Tobacco Giants Hit with $33.5M Award in Trial over Lawyer's Deadly Cancer
Apr 28, 2016
Jurors this week awarded $33.5 million to the family of a Florida attorney after finding the nation’s two largest tobacco companies responsible for his cancer death.
Apr 22, 2016
Intuitive Surgical struck a deal on Wednesday to settle a $30 million lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed one of its allegedly defective surgical robots severely injured her.
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Apr 22, 2016
Jurors Thursday awarded $3 million plus potential punitive damages to children of a former bartender, after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that killed her.
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Apr 20, 2016
Agrochemical giant Monsanto Co. argued Monday that its long-lasting carcinogenic chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, known as PCBs, didn’t cause two men to develop cancer.
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Steele, et al. v. Monsanto Co., et al.
Apr 18, 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 Co. called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which ...
Apr 13, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, causing nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
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Apr 12, 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, and that the company k...
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Apr 11, 2016
The second trial in state court out of more than a thousand lawsuits claiming Johnson & Johnson products containing talcum powder can cause cancer begins Monday in Missouri.
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Turner v. R.J. Reynolds
Apr 8, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, Vivian Turner claims defendant tobacco company concealed the health risks of cigarettes, leading to her mother, Vivian Wilkinson's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
Apr 8, 2016
R.J. Reynolds prevailed at trial over the cancer death of a 56-year-old smoker, after jurors Thursday rejected the claimed link between the company’s cigarettes and his disease.
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Apr 7, 2016
Intuitive Surgical Inc. struck a deal on Wednesday in California state court to settle a $30 million lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed one of its allegedly defective surgical robots severely injured her, after her doctor used it to perform a hy...
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Apr 7, 2016
A potentially $300 million product liability trial began Thursday in a lawsuit filed against Intuitive Surgical Inc. by a woman who claims the company’s “Da Vinci” robotic surgical system caused her severe internal injuries.
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