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Topics: Pelvic Mesh Litigation, healthcare, product liability
Scott Schlesinger delivers closing arguments on behalf of his client, Robert Shulman, who claims the concealment of smoking's dangers by the nation's three largest tobacco companies caused his cancer, heart, and respiratory diseases. Jurors last week found in favor of the tobacco companies.
West Palm Beach, FL—Jurors last week cleared the nation’s three largest tobacco companies of liability for the cancer and heart and lung diseases a 95-year-old former former pilot claims stemmed from more than four decades of smoking. Shulman v. R.J. Reynolds, et al. 2007-CA-023832.
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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Shulman v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
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Topics: tobacco, consumer protection, product liability
Frank Bayuk argues Cynthia Green failed to establish the nicotine addiction or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease she needed to prove in order to recover in her suit against R.J. Reynolds. Watch closings in the case.
Miami—Jurors Tuesday found a South Florida musician did not suffer from the respiratory disease she claimed was caused by decades of smoking, giving R.J. Reynolds the win in her $1.9 million suit against the tobacco giant. Green v. R.J. Reynolds, 2007-CA-046326.
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Topics: Negligence, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, product liability, green v. R.J. Reynolds
Toxic tort cases involving dangerous exposure from decades earlier can be rife with problems linking the allegedly toxic product to your client's disease. In some cases, you'll have to ask jurors to infer connections based on limited documentary evidence and no "smoking gun" proof. James Ferraro was faced with a similar situation in a mesothelioma suit against Georgia Pacific, but, in a closing that connected the dots from wallboard to his client's cancer, won an eight-figure verdict.
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Topics: Products Liability, Asbestos, Florida, Taylor v. Georgia Pacific
