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About Christopher Shakib
Christopher Shakib began his career as a state prosecutor from 1992 to 1996 before transitioning to civil plaintiff work, where he represents individuals and families harmed by negligence and corporate misconduct. He earned his B.A. from Wake Forest University (1989) and his J.D. with Honors from the University of Florida College of Law (1992). He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by the Florida Bar Board of Specialization and Education and holds the highest peer review rating (AV) from Martindale-Hubbell. Chris's practice focuses on medical malpractice, defective drugs and medical devices, pharmacy negligence, defective consumer products, and commercial truck and motor vehicle accidents. He is admitted to practice before the Florida Bar, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and multiple U.S. District Courts in Florida.
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C. Steven Yerrid, the youngest of Florida's 11-lawyer 'Dream Team,' added racketeering and conspiracy charges that tripled the damages ceiling, helping the state secure what was then the largest civil settlement in American history against the tobacco industry.
A Duval County jury awarded $15.2 million, $3.9 million compensatory and $11.3 million punitive, to the daughter of a lifelong Lorillard smoker who died of lung cancer, with Terrell Hogan attorneys representing the family.
Wayne Hogan secured Florida's first asbestos punitive damages verdict for a Navy veteran who developed asbestosis from decades of exposure to Johns-Manville products, with the jury awarding $1.86 million in combined compensatory and punitive damages, affirmed on appeal in 1984.
A Jacksonville shipyard insulator who developed severe lung disease from years of handling Philip Carey asbestos cement won a $615,000 jury verdict against Celotex Corporation, the company that had absorbed Philip Carey through merger, and the Florida Supreme Court later affirmed that a successor corporation can be held liable for punitive damages based on its predecessor's reckless conduct.
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