Benjamine Reid

Trials:

• 2013 – Apotex, Inc. and Apotex, Corp v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Bristol-Byers Squibb Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Holding Partnership, Broward County, Florida. Suit by generic pharmaceutical manufacturer against the patent holder for breach of a settlement agreement.
• 2012 – Ralph Ballard v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Miami-Dade County, Florida. 86-six-year-old former smoker claiming compensatory damages for bladder cancer caused by his addiction to cigarettes.
• 2012 – Marvine Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et. al., Broward County, Florida. Death of a 59-year-old smoker claiming compensatory and punitive damages for cancer and addiction arising from the use of cigarettes containing nicotine.
• 2011 – Patricia Bowman v. R.J Reynolds Tobacco Company, Duval County, Florida. Death of a 59-year old smoker claiming compensatory and punitive damages for cancer and addiction arising from the use of cigarettes containing nicotine.
• 2011 - Julie Reese v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Miami-Dade County, Florida. 82-year-old current smoker claiming compensatory and punitive damages for throat cancer and COPD caused by her addiction to cigarettes containing nicotine.
• 2011 - Stella Koballa v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Koballa II), Volusia County, Florida. Seventy-seven-year-old former smoker claiming compensatory and punitive damages for lung cancer and COPD caused by her addiction to cigarettes containing nicotine.
• 2010 - Stella Koballa v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Koballa I), Volusia County, Florida. Seventy-seven-year-old former smoker claiming compensatory and punitive damages for lung cancer and COPD caused by her addiction to cigarettes containing nicotine.
• 2010 - Celia Beatriz Espino Castillo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jorge Guillermo Obregon Reyna, et. al. v. Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc., et. al., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Aircraft crash in Guatemala resulting in the death of five individuals on board. Defense Verdict.
• 2010 - Buonomo v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Broward County, Florida. Death of 80-year-old smoker claiming compensatory and punitive damages for cancer, addiction and fraud.
• 2007 - Menchini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et. al., Miami-Dade County, Florida. Death of a 47-year-old former flight attendant whose estate claimed damage from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke while working in aircraft cabins. Defense verdict.
• 2007 - Jeld-Wen, Inc. v. Nebula Glass International, Inc. et. al. v. Reichhold, Inc., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Represented Third Party Defendant in claims involving resin used in hurricane glass in homes and buildings.
• 2006 - Reyes, et. al. v. Juan Evangelista Lopez Grijalba, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Represented Plaintiffs in a suit brought for compensatory and punitive damages brought under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act against a Colonel in the Honduran army on behalf of victims of torture, abduction and extra-judicial killing by death squads in the early 1980s in Honduras.
• 2006 - Manzanares v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Suit for compensatory and punitive damages for violation of the automatic stay and of the discharge injunction.
• 2005 - Jones v. Bell Sports, Inc., Conrad Lawrence, Palm Beach County, Florida. Bicycle helmet product liability action claiming permanent brain damage and disability to 59-year-old teacher. Defense verdict.
• 2004 - Jim Moore Insurance Agency, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Inc., State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Inc., State Farm General Insurance Company, Inc., and State Farm Florida Insurance Co., Inc., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. National class action suit alleging breach of contract, conversion, promissory estoppel, tortious interference, unjust enrichment and declaratory relief seeking a determination of the ownership of flood policies written by all State Farm agents since 1983. Defense verdict.
• 2004 - The Medical Store, Inc. v. AIG Claim Services, Inc, Health Direct, Inc. and DirectDME, Inc., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Suit seeking compensatory and exemplary damages for breach of Florida's Trade Secret Act and a Confidentiality Contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. Defense verdict.
• 2003 - Orthopedic Rehab Specialty Clinics, Inc. and Professional Massage Services, Inc. as Assignees for A1-A140 v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs v. Orthopedic Rehab Specialty Clinics, Inc.; Professional Massage Services, Inc,; Professional Diagnostics of North Florida, Inc.; Paul Shirley, M.D.; Richard Polisner and William Tarbart, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Suit for unpaid medical claims with counter-claim for fraud, civil theft, unjust enrichment and breach of Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Defense verdict and multi-million dollar verdictory counter-claim.
