Trial Begins in Irimi v. R.J. Reynolds, One of First Post-Robinson Engle Progeny Proceedings
Aug 8, 2014
Trial opened Friday in one of the first post-Robinson Engle progeny proceedings with arguments over whether tobacco defendants were responsible for smoker Dale Moyer's health problems.
Aug 7, 2014
The parents of a Georgia woman allegedly killed because of a faulty GM ignition switch face a motion to dismiss their suit. CVN will cover the Saturday hearing.
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Aug 5, 2014
An appellate panel vacated an Accutane verdict, finding the claim time barred and no breach of the duty to warn under the learned intermediary doctrine.
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Aug 1, 2014
Boston Scientific prevailed in its first Massachusetts pelvic mesh trial with a jury rejecting a plaintiff's defective design and failure-to-warn claims.
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Robinson Attorney Says $23.6 Billion Punitive Award Changes the Tobacco Litigation Landscape
Jul 23, 2014
Christopher Chestnut, an attorney for the plaintiff in Robinson v. R.J. Reynolds, details the effect the $23.6 billion award may have on tobacco litigation.
Jul 22, 2014
Loss-of-life compensation expert Ken Feinberg analyzes the punitive award in Robinson v. R.J. Reynolds and how it may affect future Engle progeny cases.
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Mar 25, 2014
Product liability litigation regarding a 2005 airplane crash.
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Mar 10, 2014
In this Engle progeny tobacco proceeding, Plaintiff John Sammarco alleged Philip Morris Tobacco Co of manufacturing cigarettes that led his wife Teresa Sammarco to get addicted to smoking and caused her Lung cancer, which resulted in her death in ...
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Mar 10, 2014
In this Product Liability Proceeding, plaintiff Bertha Triana had sued Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc for product liability of the drug Actos, which is manufactured by the company. The plaintiff alleged that the drug Actos which the plaint...
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Jan 30, 2014
This product liability proceeding is a retrial of an Accutane lawsuit that originally resulted in $10.5 million verdict. In this proceeding, plaintiff Kamie Kendall accused defendant, pharmaceutical manufacturer Hoffman La-Roche, of concealment an...
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