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.
Topics: Products Liability, Georgia, Barnes v. Monsanto Co.
Woburn, MA— Jurors this week handed down a $40.57 million verdict against the nation’s two largest cigarette companies, after finding them responsible for a Massachusetts smoker’s fatal lung cancer. Amaral v. Philip Morris, et al., 2181CV000062.
Topics: tobacco, Massachusetts, Amaral v. Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds
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
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Skinner v. Curtis Bay Med. Waste Svcs. GA, et al.
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.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Skinner v. Curtis Bay Med. Waste Svcs. GA, et al.
Fort Lauderdale, FL— Attorneys Tuesday debated who was responsible for a Florida woman’s terminal cancer, as trial opened against the maker of a brake-grinding tool that the woman says exposed her to asbestos. Cook v. Hennessy Industries, et al. CACE24003818.
Topics: Asbestos, Florida, Cook v. Hennessey Industries, et al.
