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On Nov. 1, 2012, twelve year old G.T. was severely injured by a downed power line that dangled within reach -fully energized - over a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. The power line, which was at least 60 years old and already deteriorated, was...

On May 16, 2011, Rebecca Simonds presented to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital complaining of pain in her right lower quadrant. Simonds was admitted for testing and treatment of possible appendicitis, ovarian neoplasm and/or right tubo-ovarian abscess...

On Nov. 27, 2005, minor E.B.B., then a three-month-old infant, was brought to South Jersey Regional Medical Center by his mother Sabrina Bonilla. Bonilla told emergency room physician Dominic Diorio, M.D., that E.B.B. could not straighten his right leg...

In early July, millions of Americans began acting oddly, walking around in ever increasing numbers with their cellphones pointed in all directions, muttering about PokéStops, Poké Balls, and wild Pokémon. The phenomenon expanded exponentially...

The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) operated Douglas State Prison. Corizon Health, Inc. and Corizon, Inc. were contracted to provide medical services at the prison. ADC allegedly had a history of failing to provide adequate health care to prisoners...

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...

According to an article broken today by our colleagues at Law360, President Donald Trump's sister, a federal appellate judge with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, has decided to stop hearing cases. https://www.law360.com/articles/888127/3rd-circ...

On Sunday Nov. 9, 2014, defendant Joshua Bell was driving his pick-up truck to Acadia, FL, traveling to a business trip for his employer, defendant Gibbs & Register, Inc. (G&R). Roitiki Tyler was traveling southbound on US-17 with her 11-year...

On June 6, 2012, seven days after the birth of her fourth child, 30-year-old plaintiff Chenille Cordon underwent surgery by Dr. Michael Booth to rule out cancer in lymph nodes in her chest. Within minutes of starting the procedure—a mediastinoscopy—Dr...

On Jan. 27, 2010, Oracle America, Inc. acquired Sun Microsystems, Inc. along with its Java platform. Oracle owned by assignment patents originally issued to Sun as well copyrights in materials that comprised the Java platform. Google Inc.'s Android...

Last week, Led Zeppelin successfully fought off copyright infringement claims brought over descending chromatic chords used in “Stairway to Heaven,” the rock band’s most well-recognized song. The stakes of the case were huge, with “Stairway...

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...

Plaintiff Ronald Paige was involved in a motor vehicle collision with defendant Henry Wardlaw, Jr. Plaintiff allegedly sustained injuries in the collision including a herniated disc in his cervical spine requiring two rhizotomy procedures and an annular...

On June 13, 2013, an explosion occurred at the Williams Geismar chemical plant near Baton Rouge, LA. The explosion, caused by an over-pressurized reboiler, resulted in the deaths of two people and injuries to hundreds of others. The plant, owned by Williams...

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...

On Sept. 13, 2011, plaintiff Michael Gilmore was working for defendant Accurate Valve Services at an oil drilling site operated and/or maintained by defendants Unit Corporation, Unit Drilling Company, Unit Texas Drilling, LLC, and Blackbrush Oil &...

Picture yourself in the hospital with life threatening renal disease. Doctors tell you that your brother is a perfect match for a kidney transplant. Picture yourself as the brother. You agree to donate a kidney to save your sister. You both go under anesthesia...

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...

On Feb. 8, 2013, James Wurster was attempting to burn trash in a burn barrel when a portable plastic gasoline container exploded and caused Wurster to sustain severe burns. Wurster died on Feb. 9, 2013. The Plastics Group, Inc. d/b/a Wedco and/or Wedco...

On April 19, 2013, plaintiff K. Kaur drove to defendant Homegoods, Inc.'s store in Fresno, CA, to return four dinner chairs she had previously purchased from defendant. At that time, defendant's employee, Alyssa Avina, went to plaintiff's...

MRSS Hospitality, Inc., d/b/a Holiday Inn Express operated the Holiday Inn Express in Fraizer Park, CA. On April 22, 2014, plaintiff came to visit her boyfriend Gerrit Pietersma, who worked at the hotel with Jonathan Michael Padilla. Pietersma and Padilla...

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...

Plaintiff Jerene Dildine claimed that she was harassed, physically and emotionally abused, and stalked by defendant Sean Saxon, a married attorney, whom she met when she was working as a prostitute. Following an initial relationship, defendant allegedly...

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...

Casey Kent, 35 years old, was skateboarding on a steep bike path in the Cedar Point Estates subdivision in the City of Columbia Falls. He died as the result of an accident that occurred while he was skateboarding. The subdivision was designed and engineered...