$35M Award Hammers Tobacco Giants in Trial over Airline Worker’s Fatal Cancer
Dec 23, 2015
Jurors awarded $35 million to the widower of an airline worker after finding the nation’s two largest cigarette manufacturers responsible for her fatal lung cancer.
Dec 17, 2015
Jurors last night cleared a door company of liability for the brain damage a former UCLA staff member claims she suffered when a rolling fire door struck her head.
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Dec 10, 2015
A UCLA employee should be paid millions of dollars by the door’s seller and manufacturer, her attorney told jurors at a product liability trial that began Tuesday in California state court.
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Dec 10, 2015
Jurors Wednesday awarded $11 million to a former smoker for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in causing the throat cancer that took her voice box.
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The Long Minute that Counted Down to a $150M Verdict in a Car Explosion Case
Dec 10, 2015
As critical as a well-prepared closing is, sometimes the moments with the biggest impact are delivered as a counterpunch to a remark by opposing counsel.
Dec 10, 2015
Attorneys for a Florida widower whose wife died from lung cancer told jurors her disease was caused by a tobacco industry conspiracy that addicted her to nicotine for more than 40 years, as trial opened Monday against the nation’s two largest ciga...
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Dec 8, 2015
A University of California, Los Angeles employee who allegedly suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a falling garage-style fire door should be paid millions of dollars by the doors seller and manufacturer, her attorney told jur...
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Dec 7, 2015
In this tobacco litigation, Roland Ledoux claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, while fueling the nicotine addiction of Patricia Ledoux, which led to her smoking-related illness.
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Sherrer v. Boston Scientific, et al.
Dec 2, 2015
A Missouri state court jury has handed a major victory to Boston Scientific Corp. and C.R. Bard Inc., finding that two of the companies' pelvic mesh implants are not defective and did not cause injuries to a retired nurse who claimed the devices l...
Dec 2, 2015
Jurors last week cleared the nation’s three largest tobacco companies of liability for the cancer and heart and lung diseases a 95-year-old former former pilot claims stemmed from more than our decades of smoking.
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Nov 30, 2015
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Florence Monroe claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of their cigarettes, causing her nicotine addiction and, ultimately, her smoking-related disease.
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Nov 19, 2015
Watch how James Ferraro urges jurors to make the logical leap needed to connect Georgia Pacific building materials to his client's mesothelioma.
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