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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Asbestos, California
Howard Spier claims his client, Manuel Valdes, was injured in a railway depot yard accident. Jurors Monday found in favor of U.S. Sugar and its short-line railroad in Valdes $2.1 million FELA suit against the companies. Watch the trial on demand.
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Topics: Negligence, Florida, Transportation, Valdes v. US Sugar
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Topics: Premises Liability, Negligence, Georgia
Lawrenceville, GA—The family of a 24-year-old electrical worker who was killed when struck by a 1000-pound counterweight in a steel mill was awarded $4.75 million (subject to reduction due to apportionment of fault) by a Gwinnett State Court jury in a wrongful death case against manufacturer Gerdau Ameristeel. James Edward Lanier v. Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc. (12-C-06887).
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Stephanie Parker tells jurors that Rosemary Lewis was warned repeatedly about the dangers of cigarettes. Jurors Tuesday awarded Lewis' widower, James Lewis, $750,000 in his suit against R.J. Reynolds for the role the company's cigarettes played in her lung cancer. Watch Parker's closing argument.
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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Lewis v. R.J. Reynolds
