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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...

From Oct. 1, 2013 until April 22, 2014, Hanna Bouveng was employed as Director of Corporate Communications by NYG Capital LLC d/b/a New York Global Group, a strategic market entry, advisory, venture capital and private equity investment group, and also...

n July 23, 2008, an elective laparoscopic hernia repair was performed on Vivian Gagliano at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. Mrs. Gagliano alleged that during the operation, the ascending colon was perforated and not timely diagnosed and treated. In an...

Michael Mercieca, who was born in London, England, was employed as a senior sales executive for Microsoft Corporation. He was employed by Microsoft for 17 years. Mercieca said that he had a sexual relationship over a period of years with Lori Aulds, a...

From July 3, 1985 to March 31, 2010, Marcia Eisenhour worked for Weber County, lastly as the court administrator for the Weber County Justice Court. Craig D. Storey, a Justice Court judge and Eisenhour's supervisor, allegedly sexually harassed Eisenhour...

James Edmond Sharon was admitted to defendant Belmont Lodge Health Care Center on March 7, 2011. Plaintiff Alice Franz, sister and attorney-in-fact for Sharon, claimed that defendant was negligent in their treatment of Sharon, including his suffering...

K.C., a severely disabled 21 year old man, was enrolled in the OD Heck Development Center, a full-time New York residential treatment center for the disabled. The staff, Lisa Taylor, Lauri Tomassi, Sharon Butler, Eric Sadlon, Lekisha Terrell, "Hershani"...

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...

Martin v. Grubbs and Professional Dirt Services, Inc.

Tom Ofstie v. Margaret Klein Silcock and Logan Grantham

Truong v. Aerowelding and Bryan Hayes

Almanza v. Lucas Smith and Duninger Corp.

Jessica Vu vs. Pacific Coast Highway LLC et al.

Najma Sheikh v. Khalid Nawabi and Golden Gate America, LLC

Plaintiff, Dorothy Cunningham, was eating lunch at the outdoor pool area bar at the Best Western hotel. It had rained while she was eating. After finishing her meal, she walked from the bar towards the parking lot. The walkway leading to the parking lot...

On June 20, 2008, Richard G. Bennett sued his wife Lora A. Bennett (Bennett) for divorce in the Newport News Circuit Court of Virginia. On or before July 16, 2008, Bennett employed attorney Kevin P. Shea of Kevin Shea, Ltd. to represent her in the divorce...

The City of Los Angeles' pedestrian rights of way were allegedly not readily accessible to and usable by people with mobility disabilities because of the pervasive existence of numerous architectural and other physical access barriers along the path...

Around 2010, Shippers Transport Express, Inc. began a program in which it leased trucks to its workforce of California port truck drivers. Shippers classified the drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. Grayling Taylor and Bruce Brown...

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 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...

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...

American Pop Corn Company, ConAgra Foods, Inc. and General Mills, Inc. (collectively the popcorn defendants) manufactured and sold microwave popcorn containing butter flavored products and other products containing diacetyl and/or pentanedione. Givaudan...

On Aug. 9, 2011, plaintiffs Jared Adkins and his 11-year-old son C.A. were paying passengers aboard a 46-foot diving boat named Big Dipper, which provided transportation to scuba diving sites. Plaintiffs were in the water swimming off the stern of the...

Plaintiff Columbia Riverkeeper filed a civil action on Aug. 26, 2013, seeking judicial relief compelling defendant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to comply with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C.S. $ S 552, as amended, with...

On Dec. 17, 2002, plaintiffs, Francie E. Moeller and other individuals, filed a class action complaint against Taco Bell Corp. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Through a second amended complaint filed on Nov. 21, 2013...