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Declaratory relief action seeking a judicial declaration that an existing driveway over Plaintiff's property (servient tenement) could not be used for winery and hospitality center traffic by Defendant (dominant tenement); that Defendant held only...

Plaintiff's allegations of liability (please include a description of the defect): Negligence, under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA): Sammy Belcher, 56, was a conductor working for CSX Railroad. Mr. Belcher claimed that he began exhibiting...

The LexisNexis Jury Verdicts team receives hundreds of case submissions each year from attorneys across the U.S. Some of the cases are submitted here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other cases are submitted to our team’s...

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...

On May 29, 2015 around 11:24 a.m., an employee of MedPro Waste Disposal, LLC, Frank M. Contacessi, was driving a 2013 Isuzu NPR Commercial Box Truck northbound on Illinois Route 23 North of Ottawa. The MedPro driver failed to stop and slammed into the...

Automobile Accident

The LexisNexis Jury Verdicts team receives hundreds of case submissions each year from attorneys across the U.S. Some of the cases are submitted here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other cases are submitted to our team’s...

On August 27, 2011, plaintiff Amity Hicks and her 13-year-old son Trevor were passengers on a boat being operated by Jack Struve on Lake Lanier when the boat collided with another boat being operated by defendant Terry Crockford. Trevor was thrown from...

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 August 27,2011 two boats collided on Lake Lanier . Plaintiff and her deceased son werere involved with the boat operated by Struve which had the duty to give way or yield to the boat on the right whcih was being operated by defendat Crockford . The...

The LexisNexis Jury Verdicts team receives hundreds of case submissions each year from attorneys across the U.S. Some of the cases are submitted here at the Litigators’ Verdict & Settlement Exchange. Other cases are submitted to our team’s...

On June 21, 2011, Rebecca Kerrins was admitted to Palos Community Hospital for the birth of her child. Kerrins stated that she chose Palos for its representation on its website that it provided on-site neonatologists, since she had a high risk pregnancy...

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...

On April 6, 2012, plaintiff Moises Ore was using a Husky brand stepladder to retrieve tires at a Tire Kingdom warehouse where he worked as a regional sales manager when one or more of the rivets failed, causing plaintiff to fall to the ground and sustain...

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...

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 June 22, 2015, Jerry Chad Pilkinton was traveling eastbound on SE 5th Street in Ocala, Marion County, Florida. At that same time, Curtis Eldridge Clark was driving a 2014 Ford F150 owned by Antis Automotive and Roadside Service, and was traveling northbound...

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...

On May 24, 2012, while visiting her mother's hospital bedside at Palms West Hospital, plaintiff Earletta Blackwood slipped and fell on the floor, striking an object as she landed. Medical personnel quickly entered and witnessed her on the floor and...

loss of arterial flow to a patient's right leg after total knee replacement surgery, necessitating above-knee amputation

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...

At 2:00 a.m. on March 2, 2012, on Interstate 80 in Illinois, Gary Williams was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer that was towing a U-Haul box trailer rented from U-Haul through its Quick Service location. Williams, who had been traveling for more than...

Jerry Chad Pilkinton suffered injuries in the subject automobile collision that occurred on June 22, 2015 while traveling eastbound on SE 5th Street in Ocala, Marion County, Florida. The at-fault driver, Curtis Eldridge Clark, was driving a 2014 Ford...

Slip and fall due to water intrusion into patient's hospital's room. On May 24, 2012 while visiting her mother's hospital bedside at Palms West Hospital, Earletta Blackwood slipped and fell on the floor striking an object as she landed. Medical...

Following his resignation after just one month on the job as an aircraft mechanic in California, Gary Williams was driving back to his home in Norristown, Pennsylvania. On March 2, 2012 at about 2:00 a.m., Mr. Williams was traveling on Interstate 80 eastbound...