Reasons Behind Nurse's Smoking Take Center Stage as Trial Against Tobacco Companies Opens
Jan 13, 2016
Attorneys debated what drove a Florida nurse to smoke up to three packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, before she developed lung cancer and respiratory disease, as trial opened this week in her suit against the nation’s two largest to...
Jan 11, 2016
In this tobacco litigation trial, Mary Howles is suing defendant tobacco companies, claiming they concealed the dangers of cigarettes, which caused a smoking-related disease.
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Dec 28, 2015
A California state court jury has awarded $216,450 to the mother of a mentally ill 20-year-old who died after overdosing on narcotic pain medication provided to him by a former psychiatric nurse with whom he had maintained a sexual relationship.
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Dec 23, 2015
Jurors awarded $35 million to the widower of an airline worker after finding the nation’s two largest cigarette manufacturers responsible for her fatal lung cancer.
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Door Company Wins in $32M Trial Over Ex-UCLA Staffer's Brain Injury
Dec 17, 2015
Jurors last night cleared a door company of liability for the brain damage a former UCLA staff member claims she suffered when a rolling fire door struck her head.
Dec 16, 2015
The surgeon who inserted a blood clot-capturing filter soon after a Florida woman suffered a devastating stroke told jurors Tuesday the filter was not typically the first line of treatment for such clots, as the defense presents its case at trial ...
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Dec 10, 2015
Jurors Wednesday awarded $11 million to a former smoker for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in causing the throat cancer that took her voice box.
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Dec 10, 2015
As critical as a well-prepared closing is, sometimes the moments with the biggest impact are delivered as a counterpunch to a remark by opposing counsel.
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Link Between Tobacco Marketing and Smoker's Fatal Cancer Debated as Trial Opens Against Cigarette Makers
Dec 10, 2015
Attorneys for a Florida widower whose wife died from lung cancer told jurors her disease was caused by a tobacco industry conspiracy that addicted her to nicotine for more than 40 years, as trial opened Monday against the nation’s two largest ciga...
Dec 10, 2015
The developer of a filter designed to protect against catastrophic complications from blood clots told jurors his device may have stopped the clot attorneys claim left a Florida woman with lifelong brain damage, as trial continued against the woma...
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Dec 7, 2015
In this tobacco litigation, Roland Ledoux claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, while fueling the nicotine addiction of Patricia Ledoux, which led to her smoking-related illness.
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Dec 7, 2015
In this medical malpractice case, Mittie and James Anglin are claiming health care providers, including anesthesiologist Stephanie Smith and the Gwinnett Anesthesia Service PC breached a duty of care in their medical treatment.
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