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Topics: tobacco, consumer protection, product liability
Plaintiffs' attorney Steven Thomas read jurors testimony from an Ernst & Young partner during his closing argument. (Click here to see video from the trial.)
Seattle — A Washington State court jury sided with investors on Friday who lost $112 million dollars in Bernie Madoff’s historic Ponzi scheme in their lawsuit against Ernst & Young LLP, finding that the accounting giant was negligent by signing off on audits of billions in assets that didn’t exist.
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Topics: Negligence, Finance, Accounting, FUTURESELECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT V. ERNST & YOUNG
Plaintiff's attorney John Marcin shows jurors a picture of the wrapper for the Fentanyl patch that he claims was illegally sold to his client's mentally ill son. Click here to see video from the trial.
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Topics: Pharmaceutical, healthcare, California
San Bernardino — 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 caused her death.
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Topics: Negligence, Transportation, automotive, California, SHELDON ALECHMAN V. CITY OF REDLANDS
Boston — A trial began Monday in a long-running class action filed in 1998 on behalf of nearly 200,000 Massachusetts smokers seeking up to $609 million from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA for allegedly duping them by falsely claiming that Marlboro Light brand cigarettes exposed them to lower tar and nicotine levels than Marlboro Reds.
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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, consumer protection
