November 05, 2025
A child whose foot was run over by a lawn mower driven by her father will be allowed to put on hold her lawsuit against Home Depot USA Inc. and the mower's maker, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, giving the family time to find replacement counsel after their prior firm was disqualified due to a conflict.
July 31, 2024
A law firm was properly disqualified from a family's design defect lawsuit against Home Depot USA Inc. and makers of a lawn mower, a New Jersey federal judge has ruled, confirming a prior finding that a conflict of interest arose between the father and daughter when the companies countersued the father.
December 19, 2023
Northeastern personal injury firm Locks Law Firm LLC has been disqualified from a suit brought against Home Depot and the manufacturer of a lawn mower it sold over an 8-year-old child's foot injury allegedly caused by the product.
June 16, 2023
A New Jersey family suing Home Depot after their 8-year-old daughter's foot was run over by a lawn mower is fighting the company's recent counterclaim against the father who was driving the mower and its subsequent bid to disqualify the family's legal team due to conflict of interest rules, according to a Friday filing.
May 26, 2023
Home Depot moved this week to disqualify its opponents' legal team in a New Jersey personal injury suit, arguing that the firm cannot represent both the man driving a lawn mower and his 8-year-old daughter — whose foot was run over by the mower — due to a conflict of interest.