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 10, 2015
The family of a worker burned to death in a fire at Newell Recycling's East Point, GA, facility reached a confidential final settlement with the company hours after a Fulton County State Court jury issued a $29+ million verdict in their favor.
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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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Plastic Surgeon Injured in Theater Room Fall at Atlantic Station Condo Complex Loses Premises Liability Case
Sep 4, 2015
A Fulton County State Court jury issued a verdict in favor of an Atlantic Station high-rise condo association and its management company in a case involving a plastic surgeon who fell and was injured in the complex's theater room.
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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Sep 1, 2015
Plaintiff plastic surgeon claims a condo association and management company are responsible for a fall that fractured his hip.
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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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Watch the Argument that Led to a $9.8M Punitive Award Against Construction Firm| Florida Trial Video Vault
Aug 28, 2015
See Marc Matthews close the connection between a construction company's roadwork decisions and a fatal car collision.
Aug 27, 2015
A wrongful death trial continues in Fulton County State Court in the case of a 19-year old industrial worker who was burned alive as the result of an accident at the Newell Recycling of Atlanta facility in East Point.
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Aug 26, 2015
In this personal injury action, Manuel Valdes claims U.S. Sugar Corp. is responsible for shoulder, head, and hip injuries he sustained in a railway depot accident involving Valdes' employer, South Central Florida Express, the short line railroad o...
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Aug 25, 2015
Erik Hilario, age 19, was working at Newell Recycling's East Point facility when he died in a fire. His parents brought the suit against various related corporate entries. He was working on a machine that punched holes in gas tanks to drain them b...
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