BREAKING UPDATE: $14M in Punitives Pushes Verdict for Smoker's Widow to $21M Total in Trial Against Philip Morris & RJR
May 22, 2018
Attorneys sparred Monday over what, if any, responsibility the nation’s two largest cigarette makers bore for the lung cancer death of a long-time Florida smoker, as closings wrapped before the case went to the jury.
May 25, 2018
In this tobacco case, plaintiff claims defendant hid the dangers of cigarettes, leading to addiction and smoking-related disease.
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May 22, 2018
A high-stakes trial over the dangers of asbestos supposedly present in Johnson & Johnson’s talc powder products began its second week in South Carolina state court on Monday, with all sides clashing over the cause of a young attorney’s rare and fa...
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May 22, 2018
A tobacco industry scheme to undermine medical evidence of smoking’s risks led to a Florida woman’s fatal cancer, an attorney for the woman’s family said Friday, as trial opened against R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.
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Landi v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
May 18, 2018
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant cigarette makers hid the dangers of their products, which caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease.
May 16, 2018
Plaintiff contends the Florida's ban on smokable forms of medical marijuana violates a 2016 amendment to the state's constitution that legalized medical cannabis.
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Matthew Moffett & the Closing That Drove a Defense Win at Trial Over a Fatal Crosswalk Crash |VIDEO|
May 16, 2018
Arguments over driver reaction times often play a crucial role in car accident cases. In one of CVN's most impressive defense verdicts of 2017, Matthew Moffett’s cogent closing and a focus on split-second decision-making helped carry a jury decisi...
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May 16, 2018
Trial is set Wednesday for a group challenging Florida’s ban on smokable medical marijuana, one of the first attacks on the law enacting a state constitutional amendment legalizing medicinal cannabis. CVN will live-stream the trial.
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Bertila Boyd-Bostic v. Johnson & Johnson, et al.
May 14, 2018
Fourth trial against J&J/Imerys involving mesothelioma claims stemming from alleged exposure to cosmetic talc.
May 14, 2018
Without an effective strategy to address it, post-injury video surveillance of a plaintiff can decimate even an otherwise strong personal injury case. In Lennig v. CRST, however, Brian Panish used his opening statement to blunt video surveillance ...
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May 11, 2018
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiffs claim defendants caused nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by concealing the dangers of cigarettes.
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May 11, 2018
A lawsuit linking Johnson & Johnson’s popular talc-based hygiene products and a deadly form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure heads to trial on May 14 in South Carolina state court.
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Eli Manning And New York Giants Face Memorabilia Fraud Lawsuit, CVN To Webcast Trial Live
May 11, 2018
A lawsuit alleging New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and the team’s equipment staff defrauded a memorabilia dealer by selling fake “game-used” helmets and other equipment is heading to trial in a New Jersey state court.
