Colette O'Hara v RJ Reynolds
Aug 27, 2015
The basis for this lawsuit in Escambia County is the claim that the tobacco defendants are liable for the illness of the plaintiff, in this Engle progeny case.
Aug 27, 2015
A Nevada state court judge overseeing a potentially $2 billion jury trial over the alleged bladder cancer risks of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd.s blockbuster diabetes drug Actos announced Wednesday that the pharmaceutical company and two plaintif...
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Aug 27, 2015
Takeda Pharmaceuticals should pay $2 billion in damages after destroying evidence that the diabetes medication Actos caused bladder cancer, according to an attorney representing two men who took the drug in a closely-watched trial.
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Aug 26, 2015
In this personal injury action, Manuel Valdes claims U.S. Sugar Corp. is responsible for shoulder, head, and hip injuries he sustained in a railway depot accident involving Valdes' employer, South Central Florida Express, the short line railroad o...
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Hilario v. Newell Recycling of Atlanta
Aug 25, 2015
Erik Hilario, age 19, was working at Newell Recycling's East Point facility when he died in a fire. His parents brought the suit against various related corporate entries. He was working on a machine that punched holes in gas tanks to drain them b...
Aug 25, 2015
James Lanier was a 24-year-old electrical worker who was killed when hit by equipment at an Ameristeel mill in Cartersville. His family filed the wrongful death action against Gerdau Ameristeel.
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Attorney Compares Client's Injury to Football Concussion to Win 12-Year-Old Case: GA Trial Highlight
Aug 25, 2015
Plaintiff's attorney compares the injury his client suffered to those suffered by professional athletes that result in concussions to help win a $92K verdict in a case that took over 12 years to get to court.
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Aug 24, 2015
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Martha Duignan claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, while fueling the nicotine addiction of Douglas Duignan, ultimately leading to Douglas Duignan's smoking-related disease.
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R.J. Reynolds Cleared in $16M Suit over Fatal Lung Disease
Aug 21, 2015
R.J. Reynolds prevailed this week in a suit brought by the widow of a Cuban immigrant who died of respiratory disease after decades of smoking the tobacco company's unfiltered cigarettes.
Aug 20, 2015
In this Engle progeny tobacco case, James Lewis is suing R.J. Reynolds, claiming its concealment of the health effects of its cigarettes led to his wife Rosemary's nicotine addiction and her fatal lung cancer.
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Aug 20, 2015
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-owned freight rail giant BNSF Railway Co. was cleared by a state court jury in a personal injury lawsuit filed by a fireman who was pinned against a guardrail by a utility cart during a late-night shift in a California trai...
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Aug 19, 2015
Pedestrian James Booth was awarded $7,500 in damages by a Coweta County Superior Court jury after being hit by a truck driven by Joel Edge in an accident that neither party could remember at trial.
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