California AG’s Office Asks Judge To Award $800M As Nation’s 1st Pelvic Mesh False Marketing Trial Concludes
Sep 27, 2019
A California state court judge heard closing arguments Thursday in the first trial in the country involving a state attorney general’s false marketing claims against a pelvic mesh manufacturer.
Sep 26, 2019
Jurors awarded nearly $9.7 million Thursday to a Massachusetts smoker for the role it found Philip Morris played in her lung cancer.
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Sep 26, 2019
A prospective juror that expresses strong opinions on issues adverse to a case can be a critical landmine during voir dire. Such opinions risk swaying other members of the venire. However, during jury selection in a 2018 medical malpractice case, ...
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Sep 25, 2019
Philip Morris was slapped with a $1.35 million total verdict this week for the role jurors found the company played in a Florida smoker’s throat cancer.
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$100M Wrongful Death Trial Over Armored Truck’s Fatal Collision With Motorcyclist Begins In Texas
Sep 20, 2019
A Texas state court jury heard opening statements this week in a wrongful death lawsuit worth potentially $100 million filed by the family of a motorcyclist who died in a collision with an armored truck.
Sep 20, 2019
Slip-and-fall cases involving a static condition often hinge on whether the condition was in plain view, and thus, what the plaintiff reasonably could be expected to see. In a trip-and-fall case involving a woman injured at a metro Atlanta jazz cl...
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Sep 19, 2019
Attorneys argued Tuesday over who bore responsibility for the laryngeal cancer that cost a Florida smoker his voice box, as trial opened against Philip Morris.
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Sep 18, 2019
3-week jury trial in wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a motorcycle rider who was killed in a collision with an armored security vehicle.
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Alvarez Del Real v. Philip Morris
Sep 17, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to addiction and smoking-related disease.
Sep 16, 2019
Consolidated jury trial involving two products liability lawsuits involving Bard's "Align" pelvic mesh implant.
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Sep 13, 2019
Johnson & Johnson’s desire to protect its signature, talc-based baby powder led to a Georgia woman's fatal cancer, an attorney for the woman’s family claimed Thursday, as trial opened against the consumer products giant.
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Sep 13, 2019
Jurors Wednesday handed down a $5 million verdict against a Georgia party rental company for the brain injury a teen suffered during a bubble soccer game.
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