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Jurors Award $200M Verdict to Clients of These South Florida Attorneys

Boston jurors awarded about $25 million in compensatory damages, $5 million to each of Rita Jones' five adult children, and $150 million in punitive damages to the estate.
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The Legal Intelligencer

$11M Accord Reached in Police Shooting at High School Football Game

Attorneys with van der Veen, Hartshorn and Levin helped broker an $11 million settlement Sept. 25 for victims of a police shooting at a high school football game that left several children injured and one child dead.
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Daily Report Online

'If You Don't Participate, Do You Have the Right to Complain?': Party in Default Asks Ga. to Reapportion $25M Judgment

"You're asking us to do something no court has ever done before," Judge Trea Pipkin said. "[If we do this] we are incentivizing a party to not show up [and] not participate in the system."
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Law.com

Family Sues Amazon Over Son's Suicide by Sodium Nitrite Allegedly Purchased From Online Retailer

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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Daily Report Online

Ga. Appellate Court Holds There's No Exception for Deadline Confusion—Even During the Pandemic

"When we were in the midst of COVID, every case was different," said defendant-appellee counsel. "In all candor, I never was sure if I was calculating the deadlines correctly."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

'You're Not Embarrassing the City': $3.75M Settlement Finalized Against Atlanta

"There's something to be said when ... the criticism is coming from your own," said plaintiff attorney Sam Weaver of Banks Weaver in Atlanta. "I felt really confident."
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

$35M Verdict Affirmed: New Trial Denied for City in Wrongful-Death Case

"In light of applicable law, the testimony of Defendant's own witnesses at trial, and the verdict rendered by the jury ... there is sufficient evidence supporting the verdict," read Fulton County State Court Judge Jane Morrison's denial order.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

How Favorable Facts and Voir Dire Strategy Helped Win a $30M DeKalb Med-Mal Verdict

"This is what happens when insurance companies force plaintiffs to try cases," plaintiff's counsel said.
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Daily Report Online

Ga. Plaintiffs Ask for Policy Change in Care Facility Wrongful Death Appeal

A long-term-care facility patient died after her care plan wasn't followed. While the facility settled, plaintiffs say the contractor that created the plan should be liable for not overseeing it.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fourth DCA Reverses $2M Punitive Damages Award

"In short, a reasonable probability exists that the jury awarded punitive damages because it considered the conspiracy evidence when determining punitive damages," the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled.
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