Alexandra Bowen Higgins delivers her opening statement on behalf of Mark Schlosberg, who is accused of responsibility for an accident that injured Joseph Reboulet's neck and led to his spinal fusion.
Marietta, GA—Attorneys Monday sparred over the cause of a 2013 crash and the persistent pain that led to a Georgia architect’s cervical spinal fusion, as trial opened in his suit against the driver that rear-ended him. Reboulet v. Schlosberg, 14-A-3421-3.
Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Reboulet v. Schlosberg
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
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Marietta, GA—Jury selection is set to begin Monday at trial over a Cobb County crash that allegedly left a driver with a fused spine and a six-figure medical bill. Reboulet v. Schlosberg, 14A-3421-3.
Topics: Negligence, Vehicle Collision, Georgia, Reboulet v. Schlosberg
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
West Palm Beach, FL—A Harvard pulmonologist testified this week he has "no doubt in his mind" that a former railroad worker who was a 3-pack-a-day smoker now suffers from emphysema because of his 30-year smoking history, rather than exposure to locomotive fumes, as trial continued in the worker's suit against R.J. Reynolds. Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-010849.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Hackimer v. R.J. Reynolds
