Lewis v. Emory Clinic
Sep 21, 2015
Brandon Lewis, 25 and mentally challenged, died while participating in a sleep study at the Emory Clinic to determine if he was suffering from sleep apnea. His mother, Renee Lewis, filed suit against the clinic claiming he should not have been mad...
Sep 18, 2015
Jurors Wednesday cleared an emergency room staff of liability for the death of a child who suffered fatal brain damage from an alleged bacterial infection.
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Sep 14, 2015
A $20 million punitive verdict against R.J. Reynolds Friday afternoon capped a trial in which jurors awarded more than $34 million to the family of an Air Force veteran who died of cancer after decades of smoking Reynolds cigarettes.
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Sep 12, 2015
The family of a 42-year-old man who died after smoking for more than two decades won a $12 million verdict this week in their suit against the nation’s two largest tobacco manufacturers.
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Update: $34.7M Verdict, Including $20M in Punitives, Hits RJ Reynolds in Tobacco Suit by Veteran's Family
Sep 11, 2015
Jurors Thursday found R.J. Reynolds liable for $14.7 million in compensatory damages, plus potential punitives, for its role in the lung cancer death of a decorated Air Force veteran.
Sep 10, 2015
The family of a worker burned to death in a fire at Newell Recycling's East Point, GA, facility reached a confidential final settlement with the company hours after a Fulton County State Court jury issued a $29+ million verdict in their favor.
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Sep 9, 2015
Jurors Tuesday awarded $4.5 million to an ex-smoker who claims cigarette manufacturers are responsible for the cancer her doctor says likely gives her less than a year to live.
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Sep 8, 2015
U.S. Sugar and its railroad, South Central Florida Express, prevailed Tuesday in a worker’s suit claiming a depot yard accident caused his post-concussion syndrome and required his hip replacement.
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Plastic Surgeon Injured in Theater Room Fall at Atlantic Station Condo Complex Loses Premises Liability Case
Sep 4, 2015
A Fulton County State Court jury issued a verdict in favor of an Atlantic Station high-rise condo association and its management company in a case involving a plastic surgeon who fell and was injured in the complex's theater room.
Sep 2, 2015
Jurors awarded a Florida widower $750,000 for the death of his wife after finding that her decades of smoking R.J. Reynolds cigarettes, but not the company's allegedly deceptive marketing, caused her fatal lung cancer.
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Sep 1, 2015
Plaintiff plastic surgeon claims a condo association and management company are responsible for a fall that fractured his hip.
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Aug 28, 2015
As trial opened Wednesday in a rail yard laborer's suit against U.S. Sugar and its short line railroad, attorneys debated the circumstances and severity of the depot accident that allegedly left Manuel Valdes with an artificial hip and post-concus...
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