Chris Hatziyannakis was a Marlboro smoker who died of lung cancer in 1994. Hatziyannakis v. Phillip Morris was brought by Mr. Hatziyannakis' widow, Despina (Debbie), and his son Jim.
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Hatziyannakis v. RJR, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
Hootnick v. Wideroff involves an allegedly avoidable mid-thigh leg amputation for Jacob Hootnick, who was 87 years old and diabetic when he was admitted to an emergency room in November 2003.
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Topics: Negligence, Hootnick v. Wideroff, Malpractice
Smith v. Walmart involves a claim that Walmart and its courtesy patrol service, Wackenhut, failed to provide adequate security for the parking lot in which a Walmart customer, Michael Born, was murdered during a robbery.
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Topics: Smith v. Walmart, Negligence, Real Estate
The jury in Florida Gas Transmission v. Florida Department of Transportation today awarded over $82M in damages against the Florida DOT for breaching an agreement to reimburse for the costs of relocating a gas pipeline.
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Topics: Real Estate, Florida Gas v. Florida DOT, Energy Law, Commercial Law
In Air Products v. Airgas, Airgas CEO Peter McCausland testified that the EBITDA drop that occurred during the great recession was Airgas's only EBITDA decline in 22 years, and that going forward Airgas was projecting "record earnings".
Mr. McCausland said that the rapid change in Airgas's fortunes confirmed "exactly what we have said, and we have been saying ever since Air Products came along...We've done everything we said we would do."
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Topics: Securities, Air Products v. Airgas
