An in-house and outside-counsel trial team convinced a Miami state court jury to return a defense verdict for Florida Power & Light Co. in a case centered on the defendant’s Turkey Point power plant, in which a former worker’s estate sought eight figures for his alleged on-site exposure to asbestos that killed him.

That team included Eric Hoecker, defendant FPL’s in-house counsel, and Luis Suarez, a partner at Heise Suarez Melville in Miami, both of whom were opposed by the plaintiff, the estate of John Andersen.

‘Consistent Strategy to Use In-House Counsel’

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