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'Look What Texas Is Doing': States With Biggest Insurance Settlements—And Those Pushing Back

"As the stakes increase, the defense strength increase," said Curtis Miner, a partner at Colson Hicks Eidson.
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Symbolic $53.7 Million Verdict in Broward: 'This Jury Understood the Magnitude'

"All of these ingredients appear to have been present, like a perfect storm, and that's why they got that symbolic, very big, merited award," said forensic analysis expert Dr. Michael Shahnasarian.
4 minute read

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'These Guys Thought They Could Slip One by Us': South Florida Law Firms Prove Fraud

"If you are going to cheat people, you are putting your law license at risk," said Larry Stewart, who has practiced law in Florida for more than 50 years.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Awards $13.5M to Children of Deceased Smoker

The deceased smoker "never had the conversation with his wife or his friends saying, 'I saw this advertisement and continued to smoke because of it,'" said Nicholas Reyes, a partner at the Alvarez Law Firm.
4 minute read

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Nearly $2M Miami Verdict Hinged on 2 Minutes of Missing Video

"Under the new law, a plaintiff who is found more than 50% at fault will recover nothing," said plaintiff counsel Gregory Deutch of Rubenstein Law in Miami.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Law Firm's Strategy of Turning an Alleged Forged Note Into $4M Settlement

"Even before the hearing, [that] the jig was up, there was going to be no witness who would deny the fraud allegations," said Mark S. Weinstein of Weinstein & Cohen, attorney for the plaintiff.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

White & Case Ends New Client's Two Decades International Dispute with $32M Verdict

The final judgment could be over $100 million, according to the Am Law 100 firm attorneys, if the Miami state court judge adds treble damages due to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, prejudgment interest of at least $25 million and attorney fees.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Grill Miami Beach Steakhouse Prime 112 to Obtain $12M Settlement

Among those in Jonathan "DaBaby" Kirk's entourage was Marcus Williams, who was rendered a quadriplegic after the Miami Beach steakhouse Prime 112 allegedly failed to properly secure its premises.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Look A Little Deeper': Miami Attorneys Obtain $12M Settlement

"The hardest obstacle, in my opinion, was holding accountable those two entities while still understanding that the jury could apportion a significant amount of fault to the driver." -Stuart Ratzan, founding partner of Ratzan Weissman and Boldt
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Daily Business Review

Jury Returns Ex-Florida A&M Football Player $66M in Damages

"The most powerful way to achieve large verdicts is for the jury to understand pain and suffering, what someone has and what that means to them, how their life has changed and how their family's dynamic has changed to understand the depth of the loss," said Christopher M. Drury of Drury Law.
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