The daughter of a cigarette smoker who died from lung cancer failed to show that she suffered compensatory damages in an amount that would justify a multi-million dollar jury verdict, the Florida Court of Appeal has ruled. The plaintiff's father died from lung cancer in 1996 after smoking cigarettes for more than 60 years. The plaintiff sued R.J. Reynolds for wrongful death. Her case was one of a number of product liability lawsuits against the tobacco industry to be tried in accordance with the procedures established by the Florida Supreme Court in Engle v. Liggett Group. (See "Florida's never-ending tobacco litigation," Lawyers USA, Feb. 12, 2007.)
... damages award is more than the evidence at trial reasonably supports and 'shocks the judicial consc... to either grant the tobacco company's motion for remittitur or order a new trial on damages onl...
... of petitioner and another, the Florida Supreme Court reversed by a per curiam opinion andd ordered a new trial. That opinion, which a majority of four justices j... due to evidentiary insufficiency "if a motion for a new trial was made in the trial court." 546 ...
... for the Southern District of Florida. . ... breach of contract claims following a jury trial. The jury awarded Plaintiff $964,976 against Defen...The district court denied both motions, and this appeal and cross-appeal resulted. No rev...
ORLANDO, Fla. - Casey Anthony is competent to remain on trial for murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, a judge ruled Monday after examining reports by three psychologists who examined her over the weekend. Also on the 29th day of testimony, Anthony's attorneys asked Judge Belvin Perry to declare a mistrial and select a new jury, citing a ruling on Florida's death penalty. Attorneys told the judge they did not believe their 25-year-old client is competent, based on privileged discussions with her. They did not elaborate what led them to that conclusion in a motion filed Saturday and sealed until the judge's ruling.
... the hotly contested factual issues at the trial of the case, with the defendants presenting the te...The court granted the plaintiffs motion for a new trial The defendants appealed. . COURT'SS OPINION: The Florida Court of Appeals reversed the order of the trial c...
...ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,. ... into four categories: (1) five ineffective-trial-counsel claims that the state collateral court fou.... C. Motion to Suppress and Slattery Trial In late 1984...
...§ 2254. Stephens first argues that the trial court erred in sentencing him to death because his..., Stephens filed a post-conviction motion in the state circuit court, and after an evidentia...
City of Deerfield Beach employee Lola Badilo has filed a harassment and retaliation complaint against her boss, Human Resources Director Marva Gordon. Romin Currier, an attorney for Badilo who is a 15-year employee in the Human Resources Department, has put city officials on notice that unless the actions cease and desist, legal action could be forthcoming over a number of alleged acts of harassment and retaliation against his client. The case involves allegations that Badilo was denied sick leave pay, even though Currier wrote that she provided the required documentation. Currier also alleges that Gordon hired someone to conduct surveillance on Badilo, reassigned her out of her position after she returned to duty, "concocted" new sick leave policies, and took numerous actions against B...
... she denied numerous defense attorney motions to disqualify herself from the case over past conf... to testimony, at one point during that trial, she gave defense attorneys Sandra Perlman and Brj...
... for the Southern District of Florida ... right of action, and then held a jury trial on Chalfonte's remaining claims. The jury found fo...§ 1961. QBE then filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law, a motion for a ne...
... for the Southern District of Florida. . ... summary evidence of financial records at trial. . Fourth, Naranjo argues that the district court ... federal authorities and denied Naranjo’s motion. . The jury convicted Naranjo of one count o...
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