|VIDEO| The Defense Acknowledgment That Can Be Crucial at Trial
May 15, 2023
Attorneys defending a personal injury case must strike a delicate balance between vigorously representing their client without coming across as cold and unsympathetic to a plaintiff’s condition. And in the latest episode of CVN’s Trial Technique S...
May 12, 2023
The first trial involving asbestos allegedly present in J&J's cosmetic talc products since the company halted its talc-related litigation with a bankruptcy filing in 2021 begins jury selection Monday in California.
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May 11, 2023
The timeline surrounding the development of a smoker’s respiratory disease served as a key point of dispute as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds last week over the woman's death from the condition.
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May 10, 2023
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for disease allegedly caused by smoking.
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Jury Awards $21M In Airbag Defect/TBI Trial While Clearing Nissan Of All Liability
May 10, 2023
A California jury returned a $21 million verdict in a lawsuit claiming a supposedly defective airbag caused a passenger’s serious brain injury, but assigned all liability to the drunk driver while clearing Nissan.
May 9, 2023
This tobacco trial did not go forward. However, you may be interested in the following tobacco proceedings: Bagnell v. Philip MorrisAgnitti v. Philip MorrisHamilton v. R.J. Reynolds
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Multi-Million Wrongful Death/Dangerous Condition Trial Against City of San Diego Ends With Hung Jury
May 5, 2023
A California state court jury failed to return a verdict on Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit blaming the City of San Diego for a fatal car-on-pedestrian collision.
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May 4, 2023
In this Engle progeny trial, decedent Joyce Sikes suffered from fatal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after over five decades of smoking. To be considered for the Engle progeny class, plaintiffs must prove that the smoker was addicted to cig...
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New Mexico Jury Clears Philip Morris in Trial Over Ex-Smoker's Cancer
May 2, 2023
Philip Morris prevailed late last month at trial over the bladder cancer a New Mexico man claims was caused by the company's cigarettes.
Apr 26, 2023
In this Roundup trial, Sharlean Gordon suffered non-Hodgkin Lymphoma after allegedly using Monsanto's Roundup weed killer as a child. One of the active chemicals in Roundup is glyphosate, which plaintiffs claim is carcinogenic and caused Gordon's ...
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Apr 26, 2023
Opening statements took place Wednesday in Missouri state court in the latest trial over allegations that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide causes cancer.
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Apr 26, 2023
Opening statements in a rare class action jury trial took place Tuesday in Oregon state court in a lawsuit accusing electric utility company PacifiCorp of responsibility for widespread wildfires that took place over the Labor Day holiday in 2020.
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