Jun 17, 2009
6-17 contempt hearing.From "The American Lawyer" - "At the hearing Thursday, Chaney dismissed from the bench two tort cases against Dole and Dow Chemical, ruling that Los Angeles plaintiffs lawyer Juan Dominguez and co-counsel in Nicaragua committ...
May 11, 2009
This Engle-progeny tobacco case involves a life-long smoker who allegedly started smoking when he was 12 years old. He died of lung cancer and esophageal cancer. The plaintiff claimed that the smoker was addicted to cigarettes that contained nic...
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May 8, 2009
6-17 contempt hearing.From "The American Lawyer" - "At the hearing Thursday, Chaney dismissed from the bench two tort cases against Dole and Dow Chemical, ruling that Los Angeles plaintiffs lawyer Juan Dominguez and co-counsel in Nicaragua committ...
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Apr 20, 2009
Plaintiff Melba Sherman's husband, John Sherman, died of lung cancer in 1996, after smoking 3-4 packs of Lucky Strike and Winston cigarettes for over 50 years. According to the defense, Sherman enjoyed smoking, chose to smoke, knew the risks, and...
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Apr 8, 2009
Spyros Kalyvas was a baker (pastry chef) who died of lung cancer at age 42. The defense argued that Kalyvas embraced risky behaviors that he enjoyed, and Kalyvas actually stopped smoking for a while during a hospitalization, then started again, an...
Mar 11, 2009
Plaintiff's appeal of district court's granting defendant's motion to dismiss in asbestos/mesothelioma suit brought by family of deceased worker at Puget Sound Shipyard.
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Feb 24, 2009
Underlying case involved alleged toxic tort based on alleged pesticide use at banana plantations in Costa Rica.This hearing was for a forum non conveniens motion, from which defendant Dole had withdrawn at the last minute. Dow, Shell, Chiquita, D...
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Feb 23, 2009
The Ferlanti case was a 10-day jury trial for a plaintiff who died at age 81 of lung cancer after suffering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a result of cigarette smoking for over 55 years. The jury awarded the plaintiff $700,000 a...
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Feb 3, 2009
Stuart Hess's widow Elaine Hess sued cigarette maker Philip Morris, claiming that her husband could not stop smoking because he was addicted to nicotine. Mr. Hess died of lung cancer at age 55, in 1997.Hess v. RJR Reynolds was the first of the "E...
Jan 21, 2009
The plaintiffs were Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who allegedly were exposed to dangerous levels of the pesticide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane ("DBCP") by dermal contact, inhalation, and by drinking water contaminated with DBCP. As a result...
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Jan 14, 2009
Welder Butch Thomas allegedly suffered irreversible neurological damage (Parkinson's Disease or Parkinsonism) from Manganese poisoning, which would ultimately result in his death, as a result of toxic Manganese gas emitted by welding rods during t...
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