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FL Appeals Court Orders Cuts in Pair of Awards Against R.J. Reynolds, Philip Morris

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jan 6, 2017 4:53:23 PM

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West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida appellate court this week cut a pair of Engle awards against the country’s two biggest tobacco companies, after concluding the trial judge in each case erred in not reducing their compensatory damages.

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, McKeever v. Philip Morris, et al., Grossman v. R.J. Reynolds

CVN Florida Plaintiff's Attorneys of 2016: Lawyers Whose $140M Verdict Broke Media Giant

Posted by Courtroom View Network on Dec 22, 2016 10:56:49 AM

Billions of dollars were at stake in CVN-covered trials throughout Florida in 2016. However, the two lawyers who earn this year’s title as CVN Florida Plaintiff’s Attorneys of the Year spearheaded a win in a landmark trial over celebrity privacy that ultimately toppled a media giant.

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Topics: Florida, Bollea v. Gawker Media, Florida Attorney of the Year

Amputee Awarded $275K in Med Mal Trial Against Hospital

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 21, 2016 7:33:18 PM

Philip Gold delivers his closing argument on behalf of Stanley Rovner, who claims medical malpractice led to the loss of his leg. 


West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors awarded $275,000 to a South Florida man last week after concluding a hospital’s negligence cost the man his leg. Rovner v. West Boca Medical Center, 2015CA004973.

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Florida, Rovner v. West Boca Medical Center

$19.4M Award Hammers Tobacco Companies at Trial Over Death of Florida Professor

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 21, 2016 2:42:06 PM

Bob Shields delivers his closing argument on behalf of Mary Faricy-Pardue, who sued R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris for the death of her husband, John "Jack" Faricy, a long-time smoker who developed heart and respiratory disease. Jurors awarded more than $19 million in the case. 


Gainesville, FL—A Florida jury slapped R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris with more than $19 million in damages for the role it found the cigarette makers played in the death of a former University of Florida professor. Faricy-Pardue v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-2010.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Faricy-Pardue v. R.J. Reynolds

Tobacco Cos. Cleared at Trial Over Smoker's Respiratory Disease

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Dec 19, 2016 6:11:42 PM

Frank Kelly delivers his closing arguments at trial against R.J. Reynolds and Kelly's client, Philip Morris, over respiratory disease suffered by Paul Dubinsky, a smoker for more than 35 years. 

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Dubinsky v. Philip Morris