Machinist’s Family Owed $15M For Fatal Asbestos Exposure, Jury Told
Posted by David Siegel on Sep 30, 2015 1:19:00 AM
Topics: Toxic Torts, Asbestos, product liability
Plaintiff's Attorney Builds Model of Gas Line Causing Apartment Explosion: GA Trial Highlight
Posted by Steve Silver on Sep 28, 2015 3:28:00 PM
According to the old saying, a picture is worth a thousand words, but in a recent Fulton County State Court case, a model proved to be worth almost $73 million for a badly injured plaintiff. Stephen Wells v. Aslan Commons, LLC, and WSE, LLC (12EV014728).
Topics: Georgia, Wells v. Aslan Commons
Tobacco Firms Cleared of Liability in $50M Trial Over Smoker's Deadly Lung Cancer
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Sep 25, 2015 4:41:00 PM
Hildy Sastre delivers closing arguments in Alicia Suarez's suit against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds for the lung cancer death of Suarez's husband. Jurors found in favor of the tobacco companies Tuesday.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Suarez v. Philip Morris
(UPDATE) Jury Awards $20.5 Million in Emory Clinic Sleep Center Wrongful Death Case
Posted by Steve Silver on Sep 23, 2015 5:55:00 PM
Topics: Medical Malpractice, Georgia
First Tylenol Liver Damage Trial Against J&J Begins In New Jersey
Posted by David Siegel on Sep 23, 2015 1:30:00 PM
Atlantic City — The first case to go to trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare failed to give adequate warnings about the risks of taking high doses of Tylenol began Monday in New Jersey state court, in a woman’s suit alleging she suffered liver damage after taking the best-selling over the counter painkiller.
Topics: Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, healthcare