Las Vegas Jury Awards $4.5M in Ford Roof Crush Rollover Suit
Sep 24, 2014
A Las Vegas jury awarded $4.5 million to the widow of a man killed during a rollover crash of a 2000 Ford Excursion. Read more about the trial and view on-demand coverage.
Sep 16, 2014
As trial opened in a $48 million suit against a Jimmy John's franchise and its franchisor, plaintiff's counsel argued that the restaurant's culture of fast delivery caused a motorcycle accident that permanently disabled plaintiff Ty Cirillo.
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Sep 15, 2014
In this negligence case, plaintiff is suing defendants to recover for damages sustained when a car operated by a delivery driver for defendant restaurant collided with plaintiff while he was riding his motorcycle.
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Sep 15, 2014
In CVN's opening statement of the week, Jay Eidex lays out the defense's case in Willetts v. Acton, a personal injury suit.
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R.J. Reynolds Prevails in Engle Progeny Lawsuit as Jurors Find Against Plaintiff on Addiction and Causation Question
Sep 11, 2014
R.J. Reynolds won its second jury verdict in a row in Engle progeny cases as a Jacksonville jury found against the plaintiff on fundamental elements of the case.
Sep 9, 2014
Plaintiff, the surviving family of Rafael Trejo, who died after a vehicular accident caused the Ford Excursion to roll over, pinning him, is suing the defendant vehicle manufacturer claiming that the vehicle was defectively designed and ultimately...
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Sep 4, 2014
The attorney for the widow of a decades-long smoker sought up to $24.9 million in compensatory damages during closings of her Engle progeny suit.
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Sep 3, 2014
Opposing counsel argued whether a smoker in a Florida tobacco lawsuit suffered from COPD or a rare cartilage disease unrelated to smoking. The issue is critical to plaintiff's Engle class membership.
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Engle Progeny Review for the Week of August 25
Aug 29, 2014
Read about the Engle progeny tobacco cases CVN is covering live.
Aug 27, 2014
A Miami jury awarded $7 million to the family of a 60-year smoker in an Engle progeny tobacco verdict.
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Aug 26, 2014
A jury awarded no compensatory damages to the plaintiff in an Engle progeny suit, but found defendant tobacco firms liable for punitive damages, raising the issuse of whether a copensatory award was a prerequisite to punitive damage liability.
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