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West Palm Beach, FL—A former realtor settled her suit against the Florida property owner and painting company she said were responsible for the fall on a shopping plaza ramp that allegedly caused her traumatic brain and spinal injuries, shortly before closing arguments were expected to begin in the trial. Sumner v. Lantana Palm Beach Retail, et al., 2010CA11199.
Topics: Premises Liability, Negligence, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sumner v. Lantana Palm Beach Retail
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Key differences in modern-day tobacco marketing may have led a tobacco company defendant to receive double the punitive verdict of the co-defendant who actually made the cigarettes jurors linked to a smoker’s death, an attorney for the smoker’s widow told CVN. Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds, et al., 2008-CV-025841.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Oshinsky-Blacker v. R.J. Reynolds
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Atlanta GA—The mother of an urban planner who suffered catastrophic, ultimately fatal, brain damage less than an hour after walking into an emergency room with breathing problems settled a claim against two of the ER doctors who treated her, ending trial in the case days after it began. Baker v. Dinerman, et al., 12EV015555.
Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Harrison Baker v. Dinerman, et al.
In a personal injury suit, a plaintiff's credibility is critical, and successfully impeaching a plaintiff can be the key to swinging a verdict. In a trial against BNSF Railway Co. over a train yard accident that allegedly left a firefighter pinned to a guardrail by a utility cart, a cross-exam by Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith's Anthony Sonnett likely played a central role in a major defense win.
Topics: Negligence, Transportation, FELA, Davidson v. BNSF Railway
Daytona Beach, FL—Jurors Friday awarded $3 million to the widow of a former correctional officer for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in his emphysema and death, but they declined to find punitive damages were warranted against the tobacco giant. Smith v. R.J. Reynolds, 2015 30548 CICI.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Smith v. R.J. Reynolds
