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Juries Can Figure Out Complex Issues.

Proving causation in the face of complicated medical evidence is difficult but juries are often able to work through the issues fairly.

A Florida man’s attorneys announced Thursday that a Broward County jury has awarded their client $7.8 million in what they said is one of the largest slip-and-fall verdicts in the state’s history after finding a Burger King restaurant responsible for injuries he suffered during a fall in the restaurant’s bathroom.

The attorneys said Tulecki has suffered lower back injuries that required surgery and were complicated by a postoperative perforated colon. They said a “crucial factor” in the case was their ability to show a connection between Tulecki’s fall and the colon issues he has experienced through medical records and expert witnesses.

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