Michael Goldberg delivers closing arguments at trial over a 2013 crash his client, Joseph Reboulet, says led to his spinal fusion and life-long pain. Jurors Wednesday awarded $813,000 in the case.
Marietta, GA—Jurors Wednesday awarded $813,000 for the car crash a Georgia architect says led to his spinal fusion and a lifetime of pain. Reboulet v. Schlosberg, 14-A-3421-3.
Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Reboulet v. Schlosberg
Miami, FL—Attorneys Monday battled over whether choice or addiction drove a Cuban immigrant to smoke as many as 4 packs of cigarettes a day for 45 years, as trial over his lung cancer opened against the country's biggest cigarette maker. Chacon v. Philip Morris, 08-102-CA-09.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Chacon v. Philip Morris
Alexandra Bowen Higgins delivers her opening statement on behalf of Mark Schlosberg, who is accused of responsibility for an accident that injured Joseph Reboulet's neck and led to his spinal fusion.
Marietta, GA—Attorneys Monday sparred over the cause of a 2013 crash and the persistent pain that led to a Georgia architect’s cervical spinal fusion, as trial opened in his suit against the driver that rear-ended him. Reboulet v. Schlosberg, 14-A-3421-3.
Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Reboulet v. Schlosberg
Scott Schlesinger delivers his opening statement at trial in Marilyn Oshinsky-Blacker's claims that the nation's two largest tobacco companies are responsible for her husband, Dennis Oshinsky's, cancer and death.
Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys debated what drove a Florida merchant who spent much of his career selling cigarettes to smoke himself, as trial over his lung cancer opened this week against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2008-CV-025841.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds
In the face of a catastrophically injured accident victim, persuading a jury of the victim's negligence may be one of a defense attorney's toughest tasks. In the closings of a $12 million trial over a 15-ton trash truck's wreck with a bicyclist, Richard Womble lays out a powerful case to clear his client. Truong v. Waste Services of Florida, Inc., 2013-CA-00353.
Topics: Florida, Trucking, Truong v. Waste Services of Florida
