Colombo v. Bethesda Hospital
Sep 15, 2015
In this medical malpractice action, plaintiffs Ana Colombo and Marcelo Gomez, parents of a child they claim suffered permanent brain injuries during child birth are suing defendant medical care providers.
Sep 14, 2015
A $20 million punitive verdict against R.J. Reynolds Friday afternoon capped a trial in which jurors awarded more than $34 million to the family of an Air Force veteran who died of cancer after decades of smoking Reynolds cigarettes.
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Sep 12, 2015
The family of a 42-year-old man who died after smoking for more than two decades won a $12 million verdict this week in their suit against the nation’s two largest tobacco manufacturers.
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Sep 11, 2015
An emergency room decision not to perform computer-recommended blood tests on a seven-year-old patient, and the role it played in the child's death, took center stage as trial began Wednesday in a Florida mother's suit against the ER staff.
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Update: $34.7M Verdict, Including $20M in Punitives, Hits RJ Reynolds in Tobacco Suit by Veteran's Family
Sep 11, 2015
Jurors Thursday found R.J. Reynolds liable for $14.7 million in compensatory damages, plus potential punitives, for its role in the lung cancer death of a decorated Air Force veteran.
Sep 9, 2015
In this medical malpractice case, Cherline Vanterpool claims that medical staff were negligent in the diagnosis and emergency room care of a seven-year-old child, who died of meningitis.
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Sep 9, 2015
Jurors Tuesday awarded $4.5 million to an ex-smoker who claims cigarette manufacturers are responsible for the cancer her doctor says likely gives her less than a year to live.
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Sep 8, 2015
U.S. Sugar and its railroad, South Central Florida Express, prevailed Tuesday in a worker’s suit claiming a depot yard accident caused his post-concussion syndrome and required his hip replacement.
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Alicia Suarez v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.
Sep 4, 2015
In this Engle progeny trial, Alicia Suarez claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to the nicotine addiction and death of Pio Suarez.
Sep 2, 2015
Jurors awarded a Florida widower $750,000 for the death of his wife after finding that her decades of smoking R.J. Reynolds cigarettes, but not the company's allegedly deceptive marketing, caused her fatal lung cancer.
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Aug 28, 2015
As trial opened Wednesday in a rail yard laborer's suit against U.S. Sugar and its short line railroad, attorneys debated the circumstances and severity of the depot accident that allegedly left Manuel Valdes with an artificial hip and post-concus...
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Aug 28, 2015
See Marc Matthews close the connection between a construction company's roadwork decisions and a fatal car collision.
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