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On May 9, 2007, 30-year-old plaintiff Brandon Stollings was using a 10-inch portable table saw designed and manufactured by defendants Ryobi Technologies and One World Technologies and purchased at defendant Home Depot. The saw experienced a kickback...

On Dec. 20, 2013, Chris P. Carter filed an action against defendants, Forjas Taurus, S.A., Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc., and Taurus Holdings, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Through an amended complaint...

Starting in 1999, a number of manufacturers and sellers of polyurethane foam products allegedly began engaging in price fixing activity. In February of 2010, Vitafoam, one of the manufacturers, admitted its part in the conspiracy to federal authorities...

On Sept. 15, 2010, Skyhook Wireless, Inc. filed an action against Google, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Through an amended complaint filed on March 29, 2013, Skyhook alleged that Google had infringed its patents when...

LBDS Holding Company, LLC developed technology to improve MRI imaging of the heart. In 2008, the parties entered into an agreement whereby ISOL agreed to consult with LBDS and install LBDS' proprietary software within ISOL's generic MRI systems...

On June 15, 2010, Francisco Javier Mendez Martinez began working as a farm worker for Yankee Springs Dairy, Inc. On July 12, 2010, Francisco and co-worker Victor Perez were ordered by Yankee owner/agent Paul Jay Lettinga to clean the outside and inside...

On Feb. 28, 2012, plaintiff Gerald Simoneau, II, was traveling southbound on Rangeline Road near the intersection of Todd Acres Drive. Defendant Steven Andrews Chestnut was operating a UPS truck and traveling westbound on Todd Acres Drive. Plaintiff alleged...

Rodney Dorsey, Wade Hall, Jr., and Todd Vandervoort (plaintiffs), each of whom is African-American, work for the Department of Public Works (DPW) of the Borough of Somerville, NJ. Dorsey is a parks foreman, Hall is a maintenance worker, and Vandervoort...

On Feb. 17, 2012, Antonio Costagliola and Tiffany Costagliola filed a medical malpractice action against defendants, Samuel V. Rizzo, M.D. and his medical practice of Ear, Nose, Throat Surgery, in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Luzerne County...

In the evening of Jan. 17, 2006, Terry Brown, Jr., a J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. truck driver, jackknifed and crashed his tractor trailer into the median of Interstate 65 in northern Indiana. The conditions were icy, and Brown was allegedly driving too...

T.W., born in 2000, was the child of Tarshia Williams and Naeem Williams. On Dec. 1, 2004, United States Army Specialist Naeem was awarded legal custody of T.W. On Dec. 14, 2004, Naeem, his wife Delilah Williams and T.W. moved to Oahu, Hawaii, where the...

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...

Chevron Appalachia, LLC owned and operated natural gas wells near Dunkard, Pennsylvania, including the Lanco #7H well site. On Feb. 11, 2014, Ian R. McKee was hired by Cameron International Corp., a company hired by Chevron to perform services at Lanco...

On May 29, 2012, Rolando Cumpian was working for Leal Welding & Erection, Inc. in San Antonio, TX. At that time, Leal was operating as the subcontractor for Joeris General Contractors, Ltd., which was acting as the general contractor for a construction...

Plaintiff Jeffrey Kogan, an employee of the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BCSO), was a detective in the homicide division. Plaintiff was attempting to apprehend a suspect with other members of the BCSO, as well as Fort Lauderdale Police Department...

Thal Flam Wendrow and Julian Wendrow lived with their two children, I.W. and A.W., in Oakland County, Michigan. I.W. had Asperger's Syndrome and A.W. was autistic and did not communicate verbally. Walled Lake Consolidated School District, its Autism...

On the morning of Oct. 2, 2009, 51-year-old plaintiff Mark T. Sawicki was riding his bicycle on his way to his job as an engineer at Florida State University in Tallahassee. While he was stopped at the intersection of Call Street and North Monroe Street...

FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. and FedEx Ground Package System Inc., doing business as FedEx Home Delivery, employed drivers to pick up and deliver packages and allegedly mischaracterized each of their drivers as independent contractors. On Nov. 17...

On Sept. 17, 2013, Paul Perkins, Pennie Sempell, Ann Brandwein, Erin Eggers, Clare Connaughton, Jake Kushner, Natalie Richstone, Nicole Crosby, and Leslie Wall, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a putative class action...

Wright Medical Technology, Inc. and its parent company Wright Medical Group, Inc. (collectively Wright) designed, manufactured, distributed and sold the ProFemur R hip prosthesis component. On Nov. 27, 2009, Alan Warner underwent a revision of his existing...

Plaintiff Taiwan Smart filed a 42 U.S.C.S. Section 1983 action against defendant City of Miami in the Circuit Court of Miami-Dade County on Nov. 7, 2013, which was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Dec...

Jack Lowe and Dennis Reynolds were employed by Atlas Logistics Group Retail Services (Atlanta), LLC. In October 2012, Lowe and Reynolds were each instructed by their managers to provide a saliva sample so their DNA could be compared to DNA found in *...

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...

On June 4, 2011, Elwood Smith was exiting a restaurant parking lot in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Smith was in a parking space facing Derry Street and chose to pull out of the spot and accelerate into Derry Street. Smith turned his wheel sharply to the...