Decatur, GA— Jurors in Georgia last week cleared an ambulance company of responsibility for the death of a woman its paramedic treated following her fall from a second-story apartment window. Wright v. Metro Ambulance Services, Inc., 21A01147. 

Miami, FL— Jurors this week handed down a $16 million total verdict against Philip Morris for the role they found the company played in the lung cancer death of a Florida smoker. Garcia v. Philip Morris, et al., 2017-CA-005523. 

Fort Lauderdale, FL— R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $9.37 million verdict late last month for the role jurors found the company played in the death of a long-time smoker, capping retrial in a case that last saw a jury 10 years ago. Irimi v. R.J. Reynolds, CACE08026337. 

A defendant company’s safety protocol often plays a key role in commercial vehicle collision cases. And at trial over the death of an 11-year-old girl struck by a garbage truck, Sean Claggett’s closing vividly highlighted a sanitation company’s safety materials and training protocol in arguing the company and its driver were responsible, setting up a blockbuster verdict.