Willetts v. Acton
Aug 12, 2014
This personal injury case arises from a vehicular collision between plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages in the case, claiming defendant was cited for DUI after the collision and was negligent in operating hi...
Aug 12, 2014
In this Engle progeny lawsuit, plaintiff, a surviving child of Cleston Roy Wilcox, alleges that his father contracted lung cancer and ultimately died due to his smoking addiction. Plaintiff claims that the defendant tobacco company is responsible ...
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Aug 11, 2014
In this Engle progeny lawsuit, Mary Cooper, a smoker for several decades, claims she contracted laryngeal cancer because of her addiction to cigarettes.
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Aug 11, 2014
In opening statements of Cooper v R.J. Reynolds, attorneys argued whether Mary Cooper developed larynx cancer by the time required for Engle progeny cases.
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Melton v. General Motors
Aug 9, 2014
This is a wrongful death action against General Motors and an auto dealership filed by the parents of a driver allegedly killed due to a faulty, GM-manufactured vehicle ignition switch. The parents had accepted a reported $5 million settlement, bu...
Aug 9, 2014
A Georgia judge rejected GM's res judicata arguments in the automaker's motion to dismiss a wrongful death suit over the automaker's defective ignition switch.
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Aug 8, 2014
In this tobacco trial, decedent Dale Moyer died after suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and parotid cancer. Moyer's daughter, Heather Irimi, sues R.J. Reynolds, asserting that their efforts in concealing the dangers of cigarette...
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Aug 8, 2014
Trial opened Friday in one of the first post-Robinson Engle progeny proceedings with arguments over whether tobacco defendants were responsible for smoker Dale Moyer's health problems.
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CVN to Cover Saturday Dismissal Hearing in Georgia Wrongful Death Suit Alleging Faulty GM Ignition Switch
Aug 7, 2014
The parents of a Georgia woman allegedly killed because of a faulty GM ignition switch face a motion to dismiss their suit. CVN will cover the Saturday hearing.
Aug 5, 2014
An appellate panel vacated an Accutane verdict, finding the claim time barred and no breach of the duty to warn under the learned intermediary doctrine.
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Aug 1, 2014
Boston Scientific prevailed in its first Massachusetts pelvic mesh trial with a jury rejecting a plaintiff's defective design and failure-to-warn claims.
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Jul 30, 2014
Following a record $23.6 billion Florida verdict against them, will tobacco companies move to settle the state's remaining Engle cases?
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