Kuhnke v. Alfa Laval
Feb 16, 2010
The plaintiff, a mesothelioma victim, was a carpenter who spent 33 years working at power plants and switching stations. He also worked as a steamfitter on Navy ships. According to the defense, Mr. Kuhnke had many asbestos exposures other than to ...
Jan 21, 2010
The plaintiff-mail carrier's mesothelioma allegedly resulted not from vocational exposure, but from exposure to joint compounds in home improvement products that he allegedly purchased from hardware stores in the 1960's and 1970's to repair a recu...
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Jan 13, 2010
Andrew McCarrell sued Hoffman-LaRoche and Roche Laboratories, which manufactured and distributed the prescription drug Accutane. McCarrell alleged that as a result of taking Accutane for an acne condition, he developed inflammatory bowel disease (...
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Nov 18, 2009
Testicular mesothelioma jury trial based on occupational asbestos exposure.The plaintiff was born in 1930. Starting in 1954, he spent 33 years working for the Lindmore Irrigation District maintaining pipes, including replacing concrete pipes with...
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In Re: Zyprexa
Sep 21, 2009
A series of proceedings involving lawsuits combined into the federal multi-district Zyprexa liability litigation. The September 21, 2009, hearing involved two issues: the finality of any judgment entered (whether the court would retain jurisdictio...
Aug 13, 2009
Asbestos liability jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court.Plaintiff Robert Thacker contracted pleural mesothelioma from asbestos exposure in the 1970s, when he worked as a pipe fitter. The plaintiff died after the cancer spread to his spine and...
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Aug 12, 2009
Asbestos liability jury trial in Los Angeles Superior court. Plaintiff's lung was removed due to lung cancer (not mesothelioma). Plaintiff allegedly was exposed to asbestos as a teenager in the late 1950's while working in the auto repair busin...
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Jul 27, 2009
Engle Progeny tobacco liability wrongful death jury trial in Broward County Circuit Court's complex litigation division. Shirley Barbanell died after smoking two packs of cigarettes per day for 50 years. Barbanell allegedly attempted to quit smok...
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