Baker’s Refusal To Sell Cake To Transgender Lawyer Violates State’s Anti-Discrimination Law, Judge Rules
Posted by David Siegel on Jun 18, 2021 12:21:03 PM
Topics: Civil Rights
Kia Faces $20M+ In-Person Trial Over Allegedly Defective Seatbelts, CVN Webcasting Gavel-to-Gavel
Posted by David Siegel on Jun 16, 2021 1:56:35 PM
Topics: Products Liability, Traumatic Brain Injury, automotive, California
$2M Punitive Verdict Against RJR Wraps $2.54M Total Award for Smoker's COPD
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jun 15, 2021 3:21:26 PM
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West Palm Beach, FL— Jurors Monday handed down a $2 million punitive verdict against R.J. Reynolds for the role they found the tobacco giant played in a long-time smoker’s respiratory disease, wrapping a $2.54 million total award in the in-person trial. Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-023631.
Topics: tobacco, Florida, Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds
$540K Verdict + Potential Punitives at Trial Against RJR Over Smoker's Lung Disease
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jun 11, 2021 12:02:18 PM
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West Palm Beach, FL— Jurors Thursday awarded more than $540,000 to the family of a Florida man whose respiratory disease they found was caused by smoking R.J. Reynolds cigarettes, and they concluded punitive damages were potentially warranted against the tobacco giant for its part in causing the disease. Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-023631.
Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds, Spurlock v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Monsanto’s PCB Chemicals In School Blamed For Allegedly Causing Teachers’ Brain Damage, As In-Person Trial Begins
Posted by David Siegel on Jun 10, 2021 12:39:53 PM
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Washington