On April 14, 2010, SDSBS attorneys Bill Norton, Brian Denney and Hardee Bass won a $21 million verdict against Big Tobacco for their clients in Escambia County Florida for the wrongful death of Janie Mae Clay. The jury awarded $3.4 million for compensatory damages to the statutory survivors, Teddy Clay, […]
The public school system is a valuable part of our country’s foundation and it is failing. The good news is YOU can help mend the fiber that has propelled this nation to success for two hundred years. Public schools are not failing because they are a bad system or because […]
It seems clear that it is not clear… or is it the things we know do not include the unknowns…or is it the things we don’t know are known unknowns? In any event, based on comments I have seen in blogs, one thing is clear: the public does not understand […]
Multidistrict litigation proceedings against Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., the manufacturer of the over-the-counter cold product Zicam, are heating up. This is a process known as multidistrict litigation (or an MDL) and is often utilized in mass tort cases where a number of claimants have been injured in a similar fashion by […]
On November 12, 2008, a Dillard High School student shot and killed Amanda G. Collette outside a classroom. The student, Teah Wimberly, entered the school with a loaded handgun in her backpack. Wimberly informed a fellow student that she intended to harm Collette. The fellow student in turn informed a […]
Searcy Denney Law Firm Files Suit on Behalf of Dillard High School Student’s Family WEST PALM BEACH, FL (April 8, 2010) – South Florida law firm Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley PA today filed a wrongful death suit against the School Board of Broward County on behalf of the family […]
I can not remember who said it, but it speaks volumes about people who give of themselves through volunteering to help others: “If you insist on measuring yourself, place the tape around your heart rather than your head.” We are in very tough economic times. Everyone is feeling the loss […]
Parents and Caregivers take heed – another child “safety” device was recalled on Thursday, March 25, 2010. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, in cooperation with the manufacturer, Evenflo, announced the recall of Evenflo’s Top-of-Stair wood gates after receiving 142 reports of the slats breaking or detaching […]
Those Big Tobacco guys are at it again. Do they not care for Florida juries, Florida judges, or the Florida Supreme Court? At the least, Big Tobacco does not like the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in the “Engle” cases. These cases stem from a class, which was decertified by the […]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada (HC) announced today that a free replacement program has begun for the “SlingRider” and “Wendy Bellissimo” infant slings, manufactured by Infantino LLC, of San Diego, California. One million slings are being recalled in the United States and 15,000 are being […]
