrolet Avalanche operated by an employee of Just Grillin Design Build, Inc. struck in the rear a Ford F150 operated by the Plaintiff, Bobby Delidle. Liability was accepted. The defendant contested permanency...

The Plaintiff alleged that Goodyear damaged her vehicle's engine during a spark plug change, by allowing a foreign object to enter into the cylinder. She claimed that Goodyear then engaged in a scheme to cover up their negligence, and allowed her...

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...

Plaintiff, Emily Daley, 42, had suffered from scoliosis since she was a teenager, but her back pain worsened during the summer of 2011. In July of 2011, Dr. Michael Thomas, D.O. performed scoliosis surgery on Daley to assist with her pain. While the surgery...

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...

Plaintiff, Pamela Berklich, ("Plaintiff") was a passenger of a pedicab (bicycle taxi) in Key West. She alleged that she was taken to the area of her hotel in the nighttime darkness. She alleged that as she stepped down to exit the pedicab, she...

On Jan. 29, 2012, plaintiff Samuel Belcher was a 56-year-old conductor working for defendant CSX Railroad, Inc., in Hamlet, NC, when he began to exhibit signs and symptoms of a stroke. At around the same time, he misaligned two switches causing the engine...