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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 6, 2012, Harishkumar Patel was driving north on U.S. 31 in Berrien Springs, MI. He lost control of his vehicle and it rolled over. The accident was reportedly caused by a belt or tire tread separation on the right front tire. Patel was severely...

On June 8, 2011, Austin Hicks, who was driving while intoxicated, took his eyes off the road to check his cell phone. Hicks' vehicle crossed over a double yellow line and forcefully struck a vehicle driven by Jennifer Rios. A police officer at the...

In late July and early August of 2010, three-year-old R.J.B. was given multiple doses of Children's Motrin, an ibuprofen-based drug manufactured and/or sold by Johnson & Johnson and McNeil-PPC, Inc. Shortly thereafter, R.J.B. suffered severe illnesses...

Ronald Terebesi stated that on May 18, 2008 at around 2:00 in the afternoon, he was watching television with a house guest Gonzalo Guizan at Terebesi's home in Easton, CT. Without warning, several members of a combined task force from area police...

Sometime before 1893, sisters Mildred and Patty Hill composed the song now known as "Happy Birthday." Mildred composed the music with Patty's help and teacher Patty wrote multiple sets of lyrics for the melody to use in her classroom, including...

On April 27, 2007, 19-year-old Nicole Thompson was operating a 1998 Dodge Neon. Thompson's vehicle was struck by another vehicle, causing her vehicle to go up a curb and crash head-on into a large power pole. Thompson was driving approximately 27...

On Nov. 1, 2011, plaintiff Timothy S. Douglas, a 23-year-old EMT student, was driving southbound on U.S. 1 when his sedan collided with a pickup truck operated by defendant Robert A. Sanders, who was working for defendant Zachary Industrial Inc. Sanders...

In 2008, Maureen Huffman purchased a Frigidaire LFT 2940 FSI front-loading washing machine manufactured by Electrolux North America, Inc. By 2011, a strong smell was emanating from her washing machine. Huffman asserted the washer was not designed to self...

Certain homeopathic products that were manufactured and sold by Hyland's Inc. and Standard Homeopathic Company (collectively, defendants) were allegedly falsely and deceptively advertised. The products were Calms Forte, Teething Tablets, Migraine...

Charles Darnell Champion was a 26-year-old university student in the band at Florida A&M University. Band hazing incidents had allegedly been escalating in frequency and violence over the course of 2011. On Oct. 31, 2011, a band hazing incident occurred...

On Sept. 4, 2011, Michael Steven Austin was using a Task Force brand table saw that was allegedly designed, manufactured, tested, supplied, sold or distributed by Rexon Industrial Corp. and Power Tool Specialists, Inc. (collectively, defendants). Austin...

William Mickens and Mark Solomon were purchasers of Ford Mustang vehicles. They both noticed bubbling in their hood paint and claimed that defendant Ford Motor Company, manufacturer of the Mustang, knowingly sold these automobiles with a design defect...

The evening of March 9, 2012, 20 year old Kenneth C. Smith attended a party at a club in Cleveland, OH. Early on March 10, 2012, a fight broke out, an unknown person fired a gun, and patrons fled the club. Kenneth entered a car driven by Devonta Hill...

Jason Cribbs was an employee of Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC. On June 5, 2012, Cribbs was being mentored by Herbert Willoughby while driving a truck tractor coupled with a trailer manufactured by Wabash National Corporation at a Home Depot...

On March 10, 2014, Seungtae Kim filed an action against defendants, BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, Equifax Information Services LLC, Experian Information Solutions, Inc., and Transunion LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California...

On March 24, 2011, Bonnie Semple filed a medical malpractice action in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Delaware County. Through the complaint, she asserted professional negligence claims against a number of defendants, including Mohammed Budeir...

On Dec. 19, 2012, David Lynn Groves was using a Ridgid table saw designed, manufactured, and distributed by Emerson Electric Co., and a True-FLEX Featherboard designed, manufactured, and distributed by Kreg Enterprises. Mr. Groves suffered fatal injuries...

Cymbalta (generically known as duloxetine) is a prescription antidepressant manufactured, marketed and sold by defendant Eli Lilly and Company. Plaintiffs Gilda Hagan-Brown and Janine Ali claimed that they suffered personal injuries and damages as a result...

Luke Meyers worked as a crane operator on an offshore platform owned and operated by W&T Offshore, Inc. On May 12, 2011, a cable snapped on a crane and a 67 pound block fell. The block fell on Meyers' foot, smashing it. Meyers stated that he had...

Wesley Fredieu worked as a wood group operator on an offshore platform owned and operated by W&T Offshore, Inc. On Oct. 20, 2011, a fuel gas header exploded near Fredieu and he was injured. His arm was broken in such a way that screws and plates and...

In February of 2004, Kristen Anderson, 20 years old, was hired by the Fort Pierce Police Department. Anderson said that she was promoted after scoring number one on the sergeant's exam. Anderson said that after that, a captain screamed that the "little...

Charlotte Lynn Bowlin said that on June 19, 2012, she was using a Werner Co. Model 368 ladder when it failed, causing Bowlin to sustain a comminuted humerus fracture to her left arm that required surgery to repair. The ladder was allegedly represented...

On the morning of June 17, 2011, Kenneth Del Grosso presented to the emergency room of Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) with left-sided neck pain and tingling down his left arm. Del Grosso was placed under the care of Karl G. Schwabe, M.D. and...

On April 27, 2011, plaintiff Jacob Worthington was operating a Ford F250 truck, driving eastbound on US Highway 72 with his wife, plaintiff Angela Worthington, and two minor children as passengers. When he stopped the truck at a traffic light that was...