Brandon Markovich details how he and his companions took an unconcious Brittany Falkner to a hospital more than 10 miles from Falkner's ATV crash site. Falkner is suing one member of the riding group, Ed Murawski, for brain and spinal injruies she claims she suffered from her transportation after the accident.
Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Falkner v. Murawski
Ethel Gray details her husband's decades of smoking prior to his diagnosis with the COPD and artery disease that Gray claims was caused by R.J. Reynolds' Winston-brand cigarettes.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Engle Progeny Review, Gray v. R.J. Reynolds
Gene Odom tells jurors in openings that a delay in getting his client, Brittany Falkner, emergency care following an ATV accident led to her permanent brain and back injuries. Falkner is suing the driver of the ATV, Edward Murawski, for more than $100 million.
Topics: Negligence, Florida, Traumatic Brain Injury, Falkner v. Murawski
Judge Peter Dubensky declared a mistrial Tuesday in Dupre v. R.J. Reynolds after plaintiffs' attorneys failed to disclose a change in the testimony of Kevin Dupre, the son of Richard Dupre, whose 1994 death from artery disease launched the Engle suit against R.J. Reynolds. Click here for the proceedings leading to the mistrial declaration.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Engle Progeny Review, Dupre v. R.J. Reynolds
Robert Gordon argues that Felix Urbina was an agent of his employer Velocity Express when Urbina's delivery vehicle hit Rolando De La Cruz, Gordon's client. Jurors ultimately found Urbina and Velocity Express liable for the accident, which injured De La CRuz's neck and back.
Topics: Negligence, Florida, De La Cruz v. Urbina
