Wayne Hogan
About Wayne Hogan
Wayne Hogan, a Jacksonville native, has been a member of Terrell Hogan Law since 1977. A graduate of Florida State University, where he earned his B.A. (1969) and J.D. with High Honors (1972), Wayne is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer with certifications from both the National and Florida Boards of Certification. He has spent decades holding corporations accountable for harm caused by defective and dangerous products, securing punitive damage verdicts in 26 cases against manufacturers of defective products. Wayne played a key role in landmark tobacco litigation, helping secure a $17 billion settlement for Florida taxpayers against cigarette manufacturers. He successfully argued Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. Janssens, establishing plaintiffs' rights to punitive damages in asbestos cases, and Celotex Corp. v. Pickett, establishing that a successor company could be held liable for its predecessor's reckless conduct. Since 1992, Wayne has partnered with FSU College of Law on the Donald J. Weidner Summer for Undergraduates Program, a nationally recognized pipeline diversity initiative.
Notable case results
Wayne Hogan served on the private-counsel team that secured a then-record $11.3 billion settlement from five major cigarette manufacturers, reimbursing Florida's Medicaid program for decades of smoking-related medical costs.
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.
For Florida taxpayers in landmark tobacco industry litigation
Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. Janssens -- established plaintiffs' right to punitive damages in asbestos cases
Celotex Corp. v. Pickett -- established successor liability for predecessor company's reckless conduct in punitive damages context
26 punitive damage verdicts against manufacturers of defective products
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
