Palm Beach, FL—A South Florida retail property owner's paint job on an access ramp led to a woman's traumatic brain and spinal injuries, an attorney representing the woman argued as trial opened Wednesday against the property owner and painting contractor. Sumner v. Lantana Palm Beach Retail, et al., 2010CA11199.
Topics: Premises Liability, Florida, Traumatic Brain Injury, Retail, Sumner v. Lantana Palm Beach Retail
Miami, FL—Attorneys Monday battled over whether choice or addiction drove a Cuban immigrant to smoke as many as 4 packs of cigarettes a day for 45 years, as trial over his lung cancer opened against the country's biggest cigarette maker. Chacon v. Philip Morris, 08-102-CA-09.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Chacon v. Philip Morris
Scott Schlesinger delivers his opening statement at trial in Marilyn Oshinsky-Blacker's claims that the nation's two largest tobacco companies are responsible for her husband, Dennis Oshinsky's, cancer and death.
Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys debated what drove a Florida merchant who spent much of his career selling cigarettes to smoke himself, as trial over his lung cancer opened this week against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2008-CV-025841.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds
In the face of a catastrophically injured accident victim, persuading a jury of the victim's negligence may be one of a defense attorney's toughest tasks. In the closings of a $12 million trial over a 15-ton trash truck's wreck with a bicyclist, Richard Womble lays out a powerful case to clear his client. Truong v. Waste Services of Florida, Inc., 2013-CA-00353.
Topics: Florida, Trucking, Truong v. Waste Services of Florida
Jeffrey Furr delivers closing arguments for R.J. Reynolds at trial over the emphysema John Hackimer claims the cigarette maker caused.
West Palm Beach, FL—R.J. Reynolds prevailed Tuesday against a $15 million suit by a former train engineer after jurors found his claim untimely. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds
