Laramie v. Philip Morris
Jul 30, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette manufacturer is responsible for smoking-related disease.
Jul 26, 2019
A common defense argument in medical malpractice cases is that there was no viable treatment to prevent a patient’s injury. During closings of a med mal trial over the loss of a hospital patient’s leg, Lloyd Bell powerfully counters that argument ...
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Jul 26, 2019
Attorneys this week argued over whether R.J. Reynolds is responsible for the cancer death of a 42-year-old Florida smoker, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Jul 26, 2019
Check out CVN at the end of each month for a bird’s eye view of the latest developments in the cosmetic talc trials being webcast by CVN along with other major recent news in talc-related litigation.
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Adamson v. R.J. Reynolds
Jul 23, 2019
R.J. Reynolds and a tobacco industry scheme to hook young smokers to cigarettes played a central role in the cancer death of 42-year-old Florida woman, an attorney for the womans daughter told jurors Wednesday, as trial began against the tobacco ...
Jul 19, 2019
Jurors Friday cleared R.J. Reynolds at trial over claims that its role in a decades-long tobacco industry conspiracy led to a Florida woman’s death.
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Jul 19, 2019
Johnson & Johnson faces potentially $1 billion in damages at a trial that began this week in California state court.
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Jul 19, 2019
A retrial on damages will begin Monday in California state court in a lawsuit involving a hip implant manufactured by Zimmer Inc., after a judge threw out an earlier $9 million verdict
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How Bethany Schneider's Vivid Argument, and a Leaky Faucet, Sealed a $5.5M Traumatic Brain Injury Verdict
Jul 18, 2019
Arguing the long-lasting effects of a traumatic brain injury at trial can be difficult. Symptoms may not be immediately and obviously visible to others, and the defense may argue that the impact of the injury is less than what the accident v...
Jul 17, 2019
Attorneys Monday argued over whether R.J. Reynolds is responsible for the death of a woman who never smoked the company’s cigarettes, as trial opened against the tobacco giant.
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Jul 17, 2019
A California state court jury on Wednesday awarded $3.8 million to a former high school student who blamed inadequate security policies for the serious injuries he suffered in a 2013 school shooting.
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Jul 16, 2019
Jury trial in cosmetic talc/mesothelioma lawsuit.
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