• 2003 - Allen v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Death of a 65-year-old smoker claiming damages for cancer, addiction and fraud. Defense verdict.
• 2001 - Dourado v. Ford Motor Company, Broward County, Florida. Automotive product liability claim resulting in quadriplegic with ventilator followed months later by death.
• 2001 - Jimenez v. Ford Motor Company, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Automotive product liability claim resulting in permanent vegetative state for 10-year-old girl.
• 1998-2000 - Engle v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et. al., Miami-Dade County, Florida. Class action brought on behalf of all Florida smokers who are addicted claiming to be injured by the use of cigarettes.
• 1998 - Yarusso v. Bell Sports, Inc., Superior Court, New Castle County, Delaware. 19-year-old male quadriplegic from motor-cross accident involving claimed defect in motorcycle helmet.
• 1997 - Shea v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. 14-year-old female with severe facial injuries and scarring resulting from all terrain vehicle collision with barbed wire fence.
• 1997 - Strickland v. TRW Inc., Charlotte County, Florida. Death of 68-year-old female in rollover involving claimed defect in seatbelt design.
• 1997 - Boeldt v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Garland County, Arkansas. Brain injury to 50-year-old male allegedly due to carbon monoxide poisoning in vehicle.
• 1996 - EDS v. Dade International, American Arbitration Association, Contract dispute involving software design, clinical laboratory market and business damages.
• 1996 - Weaver v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Broward County, Florida. 19-year-old male quadriplegic involving claimed defect in all terrain vehicle.
• 1996 - Collins v. Bell Helmets, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Death of 19-year-old male in motorcycle/car collision involving claimed defect in motorcycle helmet.
• 1996 - Aymond v. Bieffe Helmets, Grayson County, Kentucky. Brain injury to 60-year-old female in motorcycle/car collision involving claimed defect in motorcycle helmet.
• 1995 - Jensen v. Pirelli, Hillsborough County, Florida. Death of both parents of a 5-year-old male resulting from multi-vehicle accident following tire tread separation.
• 1995 - Brownwood v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. 14-year-old male severely cut by foot peg in all terrain vehicle accident.
• 1995 - Masterson v. Bell Helmets, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Death of 15-year-old male in motorcycle/car collision involving claimed defect in motorcycle helmet.
• 1995 - Cornell v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Manatee County, Florida. Death of 20-year-old male from burn injuries suffered in vehicle fire involving claimed defect in electrical system.
• 1994 - Alvarez v. Sears and Pirelli, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Multiple injuries to two Plaintiffs (male and female) in vehicle accident resulting from tire tread separation.
• 1994 - Hopkins v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. 19-year-old male paraplegic involving claimed defect in all terrain vehicle.
• 1992 - Campbell v. Eaton Corporation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Electrical burn injuries to adult involving claimed defect in motor control center.
• 1990 - Jones v. Eaton Corporation, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Spinal cord injury of 43-year-old male in fall from a high bay stacker in Miami International Airport hanger.
• 1990 - Villegas v. Great Dane, Broward County, Florida. Death of 19-year-old female who drove under a trailer.
• 1989 - Hessen/Allstate v. Jaguar, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Subrogation claim for destruction of home due to fire in automobile involving claimed fuel system defect.
• 1988 - Better Construction v. Daniel International and Westinghouse, Miami-Dade, Florida. Construction dispute arising from termination of contractor on Miami People Mover project.
• 1988 - Perez v. Rover Group, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Quadriplegia, coma and ultimate death of adult father of one involving claimed defect in automotive steering system.
• 1987 - Pulido v. Bell Helmets, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Death of adult involving claimed defect in motorcycle helmet.
• 1987 - Rivkin v. Arthur Fulmer Helmets, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Death of adult police officer, father of two involving claimed defect in motorcycle helmet.
• 1986 - Grippen v. Bell Helmets, Hillsborough County, Florida. Permanent brain damage to adult involving claimed defect in motorcycle helmet.
• 1986 - Herrera v. Gulf and Western, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Death of adult General in Columbian army involving claim against owner of sugar plantation abutting intersection.
