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$37M verdict reversed after lawyer calls makers of tobacco soulless enterprise of death
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A lawyer’s literary references and descriptive comments in closing arguments has doomed a $37 million verdict obtained against two tobacco companies, the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc.
In a June 30 opinion, the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a $37 million verdict awarded to widower Richard Mahfuz, whose wife died of lung cancer.
The improper argument included references to George Orwell’s dystopian novel
1984 and Oscar Wilde’s book
The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Law360 identified the plaintiffs lawyer who made the improper comment as Scott P. Schlesinger of the Schlesinger Law Offices. The appeals court said the counsel improperly:
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Ovalle s most famous tweet involved a defendant giving a man butt injections while in a Zoom hearing on her third-degree grand theft charges. The tweet garnered thousands of likes and became a national story.
MIAMI ZOOM COURT: We’ve reached peak 305. Someone appears to be getting a butt injection while appearing in a virtual hearing pic.twitter.com/2bRK3IATQz David Ovalle (@DavidOvalle305) April 21, 2021
That wasn t even the only instance of Ovalle getting a peek at a revealing medical procedure. This past April, someone showed up to court during a dental appointment and offered observers a POV shot from the dentist s chair:
Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in Daily Business Review’s 2021 Florida Legal Awards
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Four attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. were recognized in the Daily Business Review’s 2021 Florida Legal Awards. The honorees were celebrated at the publication’s annual awards event, held in-person on May 19 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami. MIAMI (PRWEB) May 20, 2021 Four attorneys from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. were recognized in the Daily Business Review’s 2021 Florida Legal Awards. The honorees were celebrated at the publication’s annual awards event, held in-person on May 19 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami.