In the Spotlight
Our quality team of experts is regularly recognized for their success and thought leadership in the appellate world. Here are some of our notable and newsworthy accomplishments.
Brannock & Humphries Helps Trial Team Win $7.5 Million Verdict Against Cigarette Company
Following almost three weeks of trial, during which Brannock & Humphries addressed multiple difficult legal questions, a jury in Jacksonville returned a $7.5 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company for fraudulently concealing from the American public for more than ...
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Brannock & Humphries Reinstates Jury’s Million-Dollar Verdict In Tobacco Appeal
Today, at Brannock & Humphries’ urging, the Fourth District Court of Appeal issued an opinion reversing the reduction of a $1 million verdict against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris. At trial, the plaintiff had prevailed on all his counts, including counts ...
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Steve Brannock And Brannock & Humphries Are Recognized For Exceptional Pro Bono Service
Brevard County Legal Aid honored Steve Brannock and Brannock & Humphries for their many hours of dedicated pro bono service at Brevard’s 31st Annual Pro Bono Awards Ceremony and Recognition Gala, held in Rockledge on March 16. Steve Brannock and ...
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Brannock & Humphries Helps Dawn Schlefstein’s Family Recover Over $41 Million From R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
After a multi-week trial, during which Brannock & Humphries provided appellate support, a Broward County jury awarded more than $41 million to the family of a deceased smoker. Dawn Schlefstein’s family filed suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company because of ...
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Brannock & Humphries Wins New Trial In Tobacco Row
The Fourth District Court of Appeal disapproved a misleading jury instruction today, awarding a Brannock & Humphries client a new trial in her lawsuit against tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris. The plaintiff is the surviving wife of a nicotine addict who ...
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Brannock & Humphries Reinstates $13.5 Million Verdict In Tobacco Appeal
The Third District Court of Appeal issued an opinion today upholding an order denying R.J. Reynolds a new trial on claims for fraudulent concealment and conspiracy in a non-Engle progeny tobacco lawsuit. On appeal, Brannock & Humphries successfully defended the ...
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Brannock & Humphries Protects $32.75 Million Verdict On Appeal
Describing decades-long efforts by the tobacco industry to intentionally design addictive and deadly cigarettes and to conspire to hide the dangers of smoking cigarettes from the public, the Second District Court of Appeal today upheld a $32.75 million verdict obtained ...
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