Key Civil Trials To Watch As Courts Shut Down By Coronavirus Get Back To Business
Apr 6, 2020
Here is a look at some of the more closely-watched cases CVN tracked before the world got turned upside down.
Mar 13, 2020
The lack of safety features in a tractor-trailer seat caused a trucker’s paralysis in a big rig rollover, an attorney for the trucker told jurors Tuesday as trial opened against the seat manufacturer.
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Mar 6, 2020
Johnson & Johnson has struck a tentative settlement in what would have been the first cosmetic talc case to go to trial in Connecticut.
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Mar 6, 2020
The latest cosmetic talc trial in New Jersey state court got underway Thursday, with two plaintiffs blaming exposure to allegedly asbestos-containing cosmetic talc products in a barbershop for their fatal cancer.
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Lashley v. American International Industries Inc., et al.
Mar 5, 2020
Jury trial in cosmetic talc/mesothelioma lawsuit
Feb 21, 2020
A lawsuit alleging a family's well water was contaminated with widely-used and long-lasting industrial chemicals heads to trial March 2 in Michigan state court
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Feb 6, 2020
A New Jersey state court jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $750 million in punitive damages to four plaintiffs claiming they were exposed to asbestos in the company’s cosmetic talc products.
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Feb 3, 2020
In this tobacco litigation proceeding, Martha Duignan claims defendant tobacco companies concealed the dangers of cigarettes, while fueling the nicotine addiction of Douglas Duignan, ultimately leading to Douglas Duignan's smoking-related disease.
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Trial Over Exploding Jeep Gas Tank Begins Monday In Ohio, CVN To Webcast Live
Jan 31, 2020
An Ohio state court jury will hear opening statements next week in a lawsuit claiming a supposedly defective gas tank in a Jeep Liberty SUV caused a 58-year-old woman’s death, in just the second such case to go to trial nationwide.
Jan 24, 2020
The first products liability trial over claims keyless ignitions can potentially leave cars running and flood homes with deadly carbon monoxide gas begins February 3 in Nevada state court.
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Jan 24, 2020
J&J CEO Alex Gorsky takes the stand Monday in a New Jersey state courtroom for the first time in a cosmetic talc trial.
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Jan 24, 2020
A Missouri state court jury will hear opening statements Friday at the first trial involving alleged cancer risks associated with Monsanto’s popular Roundup weed killer to take place in the company’s home state of Missouri.
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