Jury Awards $4.6M to Smoker After Finding RJR Liable for His Heart, Vascular Diseases
Jul 31, 2018
A state court jury awarded $4.62 million last week to a Florida smoker who claims R.J. Reynolds is responsible for a decades-long nicotine addiction that caused his heart and vascular diseases.
Jul 25, 2018
A nearly $3 million punitive verdict last week capped a $5 million total award to a Florida man for the role a jury found the country’s two largest cigarette makers played in his wife’s cancer death.
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Jul 25, 2018
Jurors Wednesday awarded more than $2.66 million to a Georgia woman for the debilitating leg injury she suffered in a fall from a hospital's wheelchair.
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Jul 23, 2018
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff claims defendant concealed the hazards of smoking, leading to addiction and disease.
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Byrom v. Douglas Hospital Inc.
Jul 23, 2018
Plaintiff seeks damages for injuries suffered in a fall at a hospital.
Jul 20, 2018
In this Engle progeny tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff Phil Marotta alleged R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company of fraudulent concealment of dangers of smoking cigarettes manufactured by the company which led his Philip M. Marotta to get addicte...
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Jul 20, 2018
Attorneys for a defunct pipe insulation company notched a defense verdict Thursday in an asbestos lawsuit in South Carolina state court, despite the judge instructing jurors the plaintiff was exposed to their asbestos as part of a pre-trial sancti...
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Jul 19, 2018
Jurors declared themselves deadlocked Friday over whether a Georgia doctor was responsible for her patient’s ultimately fatal heart attack, sending the case against the physician to mistrial.
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Hospital Nursing Staff Accused of Fault for Child's Brain Damage, as Med Mal Trial Begins
Jul 19, 2018
Attorneys Monday debated whether a nursing staff’s conduct during a perinatal emergency caused a child’s lifelong brain damage, as trial began against the hospital where she was delivered.
Jul 17, 2018
A South Carolina state court jury heard opening statements on Monday in a lawsuit filed by a man stricken with fatal cancer who claims a defunct pipe insulation company is responsible for his exposure to asbestos in the 1970’s.
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Jul 16, 2018
Jury trial in asbestos exposure lawsuit.
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Jul 16, 2018
In this premises liability case, plaintiff claims defendant is responsible for the drowning death of an 11-year old.
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