Dec 2, 2009
Product liability jury trial based on allegedly defective rear seat occupant protection system of the 2002 Ford Explorer that left plaintiff a permanent, complete quadriplegic.According to the plaintiff, a frontal vehicle collision occurred when a...
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Nov 18, 2009
Testicular mesothelioma jury trial based on occupational asbestos exposure.The plaintiff was born in 1930. Starting in 1954, he spent 33 years working for the Lindmore Irrigation District maintaining pipes, including replacing concrete pipes with...
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Gonzalez v. Wendy's
Nov 16, 2009
Plaintiff allegedly bit a Wendy's cheeseburger containing a metal object -- possibly a nail or a staple -- which caused mouth injuries, including dislocation of the temporomandibular joints (TMJ), requiring bilateral surgery. The defendant claime...
Sep 29, 2009
Products liability challenge to allegedly defective automobile seats.According to the plaintiff, a pickup truck rear-ended the plaintiff's Ford Probe while trying to pass at 3:30 am on a dry road. The Probe left the road, hit a rock, and overturn...
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Sep 21, 2009
A series of proceedings involving lawsuits combined into the federal multi-district Zyprexa liability litigation. The September 21, 2009, hearing involved two issues: the finality of any judgment entered (whether the court would retain jurisdictio...
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Aug 13, 2009
Asbestos liability jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.Plaintiff Robert Thacker contracted pleural mesothelioma from asbestos exposure in the 1970s, when he worked as a pipe fitter. The plaintiff died after the cancer spread to his spine and...
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Aug 12, 2009
Asbestos liability jury trial in Los Angeles Superior court. Plaintiff's lung was removed due to lung cancer (not mesothelioma). Plaintiff allegedly was exposed to asbestos as a teenager in the late 1950's while working in the auto repair busin...
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Aug 12, 2009
Cigarette manufacturer challenges San Francisco's ban on the sale of tobacco in pharmacies and health stores.
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