Personal Injury And Torts

A Stamford jury ruled in favor of Norwalk Commercial Realty Corp. in a premises liability lawsuit filed by Jose Montanez. The verdict followed claims that Montanez slipped and fell on untreated snow and ice at Harbor House Apartments in December 2019. The jury found that Montanez failed to prove the defendant’s negligence by a preponderance of the evidence and awarded no damages.

On May 29, 2020, Plaintiff Denise Wood filed a premises liability and medical malpractice lawsuit in the California State, San Bernardino County, Superior Court (Case Number: CIVDS2008904) after suffering a hip fracture. This case was assigned to District Judge Rodney Gilstrap and referred to Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne. On May 13, 2019, Denise Wood visited St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California, to see her ill mother. While walking through the facility, she slipped on a liquid substance left unattended on the floor

Frank Diplacido vs UPMC et al On February 21, 2020, Plaintiff Frank Diplacido filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in the Pennsylvania State, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Civil Division(Case number: GD-20-002851 ). This case was assigned to Judge Klein Arnold I. Frank DiPlacido, acting individually and as Executor of the Estate of his late wife, Marianne DiPlacido, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Cancer Services, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, and several physicians. He alleged that their negligence led to an unnecessary and ultimately fatal medical procedure. Marianne DiPlacido initially sought medical attenti

On January 24, 2019, Plaintiff William Lee Johnson, an incompetent adult, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Jerrad Johnson filed a product liability lawsuit in the United States District Court, California Eastern (Case number: 2:22cv422). This case was assigned to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. On December 21, 2018, a CNG truck explosion at a fueling station in Buttonwillow, Kern County, California, caused life-altering injuries to William Lee Johnson. Johnson, a co-owner of B & N Trucking, Inc., had recently purchased a Kenworth tractor equipped with a CNG fuel system. Rush Enterprises, Inc. (doing business as Momentum Fuel Technologies) designed and installed the system. Carleton Technologies, Inc. and Cobham PLC manufactured the carbon fiber cylinders, while Papé Trucks, Inc. sold the truck and its defective fuel system. As

On November 7, 2022, Plaintiff Ami Fid Bissette and others filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the North Carolina State, Wake County, Superior Court (Case number: 22CVS013895-910). Judges Claire V. Hill, Collins George Bryan Jr., and Gale M. Adams presided over this case. On November 13, 2021, Katherine Ann Deis and her friends, including Defendants Mary German, Ayden Andolina, and Katherine Fruehauf, bought alcohol from Apex Eagles, a convenience store with a reputation for selling alcohol to minors. The store’s employee sold them multiple packs of Truly Hard Seltzer without verifying their ages. The group then took the alcohol to a party, where they drank throughout the evening. Later that night, Defendant Fruehauf drove the group to a park. There, Deis and J.W. retrieved a separate vehicle. Instead of heading home, Deis, who had been

On September 29, 2022, Plaintiff Mark Adams filed a premises liability lawsuit in the Texas State, Fort Bend County, 240th District Court (Case number: 22-DCV-297660) after suffering injuries in a dog attack. Judge Surendran Pattel presided over the case, wh

On October 11, 2019, Plaintiff William Jackson Adams, Individually, filed a wrongful death and car accident lawsuit in the Florida State, Duval County, Fourth Circuit Court (Case number: 2019-CA-007253). Judge Michael Sharrit presided over this case. On December 9, 2018, Cathy Adams rode as a passenger in a vehicle traveling through St. Johns County, Florida. Her husband, William "Jackson" Adams, lawfully drove the car with care and prudence. At the same time, Kim Michelle Johnston, who had been drinking at Miller’s Ale House, drove negligently and collided with Adams' car. The crash caused severe in

James Edward “Dusty” Brogdon Jr., as Executor of the Estates of Debra Sue Mills and Herman Edwin Mills, along with their surviving children, filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking damages for their parents' injuries and deaths. The crash occurred in Decatur County, Georgia, but the lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court, Georgia Middle, Columbus, where their son and executor, Dusty, resides. Judge Clay D. Land presided over this lawsuit. In August 2022, Debra Mills, 64, was driving a 2015 Ford F-250 Super Crew 4x4 King Ranch truck around a right-hand turn. She lost control, causing the truck to veer onto the right shoulder and hit a drainage culvert. The impact sent the vehicle airborne for about 80 feet. It then crashed into the ground and landed upside down. Debra and Herman Mills suffered fatal injuries when t

Patricia Almeida-Graves filed a personal injury lawsuit against SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment L.L.C. after she fell while boarding a water slide raft. She claimed that the amusement park was liable for negligence. She filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Newport News). District Judge Elizabeth W. Hanes oversaw the case, with Magistrate Judge Lawrence R. Leonard handling referrals. [Case number: 4:22cv127] Patricia Almeida-Graves, a New Jersey resident, visited Busch Gardens Water Country USA in Williamsburg, Virginia, on August 22, 2015. SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, L.L.C., a Delaware-based company with its main office in Florida, owned and operated the park. Around 11:00 a.m., Graves waited in the loading area for th

On August 06, 2019, Plaintiff Gaye Corselli, as the Administrator of Pearl Jackson’s estate, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Westchester Park, LLC, a nursing home, alleging negligence in its care of Pearl Jackson. The lawsuit was filed in the Supreme Court of New York, Westchester County. Judge Robert S. Ondrovic presided over this lawsuit. [Case number: 61694/2019] Pearl Jackson, the P

Kevin McElrath filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) and Robert Albertazzi. He sought damages for injuries sustained in a bus-related incident. The bus negligence lawsuit was filed in the California Superior Court, Los Angeles County. Judges Ian C. Fusselman, Lisa R. Jaskol, Lee S. Arian, and Kerry Bensinger presided over this lawsuit. [Case number: 21STCV33539] At the time of the incident, McElrath lived in Los Angeles. He alleged that METRO operated as a municipal entity conducting business in the city. He also claimed that Robert Albertazzi, employed by METRO as a driver, was responsible for the collision and its consequences. According to McElrath, these defendants acted negligently, recklessly, or intentionally, lea

On September 24, 2020, Plaintiff Melvin Greaves filed a premises liability and workplace injury lawsuit in the New York State, Kings County, Supreme Court (Case Number: 518040/2020). Judge Devin P. Cohen presided over the case. Plaintiff Melvin Greaves, a Kings County, New York, resident, worked for a contractor on a construction project at 1315 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. The Defendant, Northeastern Conference Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventist, owned, operated, and managed the property while also overseeing its construction, renovation, and alteration work. On August 10, 2020, Plaintiff performed alteration and construction work on a scaffold at an elevated height when he encountered hazardous conditions. The scaffold was dangerous, defective, and unsecured, lacking proper safety measures and creating significant ri