Delancy v. R.J. Reynolds
Oct 16, 2019
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette maker hid the dangers of smoking, causing nicotine addiction and death.
Oct 11, 2019
With widespread knowledge of smoking’s dangers today, plaintiffs’ attorneys in tobacco cases often face a high hurdle when arguing why a smoker from decades ago may not have understood smoking’s risks, or quit in time to avoid disease. That hurdle...
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Oct 10, 2019
A California state court jury sided on Wednesday with Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit filed by a woman claiming she developed fatal cancer from inhaling asbestos supposedly present in the company’s cosmetic talc products.
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Oct 4, 2019
Update 10/8/19: Atlanta, GA-- Fulton County State Court Judge Jane Morrison declared a mistrial Tuesday afternoon in Georgia’s first case to go to trial over alleged links between Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based Baby Powder and a woman’s ...
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California AG’s Office Asks Judge To Award $800M As Nation’s 1st Pelvic Mesh False Marketing Trial Concludes
Sep 27, 2019
A California state court judge heard closing arguments Thursday in the first trial in the country involving a state attorney general’s false marketing claims against a pelvic mesh manufacturer.
Sep 27, 2019
Jurors Tuesday found R.J. Reynolds cigarettes caused a Florida man’s lung cancer death, but found the smoker himself largely responsible and deRedbuclined to award damages in the case.
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Sep 26, 2019
Jurors awarded nearly $9.7 million Thursday to a Massachusetts smoker for the role it found Philip Morris played in her lung cancer.
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Sep 25, 2019
Philip Morris was slapped with a $1.35 million total verdict this week for the role jurors found the company played in a Florida smoker’s throat cancer.
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Trial Opens Against Philip Morris Over Cancer That Took Florida Smoker's Larynx
Sep 19, 2019
Attorneys argued Tuesday over who bore responsibility for the laryngeal cancer that cost a Florida smoker his voice box, as trial opened against Philip Morris.
Sep 11, 2019
A New Jersey state court jury on Wednesday awarded $37.3 million to four plaintiffs claiming they developed mesothelioma from inhaling asbestos allegedly present in Johnson & Johnson’s cosmetic talc products.
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Sep 9, 2019
Retrial in cosmetic talc/mesothelioma case after a 2018 trial ended in a hung jury.
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Aug 30, 2019
Check out CVN at the end of each month for a bird’s eye view of the latest developments in the cosmetic talc trials being webcast by CVN along with other major recent news in talc-related litigation
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