Clancy Bowen and Jerry Hamilton deliver opening statements at trial over a tractor-trailer collision that left a man with a traumatic brain injury. Watch the trial.

Gainesville, FL— Attorneys Monday debated who was at fault for a 2023 tractor-trailer crash that severely injured a Florida man. Thomas v. C&S Wholesale Services, et al., 2024-CA-000343.

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Fort Lauderdale, FL— Jurors Tuesday handed down a $350,000 verdict at trial against R.J. Reynolds for the heart disease death of a long-time Florida smoker. But they apportioned the lion’s share of responsibility to the smoker himself, likely slashing the post-verdict award. Palmieri v. R.J. Reynolds, CACE08019615.

James Lee delivers his closing statement on behalf of Philip Morris at trial over the heart and lung diseases a Florida man says he developed after smoking the company's cigarettes. Watch the trial. 

Miami, FL— Jurors last week cleared Philip Morris of responsibility for the heart and lung diseases a Florida man says he developed after decades of smoking the company’s cigarettes. Harper v. Philip Morris, et al., 2021-CA-013250.

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Fort Lauderdale, FL— Jurors Tuesday handed down a $675,000 verdict against R.J. Reynolds after finding the company responsible for the emphysema that forced a long-time smoker to undergo a lung transplant. Schlefstein v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CV-022558.

Davis Love delivers closings for the defense in a medical malpractice trial against a heart surgeon over the ultimately fatal stroke a patient suffered. Watch the trial.

Jacksonville, FL— Jurors last week cleared a surgeon of responsibility for the catastrophic, and ultimately fatal, stroke a Florida minister suffered during heart surgery. Tyson v. Messina, 2021-CA-001639.