Watch Ursula Henninger's Closing Help Curb Punitives in Seven-Figure Tobacco Trial
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...
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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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.
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Dec 7, 2016
In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff claims negligence led to the amputation of his leg.
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COPD, Not Skin Cancer, Killed Smoker, Attorney Says at Trial Against Tobacco Cos.
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.
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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Dec 2, 2016
A Florida appellate court this week threw out an $18.5 million award to the adult daughter of a long-time smoker who died from lung cancer, after finding the award against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds excessive.
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Nov 30, 2016
Attorneys sparred over whether a car accident or medical negligence paralyzed a South Florida woman, as trial opened Monday against the hospital that treated her following her late-night crash.
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Silkworth v. Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Nov 28, 2016
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiff claims defendant healthcare providers failed to meet their standard of care, leading to her paraplegia following a traffic accident.
Nov 21, 2016
Jurors Friday awarded $650,000 in punitive damages on top of a nearly $5.5 million compensatory judgment earlier in the week to the widower of a woman with a half-century smoking habit that left her with coronary heart disease and lung cancer.
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Nov 18, 2016
A Florida jury awarded more than $1 million to a woman with late-stage emphysema from a 40-year smoking habit at trial against the tobacco company accused of hiding the dangers of smoking while selling her cigarettes for decades.
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Nov 17, 2016
A Florida appeals court has overturned a rare $8 million verdict in an asbestos-related mesothelioma lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Crane Co.
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