Sweet & Associates, PLLC
Proven VerdictsAbout Sweet & Associates, PLLC
Sweet & Associates Law Firm is a Jackson, Mississippi trial firm founded by Dennis C. Sweet III, who has represented clients in civil and criminal matters across the country for more than 40 years. The firm's civil work covers products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, mass tort and pharmaceutical litigation, premises liability, civil rights and personal injury, alongside a criminal defense practice. Its reported results include a $150 million verdict against American Home Products over the diet drug fen-phen, a nine-figure products liability verdict against Ford Motor Company in a rollover death, a $23 million verdict against the City of Jackson and Marriott Hotels, and a $23 million medical malpractice verdict. The firm has also taken part in national litigation including Pigford v. Glickman, the Rezulin and Vioxx settlements, and the Tulsa Race Riot and slavery reparations cases.
Proven verdicts and settlements won by Sweet & Associates, PLLC
Ellen Kelly died after latex exposure during surgery at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. A form from an earlier procedure at the same hospital already recorded her latex allergy. The jury found against the hospital and cleared the physicians, on the reasoning that the nurses and the doctors owed separate duties.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
