Massachusetts Jury Clears Philip Morris & RJR of Liability for Woman's Cancer Death
Feb 9, 2023
Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds prevailed at trial last week over the lung cancer death of a Massachusetts woman who smoked for more than 50 years.
Feb 8, 2023
The family of renowned 20th century painter Thomas Hart Benton took UMB Financial Corporation to trial on Monday in Missouri state court over allegations the bank cost the artist’s trust millions by selling artwork to executives and customers at b...
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Feb 7, 2023
In this tobacco trial, Calvin Woodley developed laryngeal cancer after smoking cigarettes for over five decades. Woodley claims that years of smoking Philip Morris' Marlboro brand cigarettes caused this cancer, and that Morris failed to warn him o...
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Feb 6, 2023
In this trial, the family of Thomas Hart Benton sues UMB Bank, co-trustee of artist Thomas Hart Bentons trust. Plaintiffs claim that the bank mismanaged the estate and sold assets off at prices below market value after failing to hire proper expe...
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Scott, et al. v. Rosen, et al.
Feb 6, 2023
In this claim for legal malpractice, plaintiffs claim defendant attorney improperly set up trust funds worth millions of dollars. NOTE: This proceeding include voir dire (jury selection).
Feb 3, 2023
A Nevada state court jury heard opening statements Thursday in a lawsuit claiming a collision between a van and an RV on a highway near Las Vegas left a man suffering from extensive back and neck injuries.
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Feb 2, 2023
In this auto accident case, Todd Hussey was hit by Yoshifumi Tahira's tourist transport vehicle as Tahira merged lanes, resulting in Hussey's RV being struck. Defendants Nevada Kando Services and Tahira admit liability for the accident but contest...
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Feb 1, 2023
Jurors last week awarded $6 million to the family of a Florida woman after finding R.J. Reynolds responsible for her respiratory disease-related death.
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First-of-Its-Kind, Private-Plaintiff Opioid Trial Opens Against Drug Distributors
Jan 31, 2023
Attorneys Monday debated who should bear responsibility for the sweeping fallout of opioid addiction, as a first-of-its-kind, private-plaintiff jury trial over the opioid epidemic opened in Georgia against three drug distributors.
Jan 30, 2023
In this opioid trial, over 20 plaintiffs, consisting of relatives of opioid abusers, sue Cardinal Health, McKesson Corporation, and J M Smith Corporation. Plaintiffs claim defendants improperly distributed opioids to pharmacies, with drug sales cr...
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Jan 27, 2023
Openings are expected Monday in what is believed to be the nation’s first state court jury trial brought by private plaintiffs over the opioid epidemic, with CVN streaming the Georgia court proceedings.
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Jan 26, 2023
A California jury heard openings Wednesday in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by a patient with permanent facial paralysis accusing a prominent neurosurgeon of encouraging a supposedly risky surgery and violating the terms of his consent.
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