FL Appeals Court Orders Cuts in Pair of Awards Against R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris
Jan 6, 2017
A Florida appellate court this week cut a pair of Engle awards against the country’s two biggest tobacco companies, after concluding the trial judge in each case erred in not reducing their compensatory damages.
Dec 22, 2016
Billions of dollars were at stake in CVN-covered trials throughout Florida in 2016. However, the two lawyers who earn this year’s title as CVN Florida Plaintiff’s Attorneys of the Year spearheaded a win in a landmark trial over celebrity privacy t...
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Dec 22, 2016
Jurors awarded $275,000 to a South Florida man last week after concluding a hospital’s negligence cost the man his leg.
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Dec 21, 2016
A Florida jury slapped R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris with more than $19 million in damages for the role it found the cigarette makers played in the death of a former University of Florida professor.
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Tobacco Cos. Cleared at Trial Over Smoker's Respiratory Disease
Dec 19, 2016
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds prevailed Friday at trial in a wrongful death claim brought by the widow of a Florida smoker, after jurors found the smoker did not meet a class action suit’s requirements.
Dec 16, 2016
CVN cameras were in the courtroom for key defense wins in major trials throughout Florida in 2016. The winners of the CVN Florida's Defense Attorney of the Year distinguished themselves with a hard-fought win in a medical malpractice trial with up...
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Dec 13, 2016
Mounting a strong defense in a trial's punitive phase can be daunting. A defense attorney is often faced with convincing jurors that the defendant they just found committed wrongdoing egregious enough to warrant harsh punishment has actually chang...
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Dec 8, 2016
A sweeping conspiracy to hide the dangers and addictiveness of cigarettes ultimately killed a former University of Florida marketing professor, an attorney for the professor’s widow said as trial began Wednesday against the nation’s two biggest ci...
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Pardue v. Philip Morris
Dec 7, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company concealed the dangers of smoking, causing the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of John Faricy.
Dec 7, 2016
In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff claims negligence led to the amputation of his leg.
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Dec 6, 2016
Attorneys debated the role smoking and decades of alleged fraud played in the death of a Florida man as trial began Monday against two tobacco industry giants.
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Dec 5, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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