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City Hit With $1.3M Verdict Over Deadly Single-Car Rollover Accident

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 22, 2015 5:51:00 PM

Plaintiff's attorney William Shapiro shows jurors a photograph of the concrete structure that he said caused Sandy Alechman's death in a 2011 accident. Her overturned car is visible in the background. (Click here to see video from the trial.)

San Bernardino — A California state court jury awarded $1.3 million on Thursday to the husband of a woman who died in a rollover accident after her car struck a roadside cement box, finding the City of Redlands to be responsible for unsafe road conditions that caused her death.

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Topics: Negligence, Transportation, automotive, California, SHELDON ALECHMAN V. CITY OF REDLANDS

$609M False Advertising Class Action Over Marlboro Lights Nicotine Levels Goes To Trial

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 19, 2015 5:01:00 PM

Defense attorney Gregory Stone argues during his opening statement that Marlboro Lights contain less tar and nicotine than Marlboro Reds. Click here to see video of the trial.

Boston — A trial began Monday in a long-running class action filed in 1998 on behalf of nearly 200,000 Massachusetts smokers seeking up to $609 million from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA for allegedly duping them by falsely claiming that Marlboro Light brand cigarettes exposed them to lower tar and nicotine levels than Marlboro Reds.

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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, consumer protection

$1.5M Verdict Hits McDonald's Manager, While Franchise Cleared in Fatal Motorcycle Crash

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 17, 2015 12:29:00 PM

James Gordon delivers his closing argument in a suit against McDonald's franchise manager Marie Harrison. Jurors awarded $1.5 million to the parents of Joshua Lopez, who was killed in a 2012 collision with Harrison.

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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation

Defense Attorney Rebuts MD's Diagnosis by Attacking Plaintiff's Credibility: GA Trial Highlight

Posted by Steve Silver on Oct 16, 2015 3:48:39 PM

In many auto accident trials, defendants concede liability for the collision, and the issues for the jury become the extent and cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. Often, those trials turn into a credibility contest as jurors weigh conflicting testimony from the plaintiff’s treating physician and the defense’s consulting expert. In one recent case in Whitfield County Superior Court, however, the defense called no medical witnesses at all to dispute plaintiff’s testimony on the issue, instead using the plaintiff’s alleged lack of credibility to rebut the medical evidence. Christy Carr Fowler v. Shelby McFarland (14-CI-197-J).

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Topics: Georgia, Fowler v. McFarland

Tobacco or Asbestos? Cancer's Cause in Smoker a Key as Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 16, 2015 1:53:00 PM

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

City Hit With $1.3M Verdict Over Deadly Single-Car Rollover Accident

$609M False Advertising Class Action Over Marlboro Lights Nicotine Levels Goes To Trial

$1.5M Verdict Hits McDonald's Manager, While Franchise Cleared in Fatal Motorcycle Crash

Defense Attorney Rebuts MD's Diagnosis by Attacking Plaintiff's Credibility: GA Trial Highlight

Tobacco or Asbestos? Cancer's Cause in Smoker a Key as Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds

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