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ER Staff Cleared in $3M Malpractice Suit over Child's Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 18, 2015 4:07:00 PM

Kevin O'Connor argues that nurse Donna Newhard and physician Alberto Marin did not breach their duty of care to seven-year-old Christopher Cassion during a 2011 emergency room visit. The child died, allegedly from bacterial meningitis, eight days after being discharged from the ER.

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Florida, Vanterpool v Newhard

$20M Punitive Award Follows Battle Over RJR Conduct, Wraps $34.7M Tobacco Trial Over Vet's Fatal Cancer

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 14, 2015 7:10:13 PM

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, O'Hara v. R.J. Reynolds

$12M Award Strikes Tobacco Companies in Trial Over 42-Year-Old Smoker's Cancer Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 12, 2015 2:45:18 AM

Gary Paige delivers closing arguments in Duignan v. R.J. Reynolds. Watch the trial.

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Duignan v. RJ Reynolds

Role ER Nurse's Decisions Played in Child's Death the Focus as Med Mal Trial Opens

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 11, 2015 2:35:00 PM

David Rash tells jurors that Christopher Cassion could have been saved if his bacterial infection had been detected earlier. Cassion's mother, Cherline Vanterpool, represented by Rash, is suing nurse practitioner Donna Newhard and supervising physician Alberto Marin for failing to perform computer-recommended bloodwork, which Rash argues led to the child's death. Watch the trial.

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Neligence, Vanterpool v Newhard

Update: $34.7M Verdict, Including $20M in Punitives, Hits RJ Reynolds in Tobacco Suit by Veteran's Family

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 11, 2015 1:55:00 AM

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, O'Hara v. R.J. Reynolds

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