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In the morning of Dec. 6, 2012, Seletha Gartrell arrived at the emergency room of the Aiken Regional Medical Center (ARMC) in South Carolina, suffering from severe sepsis. The sepsis developed into septic shock and shortly thereafter, she arrested, had...

On Jan. 31, 2011, City of Columbus paramedics were called to provide emergency assistance to Sonia A. Bray, who was in cardiac distress. Ms. Bray had been undergoing an MRI when she vomited and began to cough, turning blue in the face and suffering chest...

On Aug. 21, 2007, Thomas Doster was admitted to Long Term Hospital of Dothan with a medical history of Myasthenia-Gravis, coronary artery disease, hypertension, and a history of chronic renal insufficiency. At some time during or after his admission,...

Tyler Thomas was a 19-year-old student at Peru State College in Peru, NE. On Dec. 3, 2010, she was seen on a security camera about 1:30 a.m. walking towards her dorm. She disappeared. Then 29-year-old student Joshua Keadle told investigators that he had...

Plaintiff Patricia Hahn was a licensed vocational nurse working for defendants Scott Davidson, M.D.; Scott Davidson, M.D., P.A.; and North DFW Urology Associates. Plaintiff claimed that she was repeatedly bullied by Dr. Davidson during incidents involving...

On July 27, 2013, plaintiffs Joanne and Louis Giorgi were at Camp Sacramento with their children, as they had been in previous years. This was a camp run by the City of Sacramento for families in the El Dorado National Forest. Thirteen-year-old Natalie...

For more information about this case, see Raul Adrian Castro Manzano and Catheryne Cristina Lucero v. Carey Royal Ramn Mortuary d/b/a Carey, Royal, Ramn Funeral Home, Inc., d/b/a Carey Royal Ram'n Mortuary, Inc. The extended version of the summary...

June 23, 2016 - Nicole Hinson and Cameron Hinson bought a Safety 1st Summit forward-facing car seat that was manufactured by Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. The Hinsons said that on May 15, 2013, they were traveling with 22-month-old C.H. buckled into the...

June 16, 2016 - In a recent Florida federal civil rights action, Ric Bradshaw, as Sherriff of Palm Beach County, filed a motion to dismiss a 42 U.S.C.S Section 1983 claim for supervisory liability against him. Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks denied the motion...

Charles Barlow was a taxi cab driver for Yellow Cab Co. of Louisville, LLC. Yellow Cab was managed and owned by Procarent, Inc. and Interlock Industries, Inc. On Oct. 28, 2012, Barlow visited several taverns and stores where he consumed multiple alcoholic...

On Oct. 3, 2012, Craig Litch was badly burned while working at an offshore oil rig owned by DCOR, LLC and located just off the California coastline. At the time, Litch's employer, DCI Electric, Inc., was a subcontractor hired in connection with maintenance...

On Aug. 19, 2013, Ok *** Smith was seen by William H. Van Laar, D.O. at McDonough Primary Care, Inc. for right great toenail and right thumbnail problems and diagnosed with onychomycosis, nail fungus, and issued a prescription for Ketoconazole (Nizoral...

On Nov. 28, 2010, 81-year-old Edwin Skowyra suffered a stroke while driving. Skowyra lost control of his vehicle, and it crashed into the convenience store and gas station operated by Cumberland Farms, Inc. at 197 Grove Street in Chicopee, MA. Skowyra's...

On Dec. 18, 2006, Vincent Smith underwent the surgical removal of hardware that had been placed in his body during a prior orthopedic surgery. The surgery was performed at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. After the surgery...

On Dec. 4, 2013, plaintiff Barry Davis was heading eastbound in his 2007 Ford Mustang on W. Indiantown Road, in Jupiter, FL, when he was struck on the driver's side by a 2005 Kubota tractor pulling a bush hog (large lawn mower) operated by Dale A...

Access Community Health Network operated a healthcare facility in Chicago, IL, that received grant money from the United States Public Healthcare Service. On Sept. 8, 2011, 15 day old P.G. presented to Access and Dr. Pamela L. Roper with a history of...

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...

Plaintiff Sandra Ritz, a 46-year-old airport baggage screen for the Transportation Security Administration, claimed that she sustained an injury as a result of a rear-end automobile collision with defendant Margot Slade, which occurred on Feb. 8, 2010...

Plaintiff Pablo Aponte filed a medical malpractice action on Feb. 3, 2015, claiming that defendant Fernando Bayron, M.D., negligently perforated plaintiff's bowel during hernia repair surgery causing post-surgical infection, sepsis, fistula development...

Following the Aug. 9, 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown, the City of Ferguson, Missouri erupted into a series of protests and riots stemming from the years of alleged police discrimination against African American residents. The civil unrest dominated...

The first day of April marks the annual celebration of pranks and hoaxes known as April Fool's Day. Shakespeare tells us that the “ fool doth think he is wise , but the wise man knows himself to be a fool .” On April Fool's Day, the...

Social media has forever changed how the world communicates. While many have cited the positive consequences of social media, employment law attorneys are discovering that a simple Facebook post can turn into a costly mistake. A prime example of such...

On May 9, 2012, Keith Williams was driving his Chevy Blazer in rainy conditions and entered from Georgia Highway 166 West onto an on-ramp to Interstate 285 North. Williams claimed the on-ramp and its storm drains were poorly maintained and water had pooled...

May 5, 2016 - On June 1, 2010, a Cessna U206F piloted by Preston Cavner departed Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage, AK. The plane had been rebuilt in 2003 by Continental Motors, Inc., Northwest Seaplanes, Inc. had replaced parts on the engine, and the...

Hundreds of plaintiffs filed product liability actions against defendants Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bayer Pharma AG, and Bayer OY, claiming that they sustained injuries when Mirena, an intrauterine contraceptive device manufactured by defendants...