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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...

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...

Unnecessary shoulder surgery led to permanent disability.

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...

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...

On Sept. 17, 2013, Paul Perkins, Pennie Sempell, Ann Brandwein, Erin Eggers, Clare Connaughton, Jake Kushner, Natalie Richstone, Nicole Crosby, and Leslie Wall, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a putative class action...

Wright Medical Technology, Inc. and its parent company Wright Medical Group, Inc. (collectively Wright) designed, manufactured, distributed and sold the ProFemur R hip prosthesis component. On Nov. 27, 2009, Alan Warner underwent a revision of his existing...

Gordon & Holmes, Civil Trial Lawyers (G&H), is a partnership of the corporation of Rhonda J. Holmes and Frederic L. Gordon. Around December of 2008, G&H was hired by Courtney Michelle Love (a/k/a Courtney Michelle Harrison a/k/a Courtney Michelle...

On March 8, 2013, Robert J. Burke and his wife Jane B. Burke filed a premises liability action against defendants, Indigo Realty Company, LLC, Republic Parking System, Inc., and the City of Charleston, in the South Carolina Court of Common Pleas for the...

On July 14, 2006, the United States of America filed an action against the Wyoming And Colorado Railroad Company, Inc. (Wyoming R.R.) and a number of other defendants, including the Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust and Marvin M. Brandt, Trustee, in the...

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 June 29, 1971, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the New York State Division of Human Rights, and the City of New York filed a complaint against Local 580 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers...

Mary Kaleta suffered uncontrollable severe seizures and took anticonvulsant Depakote, manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, Inc., to control her seizures. Depakote, sold since 1978, contained valproic acid, which was known to cause severe birth defects...

On April 7, 2011, William H. Howard was walking on Tahquitz Road in Cathedral City, California. He stated that Armando Munoz, an officer with the County of Riverside Sheriff's Department, Randall Wedertz, a Sergeant with the County of Riverside Sheriff's...

On Aug. 9, 2012, Maria Mangano suffered a serious injury when she slipped and fell at Mercy Vocational High School in Philadelphia, PA. At that time, the high school was undergoing construction and repairs. The general contractor for the construction...

On Jan. 22, 2010, Megan Berry was injured in a motor vehicle accident that occurred when Spencer Owens, a 16-year-old with a provisional driver's license, ran a red light and smashed his car into Berry's vehicle. Following the collision, Berry...

On July 31, 2011, plaintiff Erin Joynt, was sunbathing on the beach in Daytona Beach Shores, while her husband and two children were by the water looking for seashells. Thomas Moderie, a Volusia County Beach Services lifeguard, was driving a motor vehicle...

On Sept. 30, 2013, 31-year-old Tyler Lee was working on a construction site in Houston, TX, where his employer was in the process of building a large building. Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc. was hired to drill the auger cast pilings. A Berkel...

Married attorney harassed, physically and emotionally abused, and stalked plaintiff who he met when she was working as a prostitute. They developed a traditional relationship. He embarked on a pattern of domestic violence and abuse. He "outed"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...