Carol Cavness v. Ethicon Inc., et al.
Sep 23, 2015
Johnson & Johnson landed a major win Monday in a $9.5 million products liability suit over its Prosima pelvic mesh system, when a Texas state court jury rejected a womans claim that the device was defectively designed in the first case over t...
Sep 22, 2015
A New Jersey state court jury cleared Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare of all liability on Friday in the first of hundreds of lawsuits to go to trial alleging the company failed to adequately disclose the risks of liver ...
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Sep 22, 2015
A state court jury heard opening statements Tuesday in the first case to go to trial over Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc.’s allegedly defective Gynecare Prosima Pelvic Floor Repair System.
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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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$20M Punitive Award Follows Battle Over RJR Conduct, Wraps $34.7M Tobacco Trial Over Vet's Fatal Cancer
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.
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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Sep 11, 2015
Jurors Thursday found R.J. Reynolds liable for $14.7 million in compensatory damages, plus potential punitives, for its role in the lung cancer death of a decorated Air Force veteran.
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Sep 9, 2015
Jurors Tuesday awarded $4.5 million to an ex-smoker who claims cigarette manufacturers are responsible for the cancer her doctor says likely gives her less than a year to live.
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Terminally Ill Man Settles $2M+ Asbestos Suit Against Plumbing Co. After Trial Begins
Sep 9, 2015
A former plumbing contractor who claims he developed cancer from exposure to asbestos-containing pipes has settled a lawsuit worth more than $2 million against Rexel SA subsidiary Westburne Supply Inc., two days after opening statements took place.
Sep 4, 2015
In this Engle progeny trial, Alicia Suarez claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of smoking, leading to the nicotine addiction and death of Pio Suarez.
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Sep 2, 2015
Jurors awarded a Florida widower $750,000 for the death of his wife after finding that her decades of smoking R.J. Reynolds cigarettes, but not the company's allegedly deceptive marketing, caused her fatal lung cancer.
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Sep 1, 2015
A former plumbing contractor who claims he developed cancer from exposure to asbestos-containing pipes as a teenager in the 1970s has settled a lawsuit worth more than $2 million against Rexel SA subsidiary Westburne Supply Inc., two days after o...
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