Lowe’s Faces Possible Punitive Damages At Brain Injury Slip And Fall Trial
Apr 1, 2016
Lowe’s Companies Inc. could be on the hook for punitive damages in a premises liability suit alleging that the home improvement retail giant’s failure to clean up standing water in an outdoor area of the store caused a customer to slip.
Apr 1, 2016
Atlanta attorney Lloyd Bell stands before the jury, prepared to give his opening statement. But instead of reintroducing himself or his clients, a stroke victim and her husband in a medical malpractice case, Bell sets a scene:
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Mar 31, 2016
An emergency room doctor acted recklessly in treating a child’s diabetic complications, ultimately worsening brain swelling that led to her death, a pediatric physician told jurors Wednesday as trial continued in the suit against the ER doctor and...
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Mar 30, 2016
Jurors Friday awarded more than $16.4 million to a Lowes patron who suffered permanent head injuries from a 2013 fall at one of the companys stores. The award came as jurors concluded the companys negligence caused Kelly Hendrickson to slip and...
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Davis v. R.J. Reynolds
Mar 30, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Patsy Davis claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the health risks of smoking, leading to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Booker Davis.
Mar 30, 2016
Two Florida Supreme Court decisions in as many weeks have changed the litigation landscape for thousands of Engle progeny plaintiffs, rendering it easier to claim both class membership and recover millions in punitive damages against the nation’s ...
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Mar 30, 2016
A circuit judge declared a mistrial six days into an Engle progeny tobacco trial over the lung cancer death of a 52-year-old man, after the Florida Supreme Court published two key Engle class decisions in as many weeks.
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Mar 24, 2016
Whether an ER doctor recklessly engaged in “cell phone medicine” that caused a girl’s death from diabetes complications ignited a fiery debate between attorneys Wednesday as trial opened in a suit by the girl’s parents.
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Atlanta Attorney Cleared in Defamation Suit
Mar 24, 2016
Jurors last week cleared a Georgia attorney of defamation claims, closing a chapter on more than five years of litigation that raised questions about public statements a lawyer may make during a lawsuit.
Mar 23, 2016
In this negligence case, Terrence Kelly and Sandra Kelly claim Indian River Memorial Hospital breached its standard of care
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Mar 21, 2016
Jurors Monday imposed a $25.1 million punitive verdict on Gawker Media, its founder, and its former editor for the company’s publication of a sex video involving wrestler Hulk Hogan, driving the total award past $140 million in the blockbuster inv...
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Mar 21, 2016
A Florida jury on Friday socked online news outlet Gawker Media LLC with a ground-shaking $115 million verdict in Hulk Hogan’s invasion of privacy lawsuit over the website’s publication of excerpts of a sex tape featuring the former professional w...
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