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Investors Seek $112M From Ernst & Young At Trial Over Bernie Madoff Losses

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 14, 2015 11:21:00 PM

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Topics: Securities, consumer protection, White Collar, Finance, Accounting

No Sale Is No Bar to Product Liability Claim in $29M Wrongful Death Case: Analysis

Posted by Steve Silver on Oct 14, 2015 5:58:30 PM

A key pretrial ruling by Fulton County State Court Judge Diane Bessen on a novel question of Georgia product liability law may have paved the way for a settlement following a $29 million compensatory damages verdict in a recent wrongful death case. Efrain Hilario and Gabina Martinez Flores v. Newell Recycling of Atlanta, Inc. (12EV015400).

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Topics: Georgia, Hilario v. Newell Recycling

R.J. Reynolds Largely Cleared of Liability in Smoker's Death, as Jurors Award $5K to Widower

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 9, 2015 5:38:08 PM

 

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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Gordon v. R.J. Reynolds

Newton County Surgeon Wins Med Mal Case Arising from Failed Gall Bladder Operation

Posted by Steve Silver on Oct 9, 2015 3:36:13 PM


Covington, GA—A man whose outpatient gall bladder operation turned into over eight months of hospitalization and six years missed from work lost his Newton County Superior Court med mal case against the surgeon who performed the initial operation. William Ron Aiken and Sherri T. Aiken v. Newton Health System, Inc., and Steven Whitworth, MD (2011-SU-CV-2533-1)

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Georgia

UF Lab Tech’s Career Not Ended by Car Crash, Jury Finds in Six-Figure Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 9, 2015 3:22:00 PM

Shelli Healy argues a 2012 car crash between her client, Andre Serenberg and Lauren Stern did not cause Stern's carpal tunnel syndrome. Jurors ultimately rejected Stern's claim seeking $250,000 plus punitives for the accident. 

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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation, Stern v. Serenberg