Former Railroad Worker's Suit Against R.J. Reynolds Time-Barred, Defense Claims in Trial Over COPD
Aug 26, 2016
Attorneys battled Wednesday over whether the statute of limitations bars a former smoker's suit against R.J. Reynolds for the respiratory disease that renders renders him dependent on an oxygen tank, as trial opened in the case.
|BREAKING NEWS| PricewaterhouseCoopers Settles $5.5B Accounting Negligence Suit by Taylor Bean Trust
Aug 26, 2016
PricewaterhouseCoopers settled a $5.5 billion accounting negligence case against it, midway through a Florida state court trial over the accounting giant’s alleged responsibility for failing to detect widespread fraud that led to the collapse of o...
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Aug 25, 2016
A Florida jury concluded that R.J. Reynolds was not responsible for the lung cancer death of a former golf pro who smoked the companys cigarettes for decades. Jones, who worked in the banking industry before eventually becoming a golf professiona...
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Aug 25, 2016
As the $5.5 billion accounting negligence trial against PricewaterhouseCoopers entered its third week Monday, the former general counsel of failed mortgage giant Taylor, Bean & Whitaker closed two days of testimony over agreements that led to ...
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|Video Vault| En Route to $4.75M Verdict, Cale Conley Counts 7 Ways Steel Company Could Allegedly Have Avoided Deadly Mill Accident
Aug 25, 2016
Watch Cale Conley open trial en route to a seven-figure verdict against Gerdau Ameristeel for its role in the death of an electrician working on the site.
Aug 25, 2016
A Florida health department employee smoked throughout each day for decade. But she successfully quit smoking in her first serious attempt, according to testimony at trial against R.J. Reynolds, accused of addicting her to the cigarettes that caus...
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Aug 24, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiffs claims defendants hid the dangers and addictiveness of cigarettes, which caused addiction and smoking-related disease.
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Aug 19, 2016
Trial opened Thursday against the nation's second-largest tobacco company over the death of a Florida health department worker who chain smoked for years.
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Video Vault: $55M Talc Verdict Follows Closings Comparing Johnson & Johnson to Tobacco, Asbestos Cos.
Aug 19, 2016
Watch a key piece of the closing argument that set the stage for a $55 million verdict in the second state court case to go to trial claiming Johnson & Johnson talcum powder caused a woman's ovarian cancer.
Aug 18, 2016
In this tobacco litigation case, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco companies caused a smoker's nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease by hiding the dangers of cigarettes.
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Aug 18, 2016
Watch a critical moment of the closings that set up a $20 million verdict in a trial on damages for the traumatic brain injury a Georgia man suffered in a tractor-trailer wreck.
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Aug 17, 2016
A California state court jury handed a win on Tuesday to a Hard Rock Hotel in a lawsuit filed by a concertgoer who suffered a concussion and broken neck when celebrity DJ Steve Aoki jumped into the crowd during a performance.
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