$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 22, 2015
Two physicians prevailed Friday against a patient’s claim that she suffered a catastrophic stroke because of their failure to properly treat her.
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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 16, 2015
A jury Monday cleared a pain management physician of liability for a patient’s debilitating spinal injury.
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Surgeon Details Treatment Following Patient's Devastating Stroke, as Med Mal Trial Continues
Dec 16, 2015
The surgeon who inserted a blood clot-capturing filter soon after a Florida woman suffered a devastating stroke told jurors Tuesday the filter was not typically the first line of treatment for such clots, as the defense presents its case at trial ...
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
As trial opened Tuesday over a debilitating spinal condition a Georgia woman claims followed a pain management procedure, attorneys debated whether the woman’s post-procedure symptoms required the pain management doctor take further action.
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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 10, 2015
The developer of a filter designed to protect against catastrophic complications from blood clots told jurors his device may have stopped the clot attorneys claim left a Florida woman with lifelong brain damage, as trial continued against the woma...
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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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