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Paralyzed Cyclist’s Lawsuit Against City of San Diego Heads To Trial, CVN To Webcast Live

Posted by David Siegel on Nov 15, 2019, 1:36:42 AM

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Topics: Negligence, Transportation, automotive, California

Hospital Settles $63M Brain Damage Trial During Jury Deliberations

Posted by David Siegel on Nov 14, 2019, 9:18:40 PM

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Topics: Malpractice, healthcare, Nevada

Jury Hands Down $42.5M Total Verdict Against Philip Morris and RJR in Retrial Over Smoker's Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 13, 2019, 9:03:26 PM

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Miami, FL— R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris were hit with a $42.5 million total verdict in a retrial over the 1996 cancer death of a Florida smoker. Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris, 2011-CA-23377.

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Gloger v. R.J. Reynolds

BREAKING: $8M Verdict Hits Trucking Company for Crash That Injured Georgia Motorcyclist

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 13, 2019, 8:33:23 PM

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Editor's Note: This is a breaking story and will be updated.

Jonesboro, GA— Jurors Wednesday handed down an $8 million verdict against a trucking firm after finding one of its drivers responsible for the 2015 crash that injured a Georgia motorcyclist. Stevens v. J.R.K. Trucking, et al., 2018-CV-01518.

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Topics: Trucking, Stevens v. J.R.K. Trucking, et al.

Jury Awards $9.2M, Plus Punitives TBD, in Same-Sex Spouse's Wrongful Death Case Against Philip Morris and RJR

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 8, 2019, 6:47:11 PM

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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. 

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Caprio v. Philip Morris