$20M Punitive Award Follows Battle Over RJR Conduct, Wraps $34.7M Tobacco Trial Over Vet's Fatal Cancer
Sep 14, 2015
A $20 million punitive verdict against R.J. Reynolds Friday afternoon capped a trial in which jurors awarded more than $34 million to the family of an Air Force veteran who died of cancer after decades of smoking Reynolds cigarettes.
Sep 12, 2015
The family of a 42-year-old man who died after smoking for more than two decades won a $12 million verdict this week in their suit against the nation’s two largest tobacco manufacturers.
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Sep 11, 2015
Jurors Thursday found R.J. Reynolds liable for $14.7 million in compensatory damages, plus potential punitives, for its role in the lung cancer death of a decorated Air Force veteran.
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Sep 9, 2015
Jurors Tuesday awarded $4.5 million to an ex-smoker who claims cigarette manufacturers are responsible for the cancer her doctor says likely gives her less than a year to live.
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Terminally Ill Man Settles $2M+ Asbestos Suit Against Plumbing Co. After Trial Begins
Sep 9, 2015
A former plumbing contractor who claims he developed cancer from exposure to asbestos-containing pipes has settled a lawsuit worth more than $2 million against Rexel SA subsidiary Westburne Supply Inc., two days after opening statements took place.
Sep 4, 2015
In this Engle progeny trial, Alicia Suarez claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to the nicotine addiction and death of Pio Suarez.
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Sep 2, 2015
Jurors awarded a Florida widower $750,000 for the death of his wife after finding that her decades of smoking R.J. Reynolds cigarettes, but not the company's allegedly deceptive marketing, caused her fatal lung cancer.
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Sep 1, 2015
A former plumbing contractor who claims he developed cancer from exposure to asbestos-containing pipes as a teenager in the 1970s has settled a lawsuit worth more than $2 million against Rexel SA subsidiary Westburne Supply Inc., two days after o...
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Takeda Defends Diabetes Drug Actos At $2 Billion Product Liability Trial
Aug 31, 2015
An attorney for Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd. told a jury on Friday that the best-selling diabetes drug Actos is safe and effective, in a lawsuit claiming the medication causes bladder cancer that could leave the company on the hook for $2 billion.
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 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...
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