
Mar 11, 2026
A trial over an allegedly defective front axle suspension system in a Jeep Wrangler that supposedly caused two serious traumatic brain injuries has ended in a mistrial.
A Utah state court jury heard opening statements Monday in lawsuit filed on behalf of a child struck and killed by a truck in a crosswalk.
An Oregon jury has delivered a 305 million verdict in the sprawling litigation over Berkshire Hathaway-owned electric utility PacifiCorp’s liability for wildfires in 2020.
Jurors last Thursday handed down a $2.25 million verdict after finding a trucking company and one of its drivers responsible for the crash that killed a Virginia teenager.

Feb 3, 2026
Jurors last week cleared Philip Morris of responsibility for the heart and lung diseases a Florida man says he developed after decades of smoking the company’s cigarettes.
Jurors Tuesday handed down a $675,000 verdict against R.J. Reynolds after finding the company responsible for the emphysema that forced a long-time smoker to undergo a lung transplant.
Jurors last week cleared a surgeon of responsibility for the catastrophic, and ultimately fatal, stroke a Florida minister suffered during heart surgery.
Attorneys yesterday debated what led to a Florida minister’s massive, and ultimately fatal, stroke during heart surgery, as trial opened against the surgeon who performed the operation.

Jan 30, 2026
Jurors earlier this month cleared a radiologist of responsibility for a child’s severe, birth-related disabilities.
Jurors Wednesday awarded $48 million for the skin cancer that disfigured a Georgia man, after they found a dermatologist who treated him responsible.
Jurors last week handed down a $29.5 million verdict for the life-changing injuries a child suffered when she was struck by a tow truck while riding her bicycle.
Jurors last month cleared a Georgia doctor of responsibility for the sepsis-related death of a patient, days after he underwent surgery.

Feb 3, 2026
Jurors last week cleared Philip Morris of responsibility for the heart and lung diseases a Florida man says he developed after decades of smoking the company’s cigarettes.
Jurors Tuesday handed down a $675,000 verdict against R.J. Reynolds after finding the company responsible for the emphysema that forced a long-time smoker to undergo a lung transplant.
A Massachusetts jury handed down a $510,000 verdict for the role it found Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds played in the lung cancer death of a long-time smoker.
Jurors last week cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the fatal throat cancer a New Mexico man suffered after smoking the company’s cigarettes for decades.
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