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Miami—Jurors awarded the family of a Florida mechanic $225,000 for the role they concluded Philip Morris played in the long-time smoker’s lung cancer death. Capone v. Philip Morris, 2005-CA-10312.

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Fort Myers, FL— A $750,000 verdict jurors handed down against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies for the respiratory disease a long-time smoker developed will likely take a cut after the jury apportioned the lion’s share of responsibility to the smoker herself. Boulter v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2008-CA-000627.

 CVN cameras have covered an array of headline-grabbing cases in Georgia courtrooms over the past year. And our 2018 Georgia Plaintiff's Attorney of the Year earned the honor by leading wins in two of those trials, including an eight-figure verdict against MARTA. 

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Tampa, FL— Jurors Friday cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility at trial over the death of a Florida mother of 9, when they found she did not suffer from smoking-related respiratory disease. Ellis v. R.J. Reynolds, 10-A-016308.

CVN has covered a high-profile slate of Georgia trials throughout 2018, featuring some of the country's best attorneys and ranging from a startling mistrial in a wrongful death case against Ford to an eight-figure verdict against a transit giant. These are the five trial stories that made the biggest news: