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$6M Cancer Death Trial Opens as RJR Questions Link Between Smoker's Casual Cocaine Use & Claimed Smoking Addiction

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Oct 28, 2016 7:41:59 PM

Miami, FL—Lawyers began battle this week in the case of a Cuban immigrant who died of laryngeal cancer 20 years ago, as they debated whether a smoker could truly be addicted to nicotine if he could stop and start a casual casual cocaine habit. Ledo v. R.J. Reynolds, 08-113-CA-31. 

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Ledo v. R.J. Reynolds

Jury Awards $70M+ In Talc Powder Cancer Lawsuit, Hands J&J 3rd Consecutive Trial Loss

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 27, 2016 10:59:37 PM

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Topics: product liability

"Stubborn" Soldier Was Responsible for His Own Smoking, Defense Says as Trial Opens Over Lung Cancer Death

Posted by Meghan Gourley on Oct 26, 2016 6:11:28 PM

Sarasota, FL—A former military man described as hard-headed, stubborn, and having a short fuse, was completely responsible for his own smoking and could not have been dissuaded from his 3-pack-a-day habit, the defense claimed in opening statements last week in the trial against the cigarette maker charged with conspiring to sell the cigarettes that led to his lung cancer and death. Johnston v. R.J. Reynolds, 2014-CA-004023.2014-CA-004023. 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Johnston v. R.J. Reynolds

Jury To Hear Closings In Long-Running Trial Over J&J’s Alleged Cancer Causing Talc Powders

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 25, 2016 9:57:58 PM

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Topics: product liability

Experts Link Electroshock to Doctor's Claimed Brain Injury, Conclude up to $29M in Economic Damages, in Trial of Psychiatrist

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 25, 2016 7:20:28 PM

Dr. Peter Breggin tells jurors he believes electroshock therapy caused Dr. Shaul Dadi's brain damage during trial against Dr. Praturi Sharma, the psychiatrist who oversaw the electroshock treatment. 

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Topics: Medical Malpractice, Florida, Dadi v. Sharma