In Air Products v. Airgas, Wachtell Lipton's Ted Mirvis urged the Delaware Chancery Court to declare invalid the Airgas by-law calling for a January shareholders meeting. Mirvis argued that two meetings four months apart could not actually both be "annual meetings." "Annual" means a year apart, not just in different calendar years.
Topics: Air Products v. Airgas
Tobacco extended its Engle-progeny winning streak to three-in-a-row (Budnick, Warrick, and Willis) with a defense verdict today in Willis v. R.J. Reynolds.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Willis v. Reynolds, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
Plaintiff attorney Bruce Denson told the jury in Rohr v. R.J. Reynolds that Arthur Rohr smoked a pack a day for 50 years, adding, "No one smokes for 50 years who isn't to some degree addicted."
All the records agreed, said Mr. Denson, that Mr. Rohr died of metastatic lung cancer, which is caused by smoking. Although Mr. Rohr had a small skin cancer, the medical records indicated that the skin cancer apparently had not spread.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Rohr v. Reynolds, Tobacco Litigation
The Air Products v. Airgas trial returned to "public" mode this afternoon with the testimony of Airgas COO Michael Molinini, who discussed the commercial gas business, and Airgas' competitors.
Topics: Air Products v. Airgas
Prosecution witness Sheriff Detective Ben Hagglund showed to the jury on Tuesday a .22 calibre handgun allegedly belonging to Michael Oakes. Detective Hagglund did not observe threading on the pistol that would allow it to accept a silencer.
Topics: People v. Oakes
