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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...

On March 9, 2014, Ling Nie was admitted to Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center for labor and delivery services. That evening, Nie underwent a caesarean section performed by obstetrician Long-Dei Liu, M.D. Following the surgery, Nie suffered a post...

63 year old T.J. Simers began working for the Los Angeles Times in 1990. Beginning in 2000, Simers was a page two sports columnist, earned awards for his column, and received consistently positive performance reviews. In March 2013, Simers collapsed and...

In 2012, Amanda Wilson, then working as an exotic dancer, began dating Jonathan M. Pauling. Pauling demanded Wilson leave her job, gave her gifts, helped her in a custody dispute, and used other tactics to make Wilson dependent on him. In October 2012...

On June 2, 2012, Gerald Brett Weiss, a 52-year-old physician, was riding his bicycle on Fred Waring Dr. in Indian Wells, CA. Although Weiss had been travelling in a designated bicycle lane, the lane had suddenly ended and Weiss proceeded on the main road...

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 Feb. 26, 2010, Augustine Liu and Marion Liu filed an action in the California Superior Court for Los Angeles County against a number of defendants including College Hospital, Inc., Dr. Madeline Valencerina, and Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical...

On Feb. 28, 2013, Pamela Rheinfrank filed an action against Abbott Laboratories Inc. and AbbVie Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Rheinfrank, who brought the action individually and on behalf of her minor daughter M.B...

Plaintiff Rachel Smith became a patient of defendants Darren Edmonds, D.C., and Bee Ridge Chiropractic Center in October of 2010. Dr. Edmonds performed manipulations on plaintiff's lumbar and sacral spine on Jan. 20 and 21, 2011. Plaintiff allegedly...

On Jan. 29, 2011, Incarnacion L. Speaks, a front-seat passenger in a 1994 Mazda Protege DX four-door sedan equipped with automatic passive shoulder belts and manual lap belts, was involved in a collision with another vehicle at the West Broadway Street...

On April 21, 2014, Carol Cavness filed a petition in the 95th Judicial District Court for Dallas County, Texas against Teresa Kowalczyk, M.D., Hunt Memorial Hospital District Charitable Health Foundation d/b/a Hunt Regional Healthcare Foundation and Hunt...

Gregory Cotter began receiving psychiatric treatment from Hudson Valley Mental Health Inc. and Tabassum Khan, M.D. on Jan. 13, 2011. Gregory was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and placed on medications. On May 22, 2011, Gregory attempted suicide and...

On Sept. 8, 2015, an Ohio federal jury awarded the Estate of Kenneth C. Smith $5.5 Million to compensate for Smith’s death caused by an off-duty police officer. On March 9, 2012, 20-year old Smith had attended a party at a club in Cleveland, OH...

On July 6, 2012, Harishkumar Patel was driving north on U.S. 31 in Berrien Springs, MI. He lost control of his vehicle and it rolled over. The accident was reportedly caused by a belt or tire tread separation on the right front tire. Patel was severely...

On June 8, 2011, Austin Hicks, who was driving while intoxicated, took his eyes off the road to check his cell phone. Hicks' vehicle crossed over a double yellow line and forcefully struck a vehicle driven by Jennifer Rios. A police officer at the...

In late July and early August of 2010, three-year-old R.J.B. was given multiple doses of Children's Motrin, an ibuprofen-based drug manufactured and/or sold by Johnson & Johnson and McNeil-PPC, Inc. Shortly thereafter, R.J.B. suffered severe illnesses...

Ronald Terebesi stated that on May 18, 2008 at around 2:00 in the afternoon, he was watching television with a house guest Gonzalo Guizan at Terebesi's home in Easton, CT. Without warning, several members of a combined task force from area police...

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...

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...

On Nov. 1, 2011, plaintiff Timothy S. Douglas, a 23-year-old EMT student, was driving southbound on U.S. 1 when his sedan collided with a pickup truck operated by defendant Robert A. Sanders, who was working for defendant Zachary Industrial Inc. Sanders...

In 2008, Maureen Huffman purchased a Frigidaire LFT 2940 FSI front-loading washing machine manufactured by Electrolux North America, Inc. By 2011, a strong smell was emanating from her washing machine. Huffman asserted the washer was not designed to self...

Certain homeopathic products that were manufactured and sold by Hyland's Inc. and Standard Homeopathic Company (collectively, defendants) were allegedly falsely and deceptively advertised. The products were Calms Forte, Teething Tablets, Migraine...

Charles Darnell Champion was a 26-year-old university student in the band at Florida A&M University. Band hazing incidents had allegedly been escalating in frequency and violence over the course of 2011. On Oct. 31, 2011, a band hazing incident occurred...

On Sept. 4, 2011, Michael Steven Austin was using a Task Force brand table saw that was allegedly designed, manufactured, tested, supplied, sold or distributed by Rexon Industrial Corp. and Power Tool Specialists, Inc. (collectively, defendants). Austin...