Jurors Level $4.5M Verdict Against Tobacco Companies for Ex-Smoker's 20-Year Cancer Battle
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 9, 2015 12:22:06 AM
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Cooper v. R.J. Reynolds
U.S. Sugar and Railroad Cleared in Worker's $2M FELA Suit
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 8, 2015 4:03:00 PM
Howard Spier claims his client, Manuel Valdes, was injured in a railway depot yard accident. Jurors Monday found in favor of U.S. Sugar and its short-line railroad in Valdes $2.1 million FELA suit against the companies. Watch the trial on demand.
Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation, Valdes v. US Sugar
R.J. Reynolds Nicked with $750K Verdict in Widower's Suit Over Fatal Lung Cancer
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 1, 2015 11:51:00 PM
Stephanie Parker tells jurors that Rosemary Lewis was warned repeatedly about the dangers of cigarettes. Jurors Tuesday awarded Lewis' widower, James Lewis, $750,000 in his suit against R.J. Reynolds for the role the company's cigarettes played in her lung cancer. Watch Parker's closing argument.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Lewis v. R.J. Reynolds
Watch the Argument that Led to a $9.8M Punitive Award Against Construction Firm| Florida Trial Video Vault
Posted by Courtroom View Network on Aug 28, 2015 4:10:00 PM
Topics: Negligence, Florida, Video Highlight, Young v. Nyberg
U.S. Sugar Faces Trial Over Worker's Claim of Career-Ending Rail Yard Accident
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Aug 28, 2015 1:47:15 PM
Daniel Fleming tells jurors that Manuel Valdes was not injured in an accident at a South Central Florida Express railroad depot. Fleming represents South Central, and its parent company, U.S. Sugar, in a suit brought by Manuel Valdes.
Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation, Valdes v. US Sugar