- Uribe v. McDuffie, Nos. 3D10-2895, 3D12-1542, 3D12-1760, 2012 WL 6602660 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 19, 2012). Use of medical treatise, improper introduction of evidence, improper closing argument.
- Chapman v. Ford Motor Co., 489 Fed. Appx. 999 (8th Cir. 2012). Fraud in products liability action.
- Cohen v. Walt Disney World Co., 88 So. 3d 958 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012). Obtained affirmance of defense verdict in case involving the scope of premises liability for an amusement park ride.
- Simon v. Maldonado, 65 So. 3d 8 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011). Reversing order granting new trial after defense verdict in medical malpractice case finding no error in jury selection. Affirming rulings concerning evidentiary issues and the inclusion of a subsequent treating physician on the verdict form as a nonparty defendant.
- Godfrey v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 46 So. 3d 1020 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010). Granting new trial based on erroneous admission of evidence of other accidents; affirming summary judgment on punitive damages.
- Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School, Inc. etc., et al. v. Maynoldi, 30 So. 3d 533 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). Ordering judgment in Defendants’ favor based on lack of duty on part of School to supervise non-school related activities; finding no duty undertaken; addressing application of alcohol defense statute; admission of alcohol-related evidence.
- Ford Motor Co. v. Hall-Edwards, 21 So. 3d 99 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). Quashing order declaring a product a public hazard under the Sunshine in Litigation Act.
- Ford Motor Co. v. Hall-Edwards, 5 So. 3d 786 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009). Granting petition for writ of certiorari based on failure to comply with requirements for pleading punitive damages.
- Ford Motor Co. v. Hall-Edwards, 997 So. 2d 1148 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008). Quashing orders which required production of attorney-client and work-product documents.
- Ford Motor Co. v. Hall-Edwards, 971 So. 2d 854 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007). Reversing jury verdict based on improper admission of other accident evidence and evidence of subsequent remedial measures.
- Cerasani v. American Honda Motor Co., 955 So. 2d 543 (Fla. 2007). Application of Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act to lessees.
- Engle v. Liggett Group Inc., 945 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2006). Affirming in part and reversing in part, 853 So. 2d 434 (Fla. 3d DCA). Class certification, punitive damages and improper conduct of counsel.
- Ryder v. AT&T, Inc., 156 Fed. Appx. 292 (11th Cir. 2005). Sufficiency of evidence of willful and wonton misconduct and admission of expert testimony in breach of contract action.
- Grunow v. Valor Corp. of Florida, 904 So. 2d 551 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). Relationship between product defect and negligence in wrongful death, products liability action arising from murder of a teacher by a student.
- Force v. Ford Motor Company, 879 So. 2d 103 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). Appropriate jury instruction concerning the proper test of design defect in the context of a claim of a defect in a seat belt.
- General Motors Corp. v. Porritt, 891 So. 2d 1056 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004). Reversing jury verdict based on improper admission of demonstrative test and standard for admissibility of expert testimony.
- Dourado v. Ford Motor Company, 843 So. 2d 913 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). Limitations on admissibility of medical bills in a wrongful death action.
- D’Angelo v. Fitzmaurice, 863 So. 2d 311 (Fla. 2003). (Amicus brief for Florida Defense Lawyers Association) Application of set-off and apportionment rules in medical malpractice action.
- Mason v. Ford Motor Company, 307 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 2002). Inconsistent verdicts and waiver issues.
- Scheman-Gonzalez v. Saber Manuf. Co., 816 So. 2d 1133 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). Definition of design defect and defect by virtue of the failure to warn.
- D’Amario v. Ford Motor Company, 806 So. 2d 424 (Fla. 2001). The role of comparative fault in a crashworthiness case.
- Jackson v. General Motors Corp., 60 S.W. 3d. 800 (Tenn. 2001). (Amicus brief for Product Liability Advisory Council). Definition of design defect.
- Goulah v. Ford Motor Company, 118 F.3d 1478 (11th Cir. 1997). Jury instructions, comparative fault, destruction of evidence.
- Olson v. Ford Motor Co., 558 N.W. 2d 491 (Minn. 1997). Interpretation of Minnesota’s seat belt gag rule.
- Ridley v. Safety Kleen Corporation, 693 So. 2d 934 (Fla. 1996) (Amicus brief for Product Liability Advisory Council). Application of seat belt defense and proper method of addressing this defense at trial.
- Kinney System, Inc. v. Continental Insurance Company, 674 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 1996) (Amicus brief for Product Liability Advisory Council). Forum non conveniens. Reversed twenty year precedent in Florida that precluded a defendant from obtaining a dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds if there was a resident defendant.
- Campbell v. Cutler Hammer, Inc., 996 F.2d 1164 (11th Cir. 1993), 646 So. 2d 573 (Ala. 1994). Application of comparative negligence in a products liability action.
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