Jury Awards $250K to Deceased Smoker's Family in Non-Economic Damages Retrial Against Philip Morris
Sep 11, 2018
Jurors Friday awarded $250,000 in non-economic damages to the family of a Florida mortician whose 1995 lung cancer death was previously tied to years of smoking Philip Morris cigarettes.
Sep 7, 2018
In this tobacco litigation trial, Hanifah Harewood claims defendant tobacco companies hid the dangers of cigarettes, leading to Glenn Simmons' smoking-related disease.
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Sep 7, 2018
Jury trial in products liability lawsuit claiming that plaintiff Louis Summerlin developed cancer from exposure to both asbestos and tobacco products.
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Jury Clears U-Haul In $30M Trial Over Allegedly Defective Tow Dolly
Sep 7, 2018
An Arizona state court jury cleared rental truck giant U-Haul of all liability on Thursday in a $30 million products liability trial over claims that the lack of brakes on a tow dolly caused a car accident that left a man permanently paralyzed.
Sep 7, 2018
Trial is slated to begin next week against a pair of physicians accused of negligence that a Georgia woman says furthered the return of her breast cancer.
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Sep 7, 2018
Attorneys argued Wednesday over whether a scheme to hide the dangers of cigarettes killed a Florida woman and whether the claim itself was time barred, as trial began against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
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Sep 6, 2018
In this tobacco liability case, Micah Danielson claims Philip Morris concealed the dangers of cigarettes, which led to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Norman Danielson.
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Simon v. Philip Morris, et al.
Sep 5, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette makers concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
Sep 5, 2018
September marks a busy month for Johnson & Johnson’s legal department, as the company faces three trials over claims that its popular talc-based baby powder products contain asbestos, and the trials will all be webcast gavel-to-gavel by Courtr...
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Sep 4, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette maker hid the dangers of smoking, causing nicotine addiction and death.
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Aug 31, 2018
A lawsuit claiming a man developed lung cancer due to asbestos exposure and smoking cigarettes heads to trial on September 6 in Massachusetts state court.
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