Margot Putney, the decedent in this Engle-progeny tobacco trial, died in 1995. According to the plaintiff, and Ms. Putney's treating oncologist, Ms. Putney died from small-cell lung cancer caused by smoking.According to the defense, Ms. Putney di...
Evans v. A.W. Chesterton is an asbestos mesothelioma case involving CertainTeed and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP).Rhoda Evans allegedly was exposed to asbestos, which resulted in mesothelioma, when she washed her husband's ... View Proceeding
Cohen v. RJ Reynolds is an Engle-progeny tobacco trial Robin Cohen's husband was a smoker who died of cancer in 1994.The defense argued that Mr. Cohen died of cancer of the pleura, not lung cancer, and therefore Cohen was not a victim of lung can... View Proceeding