Gardner v. Textron Inc., et al.
Oct 24, 2017
Hours after openings at trial claiming a defect in a powered carts design led to a teenagers brain damage, the teens family agreed to a settlement with the carts manufacturer.
Oct 23, 2017
Trial is scheduled to begin this week against a golf cart manufacturer accused of responsibility for the lifelong brain damage a Georgia teenager suffered when he was thrown from one of its vehicles during an Independence Day celebration.
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Oct 20, 2017
For the second time in two weeks, a California state court jury heard opening statements on Thursday in the nation’s first trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based body powders contain asbestos, following an earlier mistrial.
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Oct 19, 2017
A state court jury linked Philip Morris cigarettes to a Florida womans laryngeal cancer and her eventual death, but limited its verdict to six figures in medical expenses and found the tobacco company responsible for less than 1/20th of that amount.
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Tina Herford v. Johnson & Johnson, et al.
Oct 19, 2017
A California state court jury handed a major win to Johnson & Johnson Thursday, determining that the company is not responsible for a womans cancer that she claims she developed from inhaling asbestos fibers in popular talc-based hygiene prod...
Oct 19, 2017
A Florida smoker who grew up in Kentucky's tobacco country was among generations of children targeted by the tobacco industry, leading to a decades-long nicotine addiction that ended in his cancer death, an attorney for the smoker’s family said as...
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Oct 18, 2017
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendants' concealment of tobacco's dangers led to nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
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Oct 16, 2017
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette company concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to nicotine addiction and disease.
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$7.1M Verdict Slams Philip Morris in Trial Over Virginia Slims Smoker's Fatal Lung Cancer
Oct 13, 2017
A state court jury Tuesday handed down a $7.1 million award to the family of a woman who died from smoking-related lung cancer, after it concluded Philip Morris played a central role in her death.
Oct 13, 2017
Jurors Wednesday awarded $500,000 to a woman who shattered her leg in a house deck collapse, after they found the home’s owner largely responsible for the crash and cleared the property manager of responsibility.
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Oct 9, 2017
The first trial in Missouri state court over the alleged ovarian cancer risks from Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder products in the wake of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the ability of plaintiffs to file lawsuits outside the s...
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Oct 9, 2017
The first wrongful death trial stemming from a hepatitis A outbreak that sickened hundreds began on Friday in California state court, with Costco and its suppliers facing claims that a tainted berry blend caused an elderly woman’s illness.
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