Jordan v. Philip Morris
Jul 13, 2015
In this negligence suit, Elaine Jordan claims Philip Morris' concealment of smoking's hazards led to her nicotine addiction and the smoking-related disease that required lung transplants and led to her permanent disability.
Jul 13, 2015
In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims that defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes while furthering a nicotine addiction that led to smoking-related illness.
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Jul 11, 2015
A $5 million compensatory verdict in a mouth cancer suit separate from Florida's Engle progeny cases and continuing deliberations in a $12 million Engle progeny trial highlight this week's tobacco litigation review.
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Jul 10, 2015
While jurors awarded $375,000 to the family of a pedestrian struck and killed while crossing a street outside a crosswalk, the pedestrian was found 70 percent responsible for the accident.
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Merino v. Philip Morris
Jul 9, 2015
In this Engle progeny tobacco lawsuit, Carmenza Merino claims that defendant tobacco manufacturers concealed the dangers of cigarettes and fueled a nicotine addiction that caused smoking-related illness.
Jul 8, 2015
A Fulton County State Court jury found in favor of Dr. Andrew Newsome in a dental malpractice case brought by former patient June Martin-Graham who allegedly suffered permanent nerve damage to her tongue following an anesthetic injection.
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Jul 7, 2015
A dentist's patient alleges that the dentist administered too strong a dose of local anesthetic, causing lingual nerve damage and a loss of sensation in the patient's tongue.
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Jul 7, 2015
With his attorney's assistance, Dr. J. Eduardo Corso uses visual aids to demonstrate to the jury how he performed the surgical procedure that led to Arlene Bailey's death. The jury found in Dr. Corso's favor in a recent med mal case.
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Start of Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Trial Body Slammed by Appeals Court
Jul 2, 2015
A Florida Appeals Court Thursday directed a circuit court judge to rescind her order setting a July 6 trial date for Hulk Hogan's suit against Gawker Media.
Jul 1, 2015
Nebo Ventures added $350K to its eventual recovery against NovaPro Risk Solutions in a commercial breach-of-contract case by successfully adding and proving a fraud claim based on concealment of payments made to NovaPro by the City of Atlanta.
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Jun 30, 2015
A group of investors, including former martial arts fighting champion Chuck Liddell, was awarded nearly $3 million dollars by a California jury that said an escrow company acted fraudulently when it sunk funds into a huge real estate Ponzi scheme.
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Jun 30, 2015
The defense's expert witness in a legal malpractice case admits he had never seen or prepared a guarantee in his 43-year experience similar to the one prepared by the defendant in a legal malpractice case.
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