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Thal Flam Wendrow and Julian Wendrow lived with their two children, I.W. and A.W., in Oakland County, Michigan. I.W. had Asperger's Syndrome and A.W. was autistic and did not communicate verbally. Walled Lake Consolidated School District, its Autism...

Plaintiff Jeffrey Kogan, an employee of the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BCSO), was a detective in the homicide division. Plaintiff was attempting to apprehend a suspect with other members of the BCSO, as well as Fort Lauderdale Police Department...

On May 29, 2012, Rolando Cumpian was working for Leal Welding & Erection, Inc. in San Antonio, TX. At that time, Leal was operating as the subcontractor for Joeris General Contractors, Ltd., which was acting as the general contractor for a construction...

Chevron Appalachia, LLC owned and operated natural gas wells near Dunkard, Pennsylvania, including the Lanco #7H well site. On Feb. 11, 2014, Ian R. McKee was hired by Cameron International Corp., a company hired by Chevron to perform services at Lanco...

On June 7, 2004, Kevin Roper, the operator of a Wal-Mart truck, allegedly fell asleep and collided with the rear end of a 2012 black Mercedes Sprinter limousine. Tracy Morgan, a comedian and actor; Ardley Fuqua, Jr., a comedian; Jeffrey Millea, Morgan's...

On Nov. 20, 2009, Mark Valanski, a 42-year-old mentally challenged man, was admitted to Hampton House in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Valanski had undergone surgery for removal of hardware from his right ankle, wound debridement and culture of the second...

T.W., born in 2000, was the child of Tarshia Williams and Naeem Williams. On Dec. 1, 2004, United States Army Specialist Naeem was awarded legal custody of T.W. On Dec. 14, 2004, Naeem, his wife Delilah Williams and T.W. moved to Oahu, Hawaii, where the...

In the evening of Jan. 17, 2006, Terry Brown, Jr., a J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. truck driver, jackknifed and crashed his tractor trailer into the median of Interstate 65 in northern Indiana. The conditions were icy, and Brown was allegedly driving too...

On Feb. 17, 2012, Antonio Costagliola and Tiffany Costagliola filed a medical malpractice action against defendants, Samuel V. Rizzo, M.D. and his medical practice of Ear, Nose, Throat Surgery, in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Luzerne County...

Rodney Dorsey, Wade Hall, Jr., and Todd Vandervoort (plaintiffs), each of whom is African-American, work for the Department of Public Works (DPW) of the Borough of Somerville, NJ. Dorsey is a parks foreman, Hall is a maintenance worker, and Vandervoort...

On Feb. 28, 2012, plaintiff Gerald Simoneau, II, was traveling southbound on Rangeline Road near the intersection of Todd Acres Drive. Defendant Steven Andrews Chestnut was operating a UPS truck and traveling westbound on Todd Acres Drive. Plaintiff alleged...

On June 15, 2010, Francisco Javier Mendez Martinez began working as a farm worker for Yankee Springs Dairy, Inc. On July 12, 2010, Francisco and co-worker Victor Perez were ordered by Yankee owner/agent Paul Jay Lettinga to clean the outside and inside...

LBDS Holding Company, LLC developed technology to improve MRI imaging of the heart. In 2008, the parties entered into an agreement whereby ISOL agreed to consult with LBDS and install LBDS' proprietary software within ISOL's generic MRI systems...

On Sept. 15, 2010, Skyhook Wireless, Inc. filed an action against Google, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Through an amended complaint filed on March 29, 2013, Skyhook alleged that Google had infringed its patents when...

Starting in 1999, a number of manufacturers and sellers of polyurethane foam products allegedly began engaging in price fixing activity. In February of 2010, Vitafoam, one of the manufacturers, admitted its part in the conspiracy to federal authorities...

On Dec. 20, 2013, Chris P. Carter filed an action against defendants, Forjas Taurus, S.A., Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc., and Taurus Holdings, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Through an amended complaint...

On May 9, 2007, 30-year-old plaintiff Brandon Stollings was using a 10-inch portable table saw designed and manufactured by defendants Ryobi Technologies and One World Technologies and purchased at defendant Home Depot. The saw experienced a kickback...

Alahandro Omotola stated that he was driving north on Central Avenue in Atlanta, GA on Feb. 4, 2011 when a vehicle driven by Constantine Avradopoulos changed lanes and struck the side of Omotola's vehicle. Avradopoulos was driving in the scope of...

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) was operating a train west on a main line of Union Pacific Railroad Company in the County of Churchill, NV. At the point where the line crossed U.S. Highway 95, a tractor trailer combination owned by John...

David V. McIntosh was employed by M.K. Battery, Inc. M.K. supplied batteries to be used in military combat vehicles to the United States Army. M.K. enacted a manufacturing change to its existing batteries that allegedly resulted in the new batteries having...

On Feb. 13, 2012, plaintiff James Simmons was at the residence of his brother-in-law, defendant Larry Collins, assisting with a plumbing repair and using an angle grinder when the blade broke off and went through the protective eye gear worn by plaintiff...

On Feb. 23, 2011, Jo Huskey had a pelvic mesh product implanted by Gretchen L. Byrkit, M.D. at Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Illinois. Huskey claimed that the polypropylene mesh in her TVT-O sling eroded and caused her severe, ongoing pain because...

On Nov. 26, 2012, Benjamin Fortune was injured while using a Ryobi table saw, model BTS21. The table saw was designed, manufactured, marketed, and sold by Techtronic Industries North America Inc., One World Technologies, and Ryobi Technologies. Fortune...

On Aug. 27, 2009, United States Border Patrol agent Ryan Moore, in the course of his duties, was driving a Chevy Silverado westbound on Otay Mountain Truck Trail, an unpaved mountain road with multiple blind turns and unprotected drop-offs. Plaintiff...

On the evening of Dec. 28, 2007, an armed take-over robbery occurred at Portos Bakery in Burbank, California. Angelo Dahlia, a detective with the Burbank Police Department, was called the following morning and told to respond to the Department to conduct...