Closings Underway In California J&J Talc Trial, Another Trial Starting Monday In New Jersey
Sep 14, 2018
A California state court jury is currently hearing closing arguments in the fourth trial over claims that asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s cosmetic talc products causes mesothelioma, while another jury in J&J’s home state of New Jersey will hear op...
Sep 19, 2018
R.J. Reynolds was hit with a $6.5 million verdict Tuesday for the part jurors found the company played in the mouth cancer a Florida musician developed after years of smoking.
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Sep 17, 2018
Jury trial in lawsuit alleging that asbestos supposedly present in Johnson & Johnson's cosmetic talc products caused plaintiff's mesothelioma.
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Sep 13, 2018
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to addiction and smoking-related illness.
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|VIDEO| How Michael Goldberg's Artful Opening Helped Net a $2.6M+ Verdict in Hospital Fall Case
Sep 13, 2018
During opening statements, the most effective demonstratives work seamlessly with the case’s narrative to paint a vivid picture that sways a jury in the trial’s first few moments. During his compelling 20-minute opening at trial over a bone-shatte...
Sep 12, 2018
A Massachusetts state court jury heard opening statements on Friday in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a mechanic who died of lung cancer allegedly caused by years of heavy smoking and exposure to asbestos-containing brake dust.
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Sep 11, 2018
Jurors Friday awarded $250,000 in non-economic damages to the family of a Florida mortician whose 1995 lung cancer death was previously tied to years of smoking Philip Morris cigarettes.
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Harewood v. R.J. Reynolds
Sep 7, 2018
In this tobacco litigation trial, Hanifah Harewood claims defendant tobacco companies hid the dangers of cigarettes, leading to Glenn Simmons' smoking-related disease.
Sep 7, 2018
Jury trial in products liability lawsuit claiming that plaintiff Louis Summerlin developed cancer from exposure to both asbestos and tobacco products.
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Sep 7, 2018
An Arizona state court jury cleared rental truck giant U-Haul of all liability on Thursday in a $30 million products liability trial over claims that the lack of brakes on a tow dolly caused a car accident that left a man permanently paralyzed.
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Sep 7, 2018
Trial is slated to begin next week against a pair of physicians accused of negligence that a Georgia woman says furthered the return of her breast cancer.
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Tobacco Cos. Argue Wrongful Death Claim Over Smoker's COPD Is Time Barred, as Florida Trial Begins
Sep 7, 2018
Attorneys argued Wednesday over whether a scheme to hide the dangers of cigarettes killed a Florida woman and whether the claim itself was time barred, as trial began against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies.
