Mark Avera says a deck railing in poor condition led to the fall that fractured Amanda Fournier's spine. 

Jacksonville, FL—A rental home’s rickety deck railing caused the fall that fractured a University of North Florida student’s spine, an attorney for the student said Tuesday as trial opened against the property’s owner.Fournier v. Derazi, 2013CA010759.

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West Palm Beach, FL—Attorneys debated whether defective airbags or reckless driving led to an early morning, single-car crash that killed two people, as Ford Motor Co. faced trial over one of the deaths Tuesday.Llera v. Ford Motor Co., 2005CA001924.

Scott Bailey delivers his closing argument at trial against Drs. Brian Hill and William Bottoms. Jurors cleared the two doctors of liability for the cancer death of one of their former patients. 

Atlanta—A pair of Georgia doctors prevailed last Friday in a medical malpractice trial over the kidney cancer death of one of their former patients. Moradov v. Hill, et al., 14EV000806H.

W. Curtis Anderson delivers his closing argument for the defense at trial over the death of Justin Graham. Jurors found for the defendants in the wrongful death suit. 

Marietta, GA—Jurors last week cleared a Wellstar Health Services administrator and a jailhouse physician of responsibility for the liver failure death of a former jail inmate. Graham v. Hendrix, et al.

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Fort Lauderdale, FL—Jurors Thursday awarded $3 million to the widow of a physician who died in a bicycle crash with a landscaping truck, but found the doctor responsible for the lion’s share of the wreck, likely clipping the award substantially. Donley v. E&S Landscaping,CACE1211186.