Trial Set This Week Over Whether Alleged Defect in Powered Cart's Design Caused Teen's Brain Injury
Oct 23, 2017
Trial is scheduled to begin this week against a golf cart manufacturer accused of responsibility for the lifelong brain damage a Georgia teenager suffered when he was thrown from one of its vehicles during an Independence Day celebration.
Oct 20, 2017
For the second time in two weeks, a California state court jury heard opening statements on Thursday in the nation’s first trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based body powders contain asbestos, following an earlier mistrial.
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Oct 19, 2017
A state court jury linked Philip Morris cigarettes to a Florida womans laryngeal cancer and her eventual death, but limited its verdict to six figures in medical expenses and found the tobacco company responsible for less than 1/20th of that amount.
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Oct 19, 2017
A California state court jury handed a major win to Johnson & Johnson Thursday, determining that the company is not responsible for a womans cancer that she claims she developed from inhaling asbestos fibers in popular talc-based hygiene prod...
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Tobacco Conspiracy Drove Addiction That Ended in Smoker's Cancer Death, Attorney Says as Trial Begins Against R.J. Reynolds
Oct 19, 2017
A Florida smoker who grew up in Kentucky's tobacco country was among generations of children targeted by the tobacco industry, leading to a decades-long nicotine addiction that ended in his cancer death, an attorney for the smoker’s family said as...
Oct 18, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of tobacco's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
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Oct 16, 2017
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette company concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to nicotine addiction and disease.
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Oct 13, 2017
A state court jury Tuesday handed down a $7.1 million award to the family of a woman who died from smoking-related lung cancer, after it concluded Philip Morris played a central role in her death.
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$500K Verdict Hits Homeowner for House Guest Injured in Deck Collapse
Oct 13, 2017
Jurors Wednesday awarded $500,000 to a woman who shattered her leg in a house deck collapse, after they found the home’s owner largely responsible for the crash and cleared the property manager of responsibility.
Oct 9, 2017
In this premises liability case, plaintiff seeks damages for injuries she suffered in a deck collapse.
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Oct 9, 2017
The first trial in Missouri state court over the alleged ovarian cancer risks from Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder products in the wake of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the ability of plaintiffs to file lawsuits outside the s...
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Oct 9, 2017
The first wrongful death trial stemming from a hepatitis A outbreak that sickened hundreds began on Friday in California state court, with Costco and its suppliers facing claims that a tainted berry blend caused an elderly woman’s illness.
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