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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

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

Following $29M Verdict, Family of Worker Burned Alive Settles Case with Newell Recycling

Posted by Steve Silver on Sep 10, 2015 4:22:00 PM

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Topics: Negligence, Wrongful Death, Georgia, Hilario v. Newell Recycling