Attorneys Dispute Issue of Addiction in Closing Arguments of Gore v. R.J. Reynolds Engle Progeny Suit
Aug 25, 2014
In closing arguments, opposing counsel argued whether Gloria Gore, the smoker at the center of an Engle progeny suit, was a nicotine addict or a smoker by choice.
Aug 22, 2014
Read the week's highlights from all of the Engle progeny cases CVN is covering, and get a look ahead to what's happening next week.
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Aug 20, 2014
The daughter of a deceased smoker in an Engle progeny trial against tobacco companies testified her father was a nicotine addict who was always trying to quit smoking.
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Aug 19, 2014
A surgeon testified that smoking, not tuberculosis scarring, was the most likely cause of cancer in a man at the heart of an Engle progeny tobacco suit.
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Openings in Engle Progeny Tobacco Case Focus on Whether Smoker Was Addicted to Nicotine
Aug 14, 2014
In opening statements of Robert Gore v. R.J. Reynolds, an Engle progeny case, opposing counsel argued whether Gloria Gore had been addicted to smoking.
Aug 9, 2014
A Georgia judge rejected GM's res judicata arguments in the automaker's motion to dismiss a wrongful death suit over the automaker's defective ignition switch.
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Aug 8, 2014
Trial opened Friday in one of the first post-Robinson Engle progeny proceedings with arguments over whether tobacco defendants were responsible for smoker Dale Moyer's health problems.
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Aug 7, 2014
The parents of a Georgia woman allegedly killed because of a faulty GM ignition switch face a motion to dismiss their suit. CVN will cover the Saturday hearing.
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Richbell v. Toussaint, et al.
Jun 10, 2014
Wrongful death/automotive negligence suit brought by the estate of Devon Richbell, who was killed in a head-on collision with a Kenworth truck while driving on Warfield Boulevard in Lake Worth, Florida in 2011.
May 14, 2014
In this oral argument before the Delaware Supreme Court, the attorney representing appellant Thomas Baird challenged the lower court's decision to deny his client's request to investigate particularized allegations of juror misconduct. On Septembe...
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Apr 16, 2014
In this oral argument before the Delaware Supreme Court, the attorney representing appellant Barbara A. Mammarella contended that the lower court erred when it ruled as a matter of law under Superior Court Civil Rule 50(a)(1) that no reasonable ju...
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Apr 3, 2014
Plaintiff Maria Francisco alleges that while riding a public bus, the driver rode over a speed bump at an "excessive speed" and she was tossed into the air and then landed on the plastic seat, causing an injury to the spine.
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