Jury Sinks Injured Concertgoer’s $10.7M Suit Against Hard Rock Over Celebrity DJ’s Stage Dive
Aug 17, 2016
A California state court jury handed a win on Tuesday to a Hard Rock Hotel in a lawsuit filed by a concertgoer who suffered a concussion and broken neck when celebrity DJ Steve Aoki jumped into the crowd during a performance.
Aug 16, 2016
Jurors sided with the widow of a longtime Florida smoker who died of lung cancer, awarding her $5 million in compensatory damages and rejecting claims by the tobacco company that the lawsuit was time-barred.
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Aug 12, 2016
A former insurance executive who underwent open-heart surgery after smoking for 30 years told jurors cigarettes controlled his life so completely it was all he thought about by the time he finally quit, as trial against cigarette-maker R.J. Reynol...
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Aug 10, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, William Wilkins claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes leading to nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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BREAKING VERDICT: $20M Award Slams Trucking Co. in Traumatic Brain Injury Trial
Aug 10, 2016
A Cobb County State Court jury awarded $20 million Wednesday afternoon for the catastrophic brain injury a Pakistani immigrant suffered in a 2013 collision with a tractor trailer.
Aug 9, 2016
Attorneys for a Pakistani immigrant who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a tractor trailer collision asked jurors for nearly $25 million Monday, as trial opened against the trucking firm and driver responsible for the wreck.
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Aug 8, 2016
In this trucking negligence case, plaintiffs claims defendants' tractor trailer collided with their vehicle causing traumatic head injuries. From CVN News:A Cobb County State Court jury awarded $20 million Wednesday afternoon for the catastrophic ...
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Aug 5, 2016
After an emergency rendered a juror unable to continue deliberations, a Florida 11th Circuit Court judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of a smoker suing the nation's second-largest tobacco company over the cancer that took her larynx.
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Jury Clears Waste Company At $12M Trial Over Garbage Truck's Collision With Cyclist
Aug 4, 2016
A Florida state court jury sided with a waste disposal company on Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by a cyclist who was severely injured in a collision with a 15-ton garbage truck.
Aug 2, 2016
Plaintiff Brittany Hickman alleged that she was nearly paralyzed in 2012 when DJ Steve Aoki leapt from above the stage onto an inflatable raft held up by fans in the audience, trapping her underneath and knocking her unconscious. Hickman, who was ...
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Aug 1, 2016
A Florida man who smoked 2 to 3 packs a day for nearly 50 years and died of lung cancer in 1997 developed the disease after the bar date, making his widow ineligible to recover under a Florida class action claim, an attorney defending the tobacco ...
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Jul 29, 2016
A host of driver errors caused a 15-ton trash truck to hit a bicyclist, severely injuring him and putting the future of one of his legs in jeopardy, lawyers for the cyclist claimed as trial opened Tuesday against the truck driver and waste company.
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