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Editor's note: This article has been updated with comments from the attorneys.
Sarasota, FL— A Florida state court jury awarded more than $5.7 million Wednesday for the shattered leg and other injuries a teenager suffered in a 2022 crash. Gerlt v Odon, 2023-CA-001479.
Topics: Florida, Transportation, Gerlt, et al. v. Odon, et al.
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Sarasota, FL— Attorneys Monday debated the fallout from injuries a Florida teenager suffered in a 2022 crash, as a damages trial opened against the driver responsible and his employer. Gerlt v Odon, 2023-CA-001479.
Topics: Florida, Gerlt, et al. v. Odon, et al.
Topics: Florida, Georgia, California, Missouri
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West Palm Beach, FL— R.J. Reynolds Monday prevailed at trial seeking punitive damages for the respiratory disease a Florida man developed after decades of smoking. Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-023631.
Topics: tobacco, Florida, Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
When properly framed, an appeal to jurors’ “common sense” can be one of the most powerful rhetorical points in any attorney’s closing argument. And in closings at trial over a rear-end collision that injured a Florida woman, Keith Mitnik’s convincing appeal to "common sense" helped set up a seven-figure verdict.
Topics: Florida, Alexander v. Rojas, et al., Playlist
