Jury Awards $6M in Trial Against RJR Over Florida Woman's COPD Death
Feb 1, 2023
Jurors last week awarded $6 million to the family of a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for her respiratory disease-related death.
Jan 31, 2023
Attorneys Monday debated who should bear responsibility for the sweeping fallout of opioid addiction, as a first-of-its-kind, private-plaintiff jury trial over the opioid epidemic opened in Georgia against three drug distributors.
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Jan 30, 2023
In this opioid trial, over 20 plaintiffs, consisting of relatives of opioid abusers, sue Cardinal Health, McKesson Corporation, and J M Smith Corporation. Plaintiffs claim defendants improperly distributed opioids to pharmacies, with drug sales cr...
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Jan 27, 2023
Openings are expected Monday in what is believed to be the nation’s first state court jury trial brought by private plaintiffs over the opioid epidemic, with CVN streaming the Georgia court proceedings.
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Patient Blames Prominent Neurosurgeon For Permanent Facial Paralysis at Medical Malpractice Trial, Watch Online via CVN
Jan 26, 2023
A California jury heard openings Wednesday in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a patient with permanent facial paralysis accusing a prominent neurosurgeon of encouraging a supposedly risky surgery and violating the terms of his consent.
Jan 25, 2023
In this medical malpractice trial, Dr. Marc Schwartz performed surgery on David Pullman to remove an acoustic neuroma. Pullman claims Dr. Schwartz improperly performed the surgery, leading to nerve damage and facial paralysis.Attorneys for Pullman...
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Jan 24, 2023
A Florida jury handed down a $5 million verdict against Philip Morris Friday after concluding a Florida man died from lung cancer caused by the company’s Marlboro cigarettes. However, jurors apportioned 40% of fault to the smoker himself.
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Jan 19, 2023
Jurors Wednesday found rapper Flo Rida entitled to more than $82.6 million in damages after concluding the maker of Celsius energy drinks breached an endorsement agreement with the entertainer.
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$52M+ Malpractice Trial over Woman’s ‘Locked-In Syndrome' Due To Sodium Imbalance Begins
Jan 19, 2023
A patient left completely unable to communicate due to brain damage caused by a sodium imbalance is seeking more than $52 million in damages at a medical malpractice trial underway in Nevada.
Jan 13, 2023
In this Engle progeny trial, decedent Josephine Dubins suffered from fatal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after smoking R.J. Reynolds' Vantage brand cigarettes for decades. To be considered for the Engle progeny class, plaintiffs must prove...
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Jan 12, 2023
Our picks for the Top 10 most impressive defense verdicts CVN covered in 2022!
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Jan 11, 2023
Attorneys Monday debated who bore responsibility for the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for more than half a century, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
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