• 1985 - LaVault v. General Motors Corp., Broward County, Florida. Death of 14-year-old involving claimed transmission defect.
• 1984 - Nichols v. General Motors Corp., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Death of adult father of two when vehicle rolled into canal involving claimed defect in electrical system.
• 1984 - Georgionni v. General Motors Corp., U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Injury to elderly passenger involving claimed unwanted acceleration.
• 1984 - Walden v. General Motors Corp., U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Death of 3-year-old pedestrian involving claimed bus defect.

Appellate and Class Certification Opinions:

• Total Fleet Solutions, Inc., Hanford Andrew Sutter, and Andrew T. Dinda v. National Insurance Crime Bureau, Inc., State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, -- So. 2d -- (Fla. 5th DCA 1012).
• Coastal Neurology, inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 2012 WL 205800 (11th Cir., January 25, 2012).
• All Family Clinic of Daytona Beach, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, --F. Supp. 2d, 2012 WL 759487 (S.D. Fla. March 7, 2012).
• DWFII Corp. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 2012 WL 1002234 (11th Cir. March 27, 2012)
• All Family Clinic of Daytona Beach, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Case No. 10-12554, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (October 19, 2011).
• Adelson v. U. S. Legal Support, Inc; Webber v. Esquire Deposition Services, LLC; Public Concepts, LLC v. Veritext Corp., Case Nos. 10-12943, 10-12944, 10-12998, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (August 31, 2011).
• Adelson v. U.S. Legal Support, Inc. et. al., 715 F. Supp. 2d 1265 (S.D. Fla. 2010).
• Altamonte Springs Imaging, L.C, etc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et. al., 12 So. 3d 850 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009).
• Jim Moore Insurance Agency, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, et. al., 2005 WL 2082915 (11th Cir. August 30, 2005).
• Collins v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 894 So. 2d 988 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).
• Jim Moore Ins. Agency, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., Inc., 2003 WL 21146714 (S.D. Fla., May 6, 2003).
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Carnoto, 840 So. 2d 410 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Carnoto, 837 So. 2d 1127 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
• Williams v. Potamkin Motor Cars, Inc., 835 So. 2d 310 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002).
• State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Sosnowski, 830 So. 2d 886 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).
• Montgomery v. New Piper Aircraft, Inc., No. 00-14284, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18219 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 30, 2002).
• Montgomery v. New Piper Aircraft, Inc., No. 00-14284, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18198 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 6, 2002).
• Montgomery v. New Piper Aircraft, Inc., 209 F.R.D. 221 (S.D. Fla. 2002).
• Knight Ridder, Inc. v. Dade Aviation Consultants, 808 So. 2d 1268 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002).
• Dade Aviation Consultants v. Knight Ridder, Inc., 800 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Carnoto, 798 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).
• Bell Sports, Inc. v. Yarusso, 759 A. 2d 582 (Del. Supr. 2000).
• Ford Motor Co. v. Smith, 821 So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). 
• Consolidated Development Corp. v. Sherritt, Inc., 216 F.3d 1286 (11th Cir. 2000).
• Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. v. Jensen, 752 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).
• Strickland v. Ford Motor Co., 725 So. 2d 1123 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998).
• O’Neal v. General Motors Corp., 711 So. 2d 559 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Allis Chalmers Corp., 85 F.3d 1514 (11th Cir. 1996).
• Shuster v. General Motors Corp., 672 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).
• Campbell v. Cutler Hammer, Inc., 36 F.3d 1073 (11th Cir. 1994).
• U.S. v. Southern Florida Water Management Dist., 28 F.3d 1563 (11th Cir. 1994).
• Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Chiles, No. 92-2269, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 7727 (Fla. 1st DCA Jul. 8, 1993).
• Campbell v. Cutler Hammer, Inc., 646 So. 2d 573 (Ala., Aug. 12, 1994).
• Cherry v. Knowles, 8 F.3d 36 (11th Cir. 1993).
• Campbell v. Cutler Hammer, Inc., 996 F.3d 1164 (11th Cir. 1993).
• Pahokee Water Control Dist. v. South Florida Management Dist., 617 So. 2d 1065 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).
• Sugar Cane Growers Co-op of Florida v. South Florida Water Management Dist., 608 So. 2d 904 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992).
