Scott Fischer delivers his opening statement in Harrison v. West Boca Medical Center.
A Florida hospital staff's negligence caused a once-independent senior to suffer a fall that has left her restricted to a walker for the rest of her life, an attorney for the woman’s family said as trial opened Tuesday against the hospital. Harrison v. West Boca Medical Center, 2016-CA-009017.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Harrison v. West Boca Medical Center Inc.
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West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida woman was left in a permanent vegetative state because a hospital’s operating room lacked the necessary equipment to treat her brain bleed, an attorney for the woman’s guardian told jurors as trial opened Wednesday against the hospital. Chan v. Tenet St. Mary's Medical Center, 2015CA008359.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Chan v. Tenet St. Mary's Medical Center
Lakiesha Cannon delivers her opening statement in Santoro v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Fort Lauderdale, FL—A woman’s hopeless addiction to cigarettes was driven by tobacco deceit that led to her fatal lung cancer, an attorney for the woman’s widower said during Tuesday's openings of a rare Florida state court trial against three of the nation’s four largest cigarette makers. Santoro v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2008-CV-025807(19).
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Santoro v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
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West Palm Beach, FL—Jury selection begins this week at trial against a South Florida hospital accused of negligence in treating a brain hemorrhage that left a patient in a vegetative state. Chan v. Tenet St. Mary's Medical Center, 2015CA008359.
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Chan v. Tenet St. Mary's Medical Center
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West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida biotech company settled its malpractice claim against legal giant Greenberg Traurig, one day after the trial’s judge issued directed verdicts limiting the law firm’s defenses but slashing the company’s original $700 million-plus damage claim. Dyadic International v. Greenberg Traurig, 2009CA010680.
Topics: Florida, legal malpractice, Dyadic International v. Greenberg Traurig LLP
