Vanterpool v. Newhard
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.
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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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.
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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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U.S. Sugar Faces Trial Over Worker's Claim of Career-Ending Rail Yard Accident
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...
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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Aug 27, 2015
The basis for this lawsuit in Escambia County is the claim that the tobacco defendants are liable for the illness of the plaintiff, in this Engle progeny case.
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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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Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds
Aug 24, 2015
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Martha Duignan claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, while fueling the nicotine addiction of Douglas Duignan, ultimately leading to Douglas Duignan's smoking-related disease.
Aug 21, 2015
R.J. Reynolds prevailed this week in a suit brought by the widow of a Cuban immigrant who died of respiratory disease after decades of smoking the tobacco company's unfiltered cigarettes.
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Aug 20, 2015
In this Engle progeny tobacco case, James Lewis is suing R.J. Reynolds, claiming its concealment of the health effects of its cigarettes led to his wife Rosemary's nicotine addiction and her fatal lung cancer.
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Aug 14, 2015
A Florida state court jury slammed Koch Industries Inc.-owned Georgia-Pacific LLC with a $17 million verdict on Thursday in an asbestos lawsuit, finding that a construction worker’s cancer was caused by exposure to the company's joint compound.
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