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June 9, 2016 - On Nov. 25, 2014, Sally LaMay was legally walking through a green signal at a cross walk at Crooks Road and Maplelawn Drive when she was struck by a bus owned/operated by defendant Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation...

Roslyn Dauber, John Di Costanzo, and Gregory Carlos said that they suffered from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lymphohematopietic, and other cancers because of their exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). They said that from 1968 through the 1990's...

On Dec. 12, 2012, at about 7:14 a.m., plaintiffs, 17-year-old Regina Monzon and her younger brother, 15-year-old James Monzon, were walking to Fairview Jr. High School, crossing Central Valley 23 Road N.E. in a marked crosswalk near N.E. Conifer Drive...

On Oct. 10, 2013, Olivia Johnson, a senior student at Chapel Hill High School in Douglas County, Georgia, suffered a horrific burn injury while demonstrating a science experiment at her school's after-hours "AP Open House." Johnson was performing...

On Aug. 9, 2011, 38-year-old Papu Faalele was working as a longshoremen for Pacific Stevedoring Services (PSS) on a fishing vessel owned by Pacific Princess Partnership and Oceans Unlimited, Inc. During unloading operations at the Starkist Tuna cannery...

Case No. 2 -- The Fraud Claims - Sonny Low, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Trump University, LLC, et al. In August 2008, Tarla Makaeff, a shoe and handbag designer, purchased a three-day Trump University "Fast Track...

March 17, 2016 - On Oct. 10, 2013, Indian River Sherriff's Deputy Michael Cavanaugh responded to a "welfare check" of toddler children called in by their mother, who was the estranged wife of the child's father, plaintiff Craig Kovaleski...

May 19, 2016 - In 1965, 10 years after the United States Supreme Court's second decision in Brown v. Board of Education, residents of Bolivar County, Mississippi, filed an action seeking the desegregation of their school system. After decades of litigation...

Phillip Grenchik, who had numerous health problems including renal disease, was being considered for a kidney transplant through Lifelink. Mr. Grenchik asked his family physician, Dr. Stephen Parks, to write a prescription for the necessary tests, including...

June 2, 2016 - Lorraine Patullo-Banks, a Chicago-based accountant, was walking to her home from the Park Ridge Train Station on Feb. 20, 2008. At 6:20 pm, she was struck by a car while attempting to cross Touhy Ave. near 3rd Street. She was severely injured...

On Aug. 23, 2010, Nicholas Loeb was severely and permanently injured when the vehicle he was driving fell off of the roadway and down a cliff while he was on Lisbon Lane between Sandall Lane and Crater Lane in Los Angeles, California. On Jan. 24, 2011...

A weblog (blog) is an online journal you can use to share thoughts, ideas, concerns, or anything else you want. Blogs allow you to be a contributor rather than just a bystander. Postings are arranged chronologically and can be categorized depending...

The largest reported police shooting settlement in Philadelphia history was recently obtained in this week's non-peer-submitted case. On April 22, 2014, plaintiff Philippe Holland was delivering pizzas in Philadelphia, PA. While he was making a delivery...

On July 24, 2013, Tanya M. Fuller, an employee of Northeast Commercial Sharpening, injured her right hand and wrist while retrieving a Hobart meat slicer. Northeast Commercial Sharpening had contracted with Reliant Easton Holdings, LLC, to service a meat...

Plaintiff Phi Kappa Sigma Building Corporation of Colorado (PKS) operated a social fraternity with a chapter located at defendant Colorado Seminary (CS) a/k/a Denver University. PKS leased a house/property from CS, where its members lived. Plaintiff Edward...

March 10, 2016 - See our "Case of the Week" for more information about this case.

In the morning of March 1, 2012, Cecil Geoffrey Vining was seriously injured when his bicycle was struck by a pick-up truck driven by Candido Burgos. At the time of the collision, Vining was riding westbound with companion bicyclists in the bicycle lane...

D.M. was a 15-year-old non-verbal autistic individual that communicated through an iPad. His mother, C.M., claimed that his cognitive impairments necessitated routine, order, and consistency and prohibited idle waits of more than a few minutes. Such idle...

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May 5, 2016 - Plaintiff D.L., mother of minor A.L., claimed that A.L.’s moderate to severe autism rendered him incapable of deviation from routine. One such example was his visiting amusement parks, which required travel in only one direction and...

Plaintiff fell while descending exterior stairs in classroom building, claiming to have caught her toe in a defect in one of the stairs. Incident occurred after dark and plaintiff also alleged insufficient lighting, alleging that a light which was required...

On July 5, 2013, plaintiff Rudolph D. Gayle was a patron at The Martini Bar in Gulfstream Park with his fiancee and her co-workers. As he was leaving, he grabbed a messenger bag that he had stowed below the bar. A security guard, defendant Sergio Chamorro...

For unknown reasons, Mr. Stafford pulled past a stop sign on Bartram Oaks southbound across the westbound lanes of Race Track through the median and across the eastbound lanes of Race Track. He collided with the Defendant in the southernmost eastbound...

Plaintiff Odine Cherilus alleged that she was at a Golden Corral Restaurant owned by defendant Sun Steaks, LLC, in Pembroke Pines, FL, when she slipped and fell on a sidewalk outside of the restaurant where an employee had been cleaning. Plaintiff filed...

Plaintiff Ana Alvarez, as guardian of Aldo Alvarez, claimed that on May 8, 2013, defendant Joshua McGehee, a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy, shot and unlawfully arrested Aldo, a 37-year-old male who was mentally handicapped, suffered from schizophrenia...