$18.5M Award to Deceased Smoker's Adult Child Tossed Out as Excessive
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.
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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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.
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Nov 28, 2016
An intersection with poor visibility that was allegedly known by state officials to be dangerous was the cause of a traffic accident that resulted in the partial amputation of a former UCLA football player’s leg, his attorney told jurors.
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Ekbatani v. Caltrans
Nov 21, 2016
A Redondo Beach intersection with poor visibility that was allegedly known by state officials to be dangerous was the cause of a traffic accident that resulted in the partial amputation of a former UCLA football players leg, his attorney told jur...
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
Jurors found R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris liable in the lung cancer death of a New York native, slapping the tobacco giants with nearly $5.5 million in compensatory damages and finding punitives potentially warranted for conspiring to hide the ...
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Defense Accuses Exterminator of Lying About Shoulder Injury, as GA Car Crash Trial Opens
Nov 17, 2016
Attorneys debated whether decades of job-related orthopedic stress or a rear-end collision caused a Snellville exterminator’s shoulder injury, as trial began Tuesday against the woman who crashed into him.
Nov 16, 2016
A South Florida jury imposed a $6 million punitive verdict on R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris yesterday, completing a $10 million damage award against the tobacco giants for their role in a former nurse’s cancer and respiratory disease.
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Nov 15, 2016
Jurors Monday concluded a former real estate broker's nearly $9 million suit against R.J. Reynolds was time barred, despite their finding nicotine addiction fueled a half-century-long smoking habit that has now tied her to an oxygen tank.
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Watch Michael Goldberg's Closing At Trial Over Spinal Damage Following Cobb County Car Crash |VIDEO|
Nov 10, 2016
Where multiple cars contribute to a crash, a “John Doe” driver that’s not party to a case makes an easy target for a defendant at trial to push blame to, and can be a difficult obstacle when arguing liability as a plaintiff’s attorney. In a trial ...
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