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Jacksonville, FL— Trial is scheduled to begin this week against a Florida woman accused of owing her former attorney more than $55,000, the Florida Fourth Circuit’s second fully remote jury trial in as many months.

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Add Massachusetts to the growing list of states aiming to reopen its courthouses to jurors, with in-person jury trials slated to begin there as early as next month.

Effectively detailing the full constellation of problems plaintiffs suffer because of their injuries, and the compounding effect they have on a plaintiff’s life, can be critical in maximizing a damages claim. At trial against Kroger subsidiary Ralphs Grocery for the shoulder injury a nurse suffered in a slip-and-fall, Dave Fox won a seven-figure verdict by focusing on the vicious cycle he argued the accident started.

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Criminal proceedings are beginning to reopen Florida’s courtroom doors a little wider, with more counties across the state summoning jurors and holding in-person trials, more than five months after COVID-19 emptied the state’s jury boxes. 

Medical causation is a key battle line in many tobacco trials, but the complex medical evidence at issue can overwhelm jurors if not properly presented. However, Jack Williams’s straightforward, compelling closing on a smoker’s cancer diagnosis helped clear R.J. Reynolds in retrial of a case that had delivered a $23.6 billion verdict against the tobacco giant in its first time before a jury.