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Fort Lauderdale, FL— In what is likely Florida's first wrongful death tobacco case brought by a same-sex surviving spouse to go to trial, jurors Thursday awarded $9.2 million in compensatory damages, and found punitives potentially warranted, for the role they found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in a smoker’s death. Caprio v. Philip Morris, 2007-CV-036719.
Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Caprio v. Philip Morris
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Jonesboro, GA— Trial is scheduled to begin next week against a trucking firm accused of responsibility for a 2015 motorcycle crash that injured a Georgia man. Stevens v. J.R.K. Trucking, et al., 2018-CV-01518.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Trucking, Stevens v. J.R.K. Trucking, et al., Motorcycle
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Tampa, FL-- Delays in reporting and treating a Florida woman’s ectopic pregnancy have left her without the ability to naturally conceive, an attorney for the woman told jurors, as trial opened Wednesday against the medical staff that cared for her. Santangelo-Santana v. Exodus Women’s Center, Inc., et al., 2015CA001646.
Topics: tobacco, Florida, Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds
Atlanta, GA— Relying on an analysis of Georgia’s Workers’ Compensation Act, The Georgia Court of Appeals this week reversed a summary judgment decision against the family of a grocery store worker who sued the store over her death in a 2015 parking lot shooting.
Topics: Georgia, Premises Liabiity
