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April 21, 2016 - On Feb. 27, 2012, at 12:05 p.m., Dennis Cash was working the accident scene of an overturned gravel truck on State Route 130 on Snowden Mountain. The owner of a family garage in Madison Heights, Dennis was working with a crew at the site...

Picture yourself in the hospital with life threatening renal disease. Doctors tell you that your brother is a perfect match for a kidney transplant. Picture yourself as the brother. You agree to donate a kidney to save your sister. You both go under anesthesia...

Pfizer, Inc. manufactured and sold Zoloft, a drug consisting of Sertraline Hydrochloride, which was used to treat depression and anxiety. A few of the women who took Zoloft during pregnancy gave birth to children who suffered from heart defects and some...

April 14, 2016 - On Dec. 2, 2010, Mary Kate Ford, 60 years of age, was admitted to the emergency department of the West Georgia Medical Center with morbid obesity, end state renal disease, congestive heart failure, hypothyroidism, and other conditions...

Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CFA), Cancer Support Services, Inc. (CSS), Children's Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CCFA), and The *** Cancer Society in America (BCSA) solicited charitable donations that would allegedly go towards cancer research and...

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...

In 2004, plaintiff George Prussin, a resident of Tenafly, was one of a group that invested in and formed The Law Funder LLC, a company which provided funding to parties to bring personal injury and other types of court cases, in return for a percentage...

Illegal search and seizure, false arrest, numerous constitutional rights violations. Deputy Cavanaugh responded to "welfare check" of toddler children called in by mother/estranged wife against father/estranged husband. When deputy arrived at...

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...

Ebony Curry was a 27-year-old woman with learning disabilities and autistic tendencies living at home in Brooklyn with her father, Henry Williams, and a younger brother. On May 18, 2011, Curry fell down the stairs in her home. Her father called 911, and...

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...

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...

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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,...

Ivette Ruiz was a resident of Willowglen Academy - Illinois, Inc. from Nov. 17, 2005 until Dec. 14, 2010. On Aug. 27, 2010, Ruiz fell and fractured a calcaneus and metatarsal. She received a walking boot cast, but was to remain off the foot as much as...

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...

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...

On Feb. 16, 2009, after dark at approximately 6:00 p.m., Annie Mae Butts was driving her 2004 Dodge Neon when she came to a stop at Edmondson Road's intersection with Alabama Highway 91 in Hanceville, Alabama. At the same time, Hanceville Police Officer...

On Sept. 1, 2014, plaintiffs Raul Adrian Castro Manzano and Catheryne Cristina Lucero had an infant son who died shortly after birth. Plaintiffs contracted with defendant Carey Royal Ramn Mortuary to take possession of the body and transfer it for cremation...

March 17, 2016 - For more information about this case see our "Case of the Week."

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...

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...

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...

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

March 10, 2016 - Ruthie Allen and others were passengers on a bus owned and operated by Greyhound Lines, Inc. The bus departed Cincinnati, Ohio, on its way to Detroit, Michigan, at around 3:30 a.m. EST on Sept. 14, 2013. Less than an hour after leaving...