Tobacco or Asbestos? Cancer's Cause in Smoker a Key as Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds
Oct 16, 2015
As trial opened this week in the death of a Florida plasterer who smoked for more than 50 years, opposing sides sparred over the cause of the cancer that killed David Robertson and whether it was linked to R.J. Reynolds cigarettes.
Oct 12, 2015
In this tobacco liability case, Irene Robertson is suing defendant tobacco manufacturers for concealing the dangers of cigarettes, which she claims led to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of David Robertson.
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Oct 9, 2015
Jurors delivered a verdict for R.J. Reynolds in everything but name Monday, as they awarded $5,000 to the widower of a Polish immigrant who smoked for more than 40 years, and they found Reynolds only 2% responsible for the cancer that caused her d...
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Oct 9, 2015
A South Carolina state court jury slammed Texas-based materials company Celanese Corp. with a $14 million verdict on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by the family of a maintenance worker who died of cancer after being exposed to asbestos.
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$500K in Punitives against Tobacco Cos. Push Verdict for Smoker’s Widow to $1.5M
Oct 8, 2015
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies were each hit Tuesday with $250,000 punitive awards for their role in the death of a Florida man who smoked for more than 50 years.
Oct 7, 2015
A state court judge overseeing a potentially $2 billion trial over the alleged bladder cancer risks of Takeda's blockbuster diabetes drug Actos announced a tentative resolution of the case on Wednesday.
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Oct 5, 2015
Johnson & Johnson scored a major win Monday in a $9.5 million products liability suit over its Prosima pelvic mesh system, when a state court jury rejected a woman’s claim that the device was defectively designed.
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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.
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Dennis Seay v. 3M Company, et al.
Sep 29, 2015
A South Carolina state court jury slammed Texas-based materials company Celanese Corp. with a $14 million verdict on Thursday in a lawsuit brought by the family of a machinist who died of cancer after being exposed to asbestos while working at a p...
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.
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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 23, 2015
The first case to go to trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare failed to give adequate warnings about the risks of taking high doses of Tylenol began Monday in New Jersey state court.
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