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Marietta, GA—Jury selection is set to begin Monday at trial over a Cobb County crash that allegedly left a driver with a fused spine and a six-figure medical bill. Reboulet v. Schlosberg, 14A-3421-3.
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Topics: Negligence, Vehicle Collision, Georgia, Reboulet v. Schlosberg
Jeffrey Furr delivers closing arguments for R.J. Reynolds at trial over the emphysema John Hackimer claims the cigarette maker caused.
West Palm Beach, FL—R.J. Reynolds prevailed Tuesday against a $15 million suit by a former train engineer after jurors found his claim untimely. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849.
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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds
West Palm Beach, FL—A Harvard pulmonologist testified this week he has "no doubt in his mind" that a former railroad worker who was a 3-pack-a-day smoker now suffers from emphysema because of his 30-year smoking history, rather than exposure to locomotive fumes, as trial continued in the worker's suit against R.J. Reynolds. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849.
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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds
The celebrity gossip site Gawker shut down publication this month, ending a 13-year reign as a pioneer in online news and a lightning rod for controversy over journalistic ethics, privacy, and free speech. However, the site’s death knell sounded five months earlier, when Kenneth Turkel delivered a closing argument that would lead to a hammer blow of a verdict against the site’s parent company. Gawker Media. Bollea v. Gawker Media LLC, 2012CA01244.
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Topics: Hogan v. Gawker Media
