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'Billion' With a 'B': Jurors Put Philip Morris on the Hook With Hefty Punitive Damages

The tobacco giant vowed to challenge the Massachusetts Superior Court jury verdict, with its spokesman saying the sum was "clearly excessive and unconstitutional."
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Florida Jury Awards $2 Million Verdict Over Tractor-Trailer Crash

The defense retained an accident reconstruction expert who opined that the plaintiff could have braked and avoided hitting the tractor-trailer.
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Federal Jury Sides With Man Alleging Doral Police Used Excessive Force

The plaintiff maintained that he believed he was going to die on five separate occasions during the ordeal.
8 minute read

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$73M Award: Miami Federal Judge Darrin Gayles Rules in Case of 'Murder-for-Hire'

The estate claimed that President Nicolás Maduro's secret police threw Fernando Alberto Albán out of a 10th-floor window to stage a suicide.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

$25.5M in Attorney Fees—After Wading Through Millions of Pages of Documents

"Those U.S. consumers who enjoy salmon, and consumers generally, are today better off because of the court's approval of this settlement," said Chris Lebsock, co-lead counsel and a partner at Hausfeld.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Jury Awards $20 Million to Man Burned in Fiery I-95 Crash

The plaintiff was driving a sedan on northbound Interstate 95 in Miami.
4 minute read

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Florida Jury Rejects Medical Malpractice Claim Over Patient's Death

The defense maintained that there was nothing doctors could have done to save the patient.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Caterpillar Reaches Settlement With IRS in Back-Taxes Dispute

"We have been cooperating with the government in its review of the issues and are pleased to have reached this resolution with the IRS," a Caterpillar spokeswoman said.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida High School Student Lands Jury Award After Flag-Football Injury

A high school student was awarded $225,000 against the Palm Beach County School Board for injuries she suffered while playing a flag-football game. On…
5 minute read

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In Florida Tobacco Case, Jury Sides With Cancer Sufferer's Family

A jury awarded damages of $850,000 to the estate of a man who died from laryngeal cancer, which was allegedly caused by cigarette smoking. After calculating…
9 minute read

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