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Melbourne, FL—As Florida recovers from the statewide devastation wreaked by Hurricane Irma this month, jury selection is scheduled to begin next week in a tobacco case whose 2016 trial was scuttled by the approach of Hurricane Matthew. Wallace v. Philip Morris, 2014-CA-052862.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Wallace v. Philip Morris
Using an analogy to paint your opponent’s case in simple, stark contrast to your own can serve as a powerful introduction to a closing argument. In closings of a malpractice trial against a physician accused of negligence during a vacuum-assisted childbirth, Robert Monyak cleared his client by vividly detailing two conflicting “worlds” he believed the jurors saw. Cantrell v. Moore, 13-A-49232.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Cantrell v. Moore
In closings at trial of a South Florida doctor accused of negligence that led to a patient's colon cancer, Keith Puya used the plaintiff's own arguments on cancer growth rates to help seal a defense win. Kazandjian v. Vastola, et al., 2015CA005637.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Kazandjian v. Vastola
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Miami—A Florida State Court judge last week declared a mistrial in punitive proceedings against R.J. Reynolds for the role it played in the fatal respiratory disease of a Florida long-haul trucker.Hardin v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-46973.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Hardin v. R.J. Reynolds
