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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...

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On Aug. 21, 2007, Thomas Doster was admitted to Long Term Hospital of Dothan with a medical history of Myasthenia-Gravis, coronary artery disease, hypertension, and a history of chronic renal insufficiency. At some time during or after his admission,...

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...

For more information about this case, see Raul Adrian Castro Manzano and Catheryne Cristina Lucero v. Carey Royal Ramn Mortuary d/b/a Carey, Royal, Ramn Funeral Home, Inc., d/b/a Carey Royal Ram'n Mortuary, Inc. The extended version of the summary...

In the morning of March 1, 2012, Cecil Geoffrey Vining was seriously injured when his bicycle was struck by a pick-up truck driven by Candido Burgos. At the time of the collision, Vining was riding westbound with companion bicyclists in the bicycle lane...

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...

On Sept. 1, 2014, plaintiffs Raul Adrian Castro Manzano and Catheryne Cristina Lucero had an infant son who died shortly after birth. Plaintiffs contracted with defendant Carey Royal Ramn Mortuary to take possession of the body and transfer it for cremation...

March 17, 2016 - For more information about this case see our "Case of the Week."

March 17, 2016 - On Oct. 10, 2013, Indian River Sherriff's Deputy Michael Cavanaugh responded to a "welfare check" of toddler children called in by their mother, who was the estranged wife of the child's father, plaintiff Craig Kovaleski...

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 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...

March 10, 2016 - See our "Case of the Week" for more information about this case.

March 10, 2016 - Ruthie Allen and others were passengers on a bus owned and operated by Greyhound Lines, Inc. The bus departed Cincinnati, Ohio, on its way to Detroit, Michigan, at around 3:30 a.m. EST on Sept. 14, 2013. Less than an hour after leaving...

On March 9, 2014, Ling Nie was admitted to Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center for labor and delivery services. That evening, Nie underwent a caesarean section performed by obstetrician Long-Dei Liu, M.D. Following the surgery, Nie suffered a post...

63 year old T.J. Simers began working for the Los Angeles Times in 1990. Beginning in 2000, Simers was a page two sports columnist, earned awards for his column, and received consistently positive performance reviews. In March 2013, Simers collapsed and...

In 2012, Amanda Wilson, then working as an exotic dancer, began dating Jonathan M. Pauling. Pauling demanded Wilson leave her job, gave her gifts, helped her in a custody dispute, and used other tactics to make Wilson dependent on him. In October 2012...

On June 2, 2012, Gerald Brett Weiss, a 52-year-old physician, was riding his bicycle on Fred Waring Dr. in Indian Wells, CA. Although Weiss had been travelling in a designated bicycle lane, the lane had suddenly ended and Weiss proceeded on the main road...

North Eastern Services-Lakeside, Inc. and North Eastern Services, Inc. (collectively NES) operated a home for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults in Logan, Utah. NES allegedly encouraged its residents to interact with neighborhood children...

On Feb. 26, 2010, Augustine Liu and Marion Liu filed an action in the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County against a number of defendants including College Hospital, Inc., Dr. Madeline Valencerina, and Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical...

On Feb. 28, 2013, Pamela Rheinfrank filed an action against Abbott Laboratories Inc. and AbbVie Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Rheinfrank, who brought the action individually and on behalf of her minor daughter M.B...

Plaintiff Rachel Smith became a patient of defendants Darren Edmonds, D.C., and Bee Ridge Chiropractic Center in October of 2010. Dr. Edmonds performed manipulations on plaintiff's lumbar and sacral spine on Jan. 20 and 21, 2011. Plaintiff allegedly...

On Jan. 29, 2011, Incarnacion L. Speaks, a front-seat passenger in a 1994 Mazda Protege DX four-door sedan equipped with automatic passive shoulder belts and manual lap belts, was involved in a collision with another vehicle at the West Broadway Street...

On April 21, 2014, Carol Cavness filed a petition in the 95th Judicial District Court for Dallas County, Texas against Teresa Kowalczyk, M.D., Hunt Memorial Hospital District Charitable Health Foundation d/b/a Hunt Regional Healthcare Foundation and Hunt...

Gregory Cotter began receiving psychiatric treatment from Hudson Valley Mental Health Inc. and Tabassum Khan, M.D. on Jan. 13, 2011. Gregory was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and placed on medications. On May 22, 2011, Gregory attempted suicide and...