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Glen Blanco v Paul Jerome

Slip and fall in water inside the store. Defense lack of constructive notice.

On Nov. 14, 2012, 45-year-old Dawn Andalora filed an amended complaint in the Superior Court, Judicial District of Windham at Windham, Connecticut against Joseph Falanga. Andalora alleged that from 1974 to 1979, when she was a minor, Falanga engaged in...

In 2005, Ellen T. Kander came under the care of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside for diagnosis and treatment of recurrent idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a blood disorder Ellen was first diagnosed with...

At approximately 10:23 p.m. on March 1, 2009, Valerie Hurley, 25 years old, was taken to the emergency room at St. Mary's Medical Center North complaining of nausea, vomiting and syncope. She was found to have low blood pressure and complained of...

From Oct. 21, 2010 to Dec. 2, 2010, Manchester Veterans Administration Medical Center in New Hampshire (Manchester VA) provided Michael Farley, then 58 years old, with medical care. Mr. Farley first presented to urgent care with a sudden loss of right...

Sandra S. Robertson alleged that on June 5, 2006, she began work as a traffic clerk, and later, a shipping supervisor, for Hunter Panels, LLC and Carlisle Construction Materials, Inc. (defendants). Robertson claimed that she was subjected to harassment...

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...

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...

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...

On July 27, 2010, Randy R. Roginski, a 41-year-old man, was struck by a car and killed while he was working in a construction zone on I-271 in Summit County, Ohio. At the time of the accident, Roginski was working for Solar Testing Laboratories, Inc....

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 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 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...

Jack Lowe and Dennis Reynolds were employed by Atlas Logistics Group Retail Services (Atlanta), LLC. In October 2012, Lowe and Reynolds were each instructed by their managers to provide a saliva sample so their DNA could be compared to DNA found in *...

On June 4, 2011, Elwood Smith was exiting a restaurant parking lot in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Smith was in a parking space facing Derry Street and chose to pull out of the spot and accelerate into Derry Street. Smith turned his wheel sharply to the...

On Jan. 19, 2011, Southern California Gas Company and Sempra Energy (collectively SCGC) arrived at property in San Gabriel, CA, to service the gas system in response to a call that the dwelling's heater was not receiving natural gas. During servicing...

Since 1998, Examsoft Worldwide provided software that allowed exam takers to use their own computers to take their exams, while maintaining testing integrity for test administrators. The software sold by ExamSoft included legal bar exam testing packets...

On July 26, 2011, plaintiff Miami-Dade College (MDC) entered into a written contract with defendant Ajax Building Corporation to design and build a parking garage on the west campus of MDC. Ajax subcontracted with defendant M.A.R. Contracting, Inc. to...

Diane Albright had surgery on March 9, 2010, to correct a cystocele or bladder prolapse. She stated that a Pinnacle pelvic floor repair kit designed and manufactured by Boston Scientific Corporation (d/b/a Mansfield Scientific, Inc. and Microvasive, Inc...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...