Footage from security video showing the September 24 carjacking of Shaun Sinclair-Stept at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami. Stept's attorneys seek to claim punitive damages againt the hotel and valet service in the case. Video from YouTube channel Fatmir Josias. 

Miami—A Tuesday afternoon hearing will determine whether Miami’s Marriott Marquis and the valet service it uses are exposed to punitive damages and other sanctions in a suit by a guest injured in a 2014 carjacking in the hotel’s valet lane. Stept v. Met II Hotel LLC, et al., 2014-CA-031706. 

Kevin Boyce delivers the opening statement for R.J. Reynolds at trial over the COPD death of Totsie Fleming, a smoker for 60 years. Judge John Kest decalred a mistrial in the case Tuesday because Boyce suffered unexpected health problems. 

Dr. Angela Ashley "knows more about the human brain in her thumbnail than all of us in this courtroom put together!" Keenan Nix says in his closing argument against Papa John's. 

How does a jury shown no more than $225,000 in past medical expenses—no future lost wages, no future medical expenses—return an $11 million verdict in a traumatic brain injury trial?

In a catastrophic injury trial on damages alone, a life care plan is often the pivot on which an award turns. In the face of a defense offer that is more than most jurors will see in their lifetimes, for example, a well-prepared plaintiffs’ life care plan can convincingly detail the reasons a much larger award is needed.   

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West Palm Beach, FL—A diving gear company prevailed Friday against claims it was responsible for the drowning death of a renowned underwater cinematographer.  Skiles v. Lamartek Inc., et al., 2012-CA-013132.