BREAKING: $157M Verdict, Including $148M in Punitives, Slams RJR and Philip Morris in Same-Sex Spouse's Wrongful Death Tobacco Trial
Nov 15, 2019
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies were hit with a $148 million punitive verdict Friday, capping a $157 million total award for the death of a Florida smoker. The award is the largest in years in Florida's Engle progeny class of tobacco ca...
Nov 14, 2019
Jonesboro, GA— Jurors Wednesday handed down an $8 million verdict against a trucking firm after finding one of its drivers responsible for the 2015 crash that injured a Georgia motorcyclist.
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Nov 14, 2019
R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris were hit with a $42.5 million total verdict in a retrial over the 1996 cancer death of a Florida smoker.
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Nov 11, 2019
In this motorcycle crash case, plaintiff claims defendant is responsible for striking an orange construction barrel that led plaintiff to lose control of his motorcycle.
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Garcia v. Philip Morris
Nov 8, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer hid the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
Nov 8, 2019
In what is likely Florida's first wrongful death trial against tobacco companies brought by a same-sex spouse, jurors Thursday awarded $9.2 million in compensatory damages, and found punitives potentially warranted, for the role Philip Morris and ...
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Nov 8, 2019
Trial is scheduled to begin next week against a trucking firm accused of responsibility for a 2015 motorcycle crash that injured a Georgia man.
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Nov 8, 2019
A New York State court judge heard closing arguments Thursday in a historic lawsuit accusing fossil fuel giant Exxon Mobil Corp. of withholding information from investors about the risks that climate change poses to the company’s bottom line.
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Substance Abuse & the Bar: A Rare Approach to Treatment
Nov 8, 2019
Promoted Content: From time to time, CVN will highlight services our partners provide that we believe are of interest to our readers. Three years after a landmark study turned the spotlight on substance abuse problems plaguing the legal professio...
Nov 7, 2019
Delays in reporting and treating a Florida woman’s ectopic pregnancy have left her without the ability to naturally conceive, an attorney for the woman told jurors, as trial opened Wednesday against the medical staff that cared for her.
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Nov 6, 2019
In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff seeks damages stemming from injuries she suffered in an ectopic pregnancy.
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Nov 2, 2019
Relying on an analysis of Georgia’s Workers’ Compensation Act, The Georgia Court of Appeals this week reversed a summary judgment decision against the family of a grocery store worker who sued the store over her death in a 2015 parking lot shooting.
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