Jury Rejects Celebrity Plastic Surgeon’s Product Liability Lawsuit Over Allegedly Defective Fat Removal Laser
May 24, 2019
A long-running products liability trial ended in a defense verdict Friday, when a California state court jury sided with laser manufacturer Cynosure Inc. in a lawsuit alleging the company’s fat removal device left a woman with permanent pain and s...
May 22, 2019
A jury hit R.J. Reynolds with a $1 million punitive verdict last week, as part of an unusual decision that awarded no compensatories for the throat cancer that took a Florida smoker's voice box.
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May 21, 2019
A unanimous South Carolina state court jury rejected claims on Tuesday that asbestos supposedly present in Johnson & Johnson’s cosmetic talc products caused a woman to develop a rare and fatal form of cancer.
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May 17, 2019
During closing rebuttal last week at trial over a devastating truck crash, Pete Law played off of his Atlanta roots to appeal to a Whitfield County, Georgia jury and help win an 8-figure verdict.
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What Opioid Litigation Heavyweights Are Hearing on Newest Changes Surrounding Cases
May 17, 2019
As the first wave of opioid lawsuits moves toward trial, the nation’s top attorneys and legal industry experts will meet in Dallas this June to discuss critical approaches to the groundswell of litigation that will put billions of dollars at stake.
May 17, 2019
R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $3.75 million verdict this week for the part jurors found the company played in a Florida woman’s fatal respiratory disease.
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May 16, 2019
A Florida state court judge Monday declared a mistrial eight days into trial against the nation’s two largest tobacco firms, following the death of the plaintiff in the case.
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May 15, 2019
The first lawsuit in the country filed by state officials seeking to hold pharmaceutical companies responsible for the opioid crisis goes to trial May 28th in Oklahoma state court.
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Cossick v. Philip Morris
May 13, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant's concealment of smoking's dangers led to nicotine addiction and disease.
May 13, 2019
Jury trial in J&J talc/mesothelioma lawsuit.
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May 10, 2019
The first trial in a lawsuit resulting from allegedly inadequate workplace safety standards at Tesla Inc. begins Tuesday in California state court.
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May 10, 2019
Federal judges in California and South Carolina dealt a blow last week to Johnson & Johnson’s nascent strategy of removing cosmetic talc cases to federal court in the wake of their talc supplier Imerys filing for bankruptcy in Delaware, remand...
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