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Engle Plaintiffs Score Another Micro-Win

Posted by msch on Feb 15, 2011 6:54:00 PM

Hatziyannakis v. Philip Morris (Fort Lauderdale, FL). 

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Hatziyannakis v. RJR, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation

Big Win for Merck in Bellwether Fosamax Trial

Posted by msch on Feb 14, 2011 11:24:00 AM

Rosenberg v. Merck -- A New Jersey jury this morning found that a Fosamax user did not suffer from osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), and therefore she failed to show that Fosamax caused the harm.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, In re: Fosamax

Huish v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Trial Begins

Posted by msch on Feb 14, 2011 11:06:00 AM

Huish v. R.J. Reynolds involves John Huish, who was born in 1929. Mr. Huish started smoking cigarettes as a teenager in the mid or late 1940's, approximately 20 years before the first caution label appeared on a pack of cigarettes. Mr. Huish died of small cell lung cancer in 1993, at the age of 64. The case was brought by Mr. Huish's widow, Anna Louise Huish.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, Huish v. RJR

Jones Day Wins Again with Kirkland Punitives Award

Posted by msch on Feb 11, 2011 5:40:00 PM

The jury in Kirkland v. R.J. Reynolds took the advice of Jones Day's Stephen Kaczyinski and awarded just $250K in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds, the smallest punitive damages award yet in an Engle case in which punitive damages were found to be warranted.

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Tiny Plaintiff Verdict in Kirkland Tobacco Trial

Posted by msch on Feb 10, 2011 9:18:00 PM

Jones Day's Stephen Kaczynski won big for R.J. Reynolds today in Kirkland v. R.J. Reynolds when a Tampa jury awarded just $100,000 in compensatory damages to smoker Leroy Kirkland, and apportioned 90% fault to Mr. Kirkland, and 10% fault to R.J. Reynolds. The plaintiff had requested compensatory damages of $96,250,500.

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Topics: Engle Progeny, Kirkland v. Reynolds, Tobacco Litigation