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$11M Verdict Slams Papa John's in Brain Injury, Car Crash Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 26, 2016 9:53:10 PM

Keenan Nix delivers the closing arguments at trial against Robert Pollard and Papa John's Pizza Inc., for a collision Nix says left his client, Glenda Williams, with permanent brain damage. Jurors awarded Williams $11 million. 


Decatur, GA—A DeKalb County State Court jury awarded $11 million Monday to a woman who allegedly suffered long-term brain damage in a rainy evening collision with a Papa John’s Pizza delivery driver. Williams v. Pollard, et al., 14A52522-5.

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Williams v. Pollard

Papa John's and Delivery Driver on the Hot Seat as Auto Wreck, Brain Injury Trial Opens

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 21, 2016 11:05:40 PM

Keenan Nix shows images of Glenda Williams' car, totaled in a wreck with Papa John's delivery driver Robert Pollard's vehicle. Williams claims she suffered severe brain damage because of the collision.  


 Decatur, GA—Attorneys Tuesday sparred over the cause of a collision and injuries a Georgia woman suffered, as trial opened in a suit against Papa John’s Pizza and the delivery driver accused of hitting her. Williams v. Pollard, et al., 14A52522-5.

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Williams v. Pollard

BREAKING UPDATE: $10M Punitive Verdict Boosts Award Against RJR to $13M in Fatal COPD Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 21, 2016 8:07:19 PM

Eric Rosen delivers closings in Vivian Turner's suit against R.J. Reynolds over the death of her mother, Vivian Wilkinson. Jurors awarded Turner and her brother $3 million in compensatory damages, plus potential punitives. 


Breaking Update 4/22/16: Jurors imposed a $10 million punitive verdict on R.J. Reynolds for its role in a former bartender's fatal respiratory disease. Friday's punitives boost the total award to $13 million for the children of Vivian Wilkinson, who died after more than 40 years of smoking. 

The punitive verdict, which exceeded the $8.8 million in punitives  Kelley/Uustal's Eric Rosen requested in Friday morning's closings, followed about an hour of deliberations.   

CVN will provide additional details as events warrant. The original story follows. 

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

$16.4M Verdict Drills Lowe's in Slip and Fall Head Injury Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 16, 2016 2:45:46 AM

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Las Vegas—Jurors Friday awarded more than $16.4 million to a Lowe’s patron who suffered permanent head injuries from a 2013 fall at one of the company’s stores. Hendrickson v. Lowe’s Home Centers LLC, A-13-687418-C.

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Topics: Negligence, Nevada, Retail, Hendrickson v. Lowe's

$10.1M Verdict Hammers Domino's Pizza in Trial Over Wreck that Led to Former Firefighter's Death

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 12, 2016 10:22:28 PM

Mark Avera delivers the closings at trial against Domino's Pizza over the crash that paralyzed and ultimately killed Richard Wiederhold. Jurors found the pizza company liable and awarded more than $10 million. 

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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Wiederhold v. Domino's Pizza