Tobacco or Asbestos? Cancer's Cause in Smoker a Key as Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds
Oct 16, 2015
As trial opened this week in the death of a Florida plasterer who smoked for more than 50 years, opposing sides sparred over the cause of the cancer that killed David Robertson and whether it was linked to R.J. Reynolds cigarettes.
Oct 12, 2015
In this tobacco liability case, Irene Robertson is suing defendant tobacco manufacturers for concealing the dangers of cigarettes, which she claims led to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of David Robertson.
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Oct 9, 2015
A 2012 car crash did not deliver the career-ending injuries a former lab technician claims she suffered, a jury found last week in a quarter-million-dollar-plus trial.
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Oct 9, 2015
In a Newton County Superior Court med mal case, the jury found in favor of Dr. Steven Whitworth, whose patient William Ron Aiken developed severe complications following the removal of his gall bladder.
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$500K in Punitives against Tobacco Cos. Push Verdict for Smoker’s Widow to $1.5M
Oct 8, 2015
The nation’s two largest tobacco companies were each hit Tuesday with $250,000 punitive awards for their role in the death of a Florida man who smoked for more than 50 years.
Oct 7, 2015
A woman’s death in a single vehicle rollover accident was caused by the City of Redlands’ failure to remove a roadside cinderblock structure that she struck while driving, her widower’s attorney argued in a trial that began Tuesday in California.
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Oct 6, 2015
In this wrongful death negligence case, William Gregory claims defendants caused the vehicular collision that killed 22-year-old Joshua Lopez, who was riding a motorcycle at the time a vehicle allegedly turned into his path.
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Oct 6, 2015
A California state court jury awarded $1.3 million on Thursday to the husband of a woman who died in a rollover accident after her car struck a roadside cement box, finding the City of Redlands to be responsible for unsafe road conditions that cau...
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Million-Dollar Award, Plus Possible Punitives, in Tobacco Trial Over Fatal Lung Cancer
Oct 3, 2015
Jurors Friday awarded $1 million, plus potential punitives, to a Florida widow who claimed two of the nation’s leading tobacco companies were responsible for her husband’s death following a half-century of smoking.
Oct 2, 2015
See the defense closing that undercut key testimony from a plaintiff's expert in a $10 million suit over a deadly stroke.
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Sep 28, 2015
In this negligence case, plaintiff Lauren Stern is seeking damages for injuries resulting from a vehicular collision.
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Sep 28, 2015
Plaintiff Ron Aiken underwent gall bladder surgery performed by Dr. Steven Whitworth. Apparently the gall bladder was nicked during surgery and blood accumulated in the plaintiff's abdomen. Plaintiff alleges Dr. Whitworth did not notice this fluid...
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