$30M Surgical Robot Defect Trial Settles During Jury Deliberations
Apr 22, 2016
Intuitive Surgical struck a deal on Wednesday to settle a $30 million lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed one of its allegedly defective surgical robots severely injured her.
Apr 22, 2016
Jurors Thursday awarded $3 million plus potential punitive damages to children of a former bartender, after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that killed her.
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Apr 20, 2016
Agrochemical giant Monsanto Co. argued Monday that its long-lasting carcinogenic chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, known as PCBs, didn’t cause two men to develop cancer.
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Apr 18, 2016
A California state court jury on Thursday rejected claims from two men who said they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma from exposure to long-lasting carcinogenic chemicals manufactured by Monsanto Co. called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which ...
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Purdo v. Philip Morris
Apr 13, 2016
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, causing nicotine addiction and smoking-related illness.
Apr 12, 2016
A Missouri state court jury on Monday slammed Johnson & Johnson with a $55 million verdict in a lawsuit filed by a woman claiming she developed ovarian cancer after using talc-powder products on her genitals for decades, and that the company k...
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Apr 11, 2016
The second trial in state court out of more than a thousand lawsuits claiming Johnson & Johnson products containing talcum powder can cause cancer begins Monday in Missouri.
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Apr 8, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, Vivian Turner claims defendant tobacco company concealed the health risks of cigarettes, leading to her mother, Vivian Wilkinson's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
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R.J. Reynolds Cleared of Fault in $37.5M Claim Over Smoker's Fatal Cancer
Apr 8, 2016
R.J. Reynolds prevailed at trial over the cancer death of a 56-year-old smoker, after jurors Thursday rejected the claimed link between the company’s cigarettes and his disease.
Apr 7, 2016
Intuitive Surgical Inc. struck a deal on Wednesday in California state court to settle a $30 million lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed one of its allegedly defective surgical robots severely injured her, after her doctor used it to perform a hy...
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Apr 7, 2016
A potentially $300 million product liability trial began Thursday in a lawsuit filed against Intuitive Surgical Inc. by a woman who claims the company’s “Da Vinci” robotic surgical system caused her severe internal injuries.
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Apr 5, 2016
Agrochemical giant Monsanto Co. notched a major win Tuesday in ongoing litigation over the alleged health risks of exposure to long-lasting carcinogens called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.
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