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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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...
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...
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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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