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On Dec. 19, 2008, 32 year old veterinarian Shirley Miller was walking in the crosswalk of the intersection of Ninth Avenue and West 48th Street in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Miller was struck by a Duane Reade delivery truck driven by Henry F...

Married couple Amy Celeste Shinedling and Kenneth Aaron Shinedling lived with their three children in San Bernardino County, California. The Shinedlings had a Holmes portable heater, manufactured by Sunbeam Products, Inc., in their bedroom, which was...

On March 20, 2014, Araceli King filed suit against Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. King asserted TWC placed 163 automated or prerecorded calls to her cellular phone without her consent...

Allen L. Patrick and Jean A. Patrick carried an automobile insurance policy through Great Northern Insurance Company and a homeowners policy through Pacific Indemnity Insurance Company. The Patricks owned real estate, improvements and personal property...

American Honda Finance Corporation (AHFC) was the lending and financing unit for Honda Motor Company. Following a lengthy investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the United...

JONAH (Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing formerly known as Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality) operated a "conversion therapy" program that claimed it could change a person's sexual orientation from gay to straight...

StubHub, Inc., a reseller of tickers, allegedly recorded calls to its customer service line without warning consumers that they were being recorded and without first obtaining customer consent. Michael Saunders said that he called StubHub on Jan. 9, 2012...

On Feb. 16, 2004, plaintiff Amber Hall, 41 weeks pregnant, was admitted to Walker Baptist Medical Center shortly after midnight to deliver her baby. Plaintiff's OB-GYN, defendant Brian Earl Cressman, M.D., placed a cranial electrode on the baby's...

African-American Robert Leggins was a long-time employee of Rite Aid Corporation and rose to become a store manager. In 2007, Leggins suffered a serious neck injury and injured spine when he attempted to stop a burglary at his store. Leggins underwent...

North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Inc. (NAMB) operated the Yellowstone Christian Innovator Ministry, a ten week summer missionary program staffed by college students under the supervision of Brad Lartigue. Students were...

On July 5, 2013, an oil train operated by Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd. crashed in the town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The train had been parked and the hand brakes and air brakes were set. When the engine was turned off, the air brakes gave...

In 2007, Gary Kline had hip replacement surgery in which a Durom Cup manufactured by Zimmer, Inc. was implanted. He was 51 years old at the time. As a result of the allegedly defective implant, Kline had immobilizing pain and had to undergo another surgery...

The decedent, 79-year-old Pablo Gonzalez, was diagnosed with terminal mesothelioma on Sept. 22, 2011, allegedly resulting from exposure to asbestos-containing products manufactured, sold, supplied, and/or distributed by defendants Bennett Auto Supply...

On Oct. 1, 2009, the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation ordered the transfer of approximately 32 actions to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. All of the cases shared...

On April 17, 2013, plaintiffs, Claudia Herrera and Peter Lowry, filed an action against defendant, Eli Lilly and Company, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Plaintiffs alleged that Herrera was injured by the withdrawal...

Brain injury in full term baby as a result of infection that developed following prolonged labor.

Danielle Rennenger, a female, said that in April of 2007, she was hired by Manley Toy Direct L.L.C.; Toy Network L.L.C.; SLB Toys USA, Inc. d/b/a Toy Quest; and Aquawood, L.L.C. d/b/a Toy Quest, L.L.C. and others (collectively, defendants) as a customer...

On April 27, 2011, plaintiff Jacob Worthington was operating a Ford F250 truck, driving eastbound on US Highway 72 with his wife, plaintiff Angela Worthington, and two minor children as passengers. When he stopped the truck at a traffic light that was...

On the morning of June 17, 2011, Kenneth Del Grosso presented to the emergency room of Delaware County Memorial Hospital (DCMH) with left-sided neck pain and tingling down his left arm. Del Grosso was placed under the care of Karl G. Schwabe, M.D. and...

Charlotte Lynn Bowlin said that on June 19, 2012, she was using a Werner Co. Model 368 ladder when it failed, causing Bowlin to sustain a comminuted humerus fracture to her left arm that required surgery to repair. The ladder was allegedly represented...

In February of 2004, Kristen Anderson, 20 years old, was hired by the Fort Pierce Police Department. Anderson said that she was promoted after scoring number one on the sergeant's exam. Anderson said that after that, a captain screamed that the "little...

Wesley Fredieu worked as a wood group operator on an offshore platform owned and operated by W&T Offshore, Inc. On Oct. 20, 2011, a fuel gas header exploded near Fredieu and he was injured. His arm was broken in such a way that screws and plates and...

Luke Meyers worked as a crane operator on an offshore platform owned and operated by W&T Offshore, Inc. On May 12, 2011, a cable snapped on a crane and a 67 pound block fell. The block fell on Meyers' foot, smashing it. Meyers stated that he had...

Cymbalta (generically known as duloxetine) is a prescription antidepressant manufactured, marketed and sold by defendant Eli Lilly and Company. Plaintiffs Gilda Hagan-Brown and Janine Ali claimed that they suffered personal injuries and damages as a result...

On Dec. 19, 2012, David Lynn Groves was using a Ridgid table saw designed, manufactured, and distributed by Emerson Electric Co., and a True-FLEX Featherboard designed, manufactured, and distributed by Kreg Enterprises. Mr. Groves suffered fatal injuries...