Ryan Fogg, left, and Louis La Cava, deliver opening statements in a medical negligence trial against a physician and physician assistant who treated a woman following a fall that dislocated her knee. The woman ultimately had her leg amputated below the knee. Watch the trial. 

Fort Myers, FL—Jurors Wednesday previewed evidence surrounding why a Florida woman’s dislocated knee eventually led to her losing part of her leg, as a medical malpractice trial opened against the emergency room medical professionals who treated her. Knowles v. Ensley, D.O., et al., 2024-CA-006125.

Keith Mitnik, left, and Dan Shapiro deliver opening statements at trial over a car crash that a woman says left her daughter with a traumatic brain injury. Watch the trial. 

Jacksonville, FL—Attorneys debated whether a 2019 car crash left a child with a traumatic brain injury, as trial opened in the case Wednesday. DeGuzman, et al. v. Dixon, 2020-CA-002661.

Alex Alvarez delivers his closing argument at trial against Philip Morris over the lung cancer death of a long-time smoker. Jurors awarded $50 million and found Philip Morris 75 percent responsible. Watch the trial. 

Miami, FL—Jurors earlier this month handed down a $50 million verdict for the cancer death of a Florida woman who smoked Philip Morris’ Virginia Slims cigarettes for years, and they found the company 75 percent responsible for her disease. Lipp v. Philip Morris, 2017-CA-018509.

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