Subscribe
Summary
In this product liability, damages-only trial, 8 plaintiffs allege that defendant Affinity Lifestyles Real Water product caused their acute liver failure. Real Water, a high alkaline health drink, was contaminated by toxic hydrazine during the manufacturing process. This hydrazine led to plaintiffs suffering severe liver damage, with some requiring transplants.
Affinity Lifestyles concedes liability but emphasizes that standard water testing does not detect hydrazine, so they should not be liable for punitive damages.
Outcome
Verdict for plaintiff.
Total damages: $3,093,750,000.
Including $93,750,000 in compensatory damages and $3 billion in punitive damages.
- Plaintiff
- Defense
- Verdict
- $3,093,750,000
- Judge
- Joe Hardy
- Jurisdiction
- 8th District Court of Nevada
- Court
- Eighth District Court of Nevada-Clark County
- Case Number
- A-21-831169-B
- Industry
- Food
- Practice Area
- Products Liability
- Lay Witnesses
- Bush, Michael
- Carrier, Arika
- Carrier, Ryan
- Converse, Patricia
- Desotell, Jeffrey
- Doran, Susan
- Fisher, Robert
- Guthery, Dr. Stephen M.D.
- Jones, Blain
- Jones, Brent
- Kessler, Lois
- Marlow, John
- Mendigana, Diego
- Morales, George
- Randolph, Anthony
- Tegano, Sylvia
- Tegano, Joseph
- Watkins, Steve
- Williams, Sante
- Wren, Christopher
- Wren, Emily
SESSIONS WITH Dr. Catherine Adams Hutt Ph.D.
Select a lawyer
×Adams Hutt, Dr. Catherine Ph.D.
Select a Type
Select a Description
AM Session
Plaintiff Witness(es)
4 Chapters
PM Session
Plaintiff Witness(es)
10 Chapters
Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.