• High v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 610 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. 1992).
• Jones v. Eaton Corp. of Florida, 958 F.2d 1082 (11th Cir. 1992).
• U.S. v. South Florida Water Management Dist., 847 F. Supp. 1567 (S.D. Fla. 1992).
• Daniel Intern. Corp. v. Better Const., Inc., 593 So. 2d 524 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).
• Better Const., Inc. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 593 So. 2d 525 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).
• Hessen for Use and Benefit of Allstate Ins. Co. v. Jaguar Cars, Inc., 915 F.2d 641 (11th Cir. 1990).
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Allis Chalmers Corp., 893 F.2d 1313 (11th Cir. 1990).
• Bell Helmets, Inc. v. Sanchez, 553 So. 2d 782 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).
• Murciano v. General Motors Corp., 554 So. 2d 1176 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).
• High v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 559 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989).
• Taylor v. General Motors Corp., 875 F.2d 816 (11th Cir. 1989).
• South Florida Water Management Dist. v. Montalvo, 1989 WL 260215 (S.D. Fla. 1989).
• Mathieson v. General Motors Corp., 529 So. 2d 761 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988).
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 835 F.2d 817 (11th Cir. 1988).
• Pulido v. Bell Helmet, Inc., 515 So. 2d 352 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 510 So. 2d 899 (Fla. 1987).
• Bunzl USA Florida, Inc. v. Martin, 507 So. 2d 1146 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).
• Porter v. Wainwright, 805 F.2d 930 (11th Cir. 1986).
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 785 F.2d 952 (11th Cir. 1986).
• Rainey v. Beech Aircraft Corp., 784 F.2d 1523 (11th Cir. 1986).
• LaVault v. General Motors Corp., No. 84-2384, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 17012 (Fla. 4th DCA Nov. 27, 1985).
• Cohen v. General Motors Corp., Cadillac Div., 444 So. 2d 1170 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).
• Lehr v. Bishop, 444 So. 2d 1024 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984).
• Valle-Axelberd and Associates, Inc. v. Metropolitan Dade County, 440 So. 2d 606 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).
• Perez v. Department of Transp., 435 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 1983).
• Cohen v. General Motors Corp., Cadillac Div., 427 So. 2d 389 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983).
• Morella v. Brown, 425 So. 2d 123 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).
• Aztec Steel Co. v. Florida Steel Corp., 691 F.2d 480 (11th Cir. 1982).
• Perez v. State Dept. of Transp., 414 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).
• De Garcia’s Estate v. Garcia, 399 So. 2d 486 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).
• Alton Box Board Co. v. Merlin, Inc., 399 So. 2d 40 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).
• Rolf’s Marina, Inc. v. Rescue Service & Repair, Inc., 398 So. 2d 842 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).
• Fadjo v. Coon, 633 F.2d 1172 (5th Cir. 1981).
• Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. v. Little Judy Industries, Inc., 387 So. 2d 1002 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
• Brown v. Morella, 371 So. 2d 571 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).
• Wehr Corp. v. Commercial Const. Corp., 464 F. Supp. 676 (S.D. Fla. 1979).
• Woolzy v. Government Employees Ins. Co., 360 So. 2d 1153 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).
• Applestein v. National Bank of Tulsa, 358 So. 2d 106 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).
• Fidelity & Cas. Co. of New York v. Fonseca, 358 So. 2d 569 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978).
• Matter of Transystems, Inc., 569 F.2d 1364 (5th Cir. 1978).
• State ex rel. American Home Ins. Co. v. Seay, 355 So. 2d 822 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978).
• First Wisconsin Nat. Bank of Milwaukee v. Grandlich Development Corp., 565 F.2d 879 (5th Cir. 1978).
• Renaissance of Pompano Beach, Inc. v. Southeastern Development Corp., 353 So. 2d 105 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977).
• Anderson v. Plants by Tropico, Inc., 348 So. 2d 1235 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).
• Response of Carolina, Inc. v. Leasco Response, Inc., 537 F.2d 1307 (5th Cir. 1976).
• Brickell Constructions Co. v. Hartman, 332 So. 2d 119 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).