UPDATE: $11.5M Verdict Includes $6M in Punitives against RJR for Nurse's Cancer Death
May 20, 2016
A jury Thursday awarded $5 million to the children of a former addiction treatment counselor who died from cancer after smoking for more than five decades, and it found R.J. Reynolds liable for potential punitive damages for its role in her death.
May 18, 2016
Jurors this week found R.J. Reynolds liable for $18 million for the role the company played in the lung cancer death of a Korean War veteran who smoked for more than half a century.
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May 12, 2016
Jurors Wednesday awarded $12 million, plus potential punitive damages, to the widower of a Florida smoker for the role R.J. Reynolds played in the woman’s cancer death.
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May 11, 2016
Attorneys Monday debated whether defective equipment or diver error caused a renowned underwater filmmaker to drown, as trial began against the company that made the equipment.
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CVN To Webcast $6M+ Boston Scientific Pelvic Mesh Trial In Massachusetts
May 7, 2016
Opening statements begin Monday in a Massachusetts state courtroom in a potentially $6 million product liability lawsuit against Boston Scientific Corp.
May 6, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, James McCabe claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers and addictiveness of cigarettes, leading to the smoking-related disease of Jane McCabe.
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May 6, 2016
A product liability lawsuit filed against gun manufacturer Glock Inc. goes to trial on Tuesday in California state court in a case filed by a former Los Angeles policeman who was shot by his 3-year-old son.
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May 6, 2016
A California state court jury on Thursday rejected claims from two men who said they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma from exposure to long-lasting carcinogenic chemicals manufactured by Monsanto.
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Nally v. R.J. Reynolds
May 5, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Marlene Nally claims defendant tobacco company concealed the dangers and addictiveness of its products, leading to the smoking-related illness of Joseph Nally.
May 5, 2016
Whether addiction fueled a Florida woman’s 40-plus years of smoking took center stage last week as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds for the woman’s cancer death.
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May 3, 2016
A Missouri state court jury on Monday slammed Johnson & Johnson with a $55 million verdict in a lawsuit filed by a woman claiming she developed ovarian cancer after using talc-powder products on her genitals for decades.
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Apr 29, 2016
In this Engle progeny proceeding, George Dion is suing defendant tobacco manufacturers, claiming that they concealed the health effects of smoking and fueled the addiction of Marion Dion, leading to Marion Dion's smoking-related disease.
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