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.