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Gawker Body-Slammed With $115M Verdict In Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Trial

Posted by David Siegel on Mar 21, 2016 1:37:00 AM

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Topics: Florida, Bollea v. Gawker Media, privacy

Questions Arise over Smoker's Deadly Cancer and Potential Link to Addiction in Trial Against R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 18, 2016 5:59:57 PM

Emily Baker delivers her opening statement in Redburn v. R.J. Reynolds. 


 

Jacksonville, FL—The origin of the cancer that killed a 52-year-old Florida man, and the disease’s potential link to his 40 years of smoking took center stage as trial began Thursday in his family’s suit against tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds. Redburn v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000401. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, engle, Florida, Redburn v. R.J. Reynolds

|VIDEO| Ex-Gawker Editor Defends Hulk Hogan Sex Video Publication in $100M Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 14, 2016 6:48:00 PM

St. Petersburg, FL—The editor that first published a clip of a Hulk Hogan sex tape verbally sparred with Hogan’s attorney over ownership’s knowledge of the story and reasons surrounding the clip’s publication, as the second week of trial began Monday in the iconic wrestler’s $100 million suit against Gawker Media. Bollea v. Gawker Media, LLC, et al., 2012CA01244. 

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Topics: Florida, Bollea v. Gawker Media

$2.5M Verdict Slaps Compounding Lab and Pharmacist in Trial over Poisoning Deaths of 21 Polo Ponies

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 12, 2016 12:27:00 AM

West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors Friday evening awarded more than $2.5M to the owners and insurer of 21 horses fatally poisoned by a supplement during a 2009 polo championship tourney. Quorum Management v. Franck’s Lab, 2010-CA-009112.

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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Pharmaceutical, Quorum Management v. Franck's Pharmacy

Vet Bore No Duty to Check Supplement that Killed 21 Polo Horses, Expert Says in $4M Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 10, 2016 9:32:54 AM

Dr. Richard Mitchell testifies at trial over the death of 21 polo horses who died after being given a compound that contained 100 times the amount of intended Selenium. Plaintiffs, the horses' owners and insurer are seeking more than $4 million from defendants, Franck's Lab, pharmacist Anthony Campbell, and veterinarian James Belden. 


West Palm Beach, FL—A veterinarian was not obligated to double-check the ingredients of a prescription supplement that ultimately killed 21 polo horses, a veterinary sports medicine expert told jurors as trial continued in a suit against the compounding pharmacy that produced the supplement and the vet that ordered the prescription. Quorum Management v. Franck's Lab, 2010-CA-009112. 

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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Pharmaceutical, Malpractice, Quorum Management v. Franck's Pharmacy