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1995 Jacksonville Personal Injury Case Settled For $11 Million

Posted by TotalInjury.com Staff Writer | Posted in Personal Injury News

It took eleven years, but Lucy Ballard’s lawyers just finished settling all claims related to her Jacksonville personal injury case.  In 1995, state troopers found Ms. Ballard comatose on the pavement  after a three vehicle accident on Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida.

The troopers assumed that Ms. Ballard caused the accident which left her unable to walk and barely able to speak.  It was an entire year before her attorney, Steve Pajcic caught a break in the Jacksonville personal injury case.  An armored car driver admitted to cutting off Lucy, causing her to swerve and collide with two different semi trucks.

The insurance carrier for the armored car company was the last to agree to the personal injury settlement with Judy Ballard.  Pajcic said the Jacksonville personal injury case was the third longest case he had dealt with in his own career.

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Supreme Court Agrees To Toss Out $10.1 Billion Personal Injury Verdict Against Phillip Morris

Posted by TotalInjury.com Staff Writer | Posted in Personal Injury News

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to change a court ruling made by the Illinois Supreme Court last year in a class action personal injury case against Philip Morris USA.  

The original personal injury lawsuit involved smokers alleging that Philip Morris knew its “light” and “low tar” cigarettes were not really less harmful than regular cigarettes.  In March 2003 an Illinois judge ruled in favor of the smokers and awarded $10.1 billion as a personal injury award. 

The Illinois Supreme Court  overturned the personal injury settlement last year stating that Philip Morris could not be held liable under state law since the Federal Trade Commission allowed the cigarette companies to falsely characterize the cigarettes.

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