Lawrenceville, GA— On Tuesday, a Georgia State Court judge rejected a jury's $50 million punitive award and declared a mistrial in that phase of proceedings against Becton Dickinson and Company, just days after a $20 million compensatory verdict hit the medical technology giant for the role jurors found that its use of a sterilization chemical played in causing a man’s cancer.  Walker v. Becton Dickinson, et al., 21-C-08201-S1.

Lawrenceville, GA— Attorneys Tuesday debated what caused a Georgia man’s blood cancer, as a first-of-its-kind trial in the state opened against a medical device company over claims a sterilization chemical that it uses led to the disease. Walker v. Becton Dickinson, et al., 21-C-08201. 

Marietta, GA— Jurors on Friday handed down a $2 billion verdict against Monsanto after finding the company and its Roundup-brand weed killer responsible for a Georgia man’s cancer, in what his attorneys say is the first such case to go to trial in a Georgia state court. Barnes v. Monsanto Co., 21-A-444. 

Lawrenceville, GA— Parties last week settled a Georgia wrongful death, crash case against a medical waste company and one of its drivers, as jurors deliberated, and after the plaintiff’s attorney requested more than $150 million during the trial's closings. Skinner, et al. v. Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services Georgia, LLC, et al. 21-C-06893-S2

Lawrenceville, GA— Jurors heard evidence surrounding a 2021 crash that killed a Georgia woman, as a damages trial opened against the driver of the van that caused the collision and the company that employed him. Skinner, et al. v. Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services, LLC, et al., 21-C-06893-S2.