Million-Dollar Award, Plus Possible Punitives, in Tobacco Trial Over Fatal Lung Cancer
Oct 3, 2015
Jurors Friday awarded $1 million, plus potential punitives, to a Florida widow who claimed two of the nation’s leading tobacco companies were responsible for her husband’s death following a half-century of smoking.
Oct 2, 2015
See the defense closing that undercut key testimony from a plaintiff's expert in a $10 million suit over a deadly stroke.
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Sep 28, 2015
In this negligence case, plaintiff Lauren Stern is seeking damages for injuries resulting from a vehicular collision.
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Sep 28, 2015
Plaintiff Ron Aiken underwent gall bladder surgery performed by Dr. Steven Whitworth. Apparently the gall bladder was nicked during surgery and blood accumulated in the plaintiff's abdomen. Plaintiff alleges Dr. Whitworth did not notice this fluid...
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Gordon v. R.J. Reynolds
Sep 25, 2015
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, John Gordon claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking cigarettes, causing Helen Gordon's nicotine addiction, and, ultimately, her smoking-related illness.
Sep 25, 2015
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies prevailed Tuesday in a suit over the lung cancer death of a Cuban-born furniture upholsterer who smoked for more than three decades.
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Sep 21, 2015
In this medical malpractice case, Carole Valente claims defendant medical practitioners performed a microvascular decompression procedure on the wrong side of Valente's body, leading to injuries.
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Sep 21, 2015
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Gertrude Marchese claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, fueling the nicotine addiction of Salvatore Marchese, causing his smoking-related illness.
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Lewis v. Emory Clinic
Sep 21, 2015
Brandon Lewis, 25 and mentally challenged, died while participating in a sleep study at the Emory Clinic to determine if he was suffering from sleep apnea. His mother, Renee Lewis, filed suit against the clinic claiming he should not have been mad...
Sep 18, 2015
Jurors Wednesday cleared an emergency room staff of liability for the death of a child who suffered fatal brain damage from an alleged bacterial infection.
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Sep 14, 2015
A $20 million punitive verdict against R.J. Reynolds Friday afternoon capped a trial in which jurors awarded more than $34 million to the family of an Air Force veteran who died of cancer after decades of smoking Reynolds cigarettes.
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Sep 12, 2015
The family of a 42-year-old man who died after smoking for more than two decades won a $12 million verdict this week in their suit against the nation’s two largest tobacco manufacturers.
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