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Jury Awards $48M in Med Mal Trial Against Dermatologist Over Cancer That Disfigured Georgia Man

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 12, 2025 2:59:21 PM

Lloyd Bell delivers his closing argument in the liability phase of a medical malpractice trial against a dermatologist for the skin cancer that disfigured a Georgia man. Jurors ultimately found the physician liable and handed down a $48 million verdict. Watch the trial. 


Atlanta, GA— Jurors Wednesday awarded $48 million for the skin cancer that disfigured a Georgia man, after they found a dermatologist who treated him responsible. Waldrop v. Payne, et al. 17EV004844.

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Topics: Georgia, Waldrop v. Payne, et al.

MA Jury Awards $510K for Long-Time Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer, Finds Tobacco Cos. Liable for Conspiracy

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 11, 2025 3:47:57 PM

Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum Bluestein's Randy Rosenblum delivers closings at trial against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds over the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who had smoked for decades. Watch the trial. 


A Massachusetts jury handed down a $510,000 verdict for the role it found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in the lung cancer death of a long-time smoker. Petruzziello v. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, 2181-CV-00378.

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Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, Petruzziello, et al. v. Philip Morris, et al.

Med Mal Trial Opens Against Dermatologist Over Skin Cancer That Disfigured Georgia Man

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 4, 2025 3:27:40 PM

Bell Law Firm's Lloyd Bell and Huff Powell Bailey's R. Page Powell, Jr. deliver openings in a medical malpractice trial against a dermatologist who treated a man ultimately diagnosed with disfiguring skin cancer. Watch the trial. 


Atlanta, GA— Attorneys Tuesday previewed evidence surrounding the skin cancer that seriously disfigured a Georgia man, as trial opened against a dermatologist who treated him. Waldrop v. Payne, et al., 17EV004844. 

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Topics: Waldrop v. Payne, et al.

Heart Surgeon Cleared in Med Mal Trial Over Patient's Ultimately Fatal Stroke

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 25, 2025 3:38:36 PM

Davis Love delivers closings for the defense in a medical malpractice trial against a heart surgeon over the ultimately fatal stroke a patient suffered. Watch the trial.


Jacksonville, FL— Jurors last week cleared a surgeon of responsibility for the catastrophic, and ultimately fatal, stroke a Florida minister suffered during heart surgery. Tyson v. Messina, 2021-CA-001639. 

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Topics: Florida, Tyson v. Messina, M.D.

Attys Debate What Led to Minister's Deadly Stroke, as Med Mal Trial Opens Against Heart Surgeon

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 13, 2025 2:14:15 PM

William Ogle, left, and Davis Love, deliver openings at trial over the catastrophic, and ultimately fatal stroke a Florida man suffered during an elective heart surgery. Watch the trial. 


Jacksonville, FL— Attorneys yesterday debated what led to a Florida minister’s massive, and ultimately fatal, stroke during heart surgery, as trial opened against the surgeon who performed the operation. Tyson v. Messina, 2021-CA-001639.

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Topics: Florida, Tyson v. Messina, M.D.