Carver v. Forry
Jul 13, 2009
Crash victim asserted negligent hiring and negligent entrustment claims against U.S. Security, a national security guard company, that allegedly failed to investigate the health record of a driver who blacked out while driving, crossed the center ...
Jun 29, 2009
3-week accounting fraud jury trial in Broward County Circuit Court's complex litigation division. Plaintiffs Alan Schein and Result Technologies, Inc. brought the claim, alleging they were damaged by Ernst & Young's failure to conduct proper a...
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Jun 15, 2009
3-day bench trial in Tampa's business litigation division. The action arises out of a real estate sales contract for the purchase of five parcels of property representing approximately 40 acres. Sunset Cove asserted that the Santiago repudiated t...
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Jun 2, 2009
Re-trial in accounting fraud litigation.From CVN's prior coverage of the first trial...This trial will determine whether BDO Seidman was an agent of BDO International, thus making the international accounting network potentially liable for a $500M...
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Brown vs. RJ Reynolds
May 11, 2009
This Engle-progeny tobacco case involves a life-long smoker who allegedly started smoking when he was 12 years old. He died of lung cancer and esophageal cancer. The plaintiff claimed that the smoker was addicted to cigarettes that contained nic...
Apr 20, 2009
Plaintiff Melba Sherman's husband, John Sherman, died of lung cancer in 1996, after smoking 3-4 packs of Lucky Strike and Winston cigarettes for over 50 years. According to the defense, Sherman enjoyed smoking, chose to smoke, knew the risks, and...
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Apr 13, 2009
Banco Intercontinental (or BANINTER) was the second largest privately held commercial bank in the Dominican Republic, before collapsing in 2003 in a spectacular fraud tied to political corruption. According to the plaintiff, $58M was diverted fro...
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Apr 8, 2009
Spyros Kalyvas was a baker (pastry chef) who died of lung cancer at age 42. The defense argued that Kalyvas embraced risky behaviors that he enjoyed, and Kalyvas actually stopped smoking for a while during a hospitalization, then started again, an...
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Belaski v. Doctors Hospital
Mar 30, 2009
The plaintiff's sciatic nerve was permanently injured during hip replacement surgery, resulting in chronic pain. The plaintiff sought over $1M in damages.The defendant orthopedic surgeon had undergone eye surgery for a detached retina 20 days bef...
Mar 2, 2009
Plaintiff allegedly slipped on a wet floor in a Walmart store aisle and fell backwards, hitting his head on a pallet, resulting in herniated discs in his neck and back. The plaintiff alleged that there were no warning cones blocking his access to...
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Feb 23, 2009
The Ferlanti case was a 10-day jury trial for a plaintiff who died at age 81 of lung cancer after suffering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a result of cigarette smoking for over 55 years. The jury awarded the plaintiff $700,000 a...
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Feb 9, 2009
Ernest Harrel filed suit for wrongful imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress after he was arrested for grand larceny at a Jorge & Gerry's in 2004. All criminal charges were later dropped.
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