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Topics: Engle Litigation Trading Cards, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
The Trial: Miller v. A.W. Chesterton
The Attorney: J. Bruce Jackson, for the plaintiff.
Causation can be a particularly difficult element to prove in toxic tort cases. Time is often a plaintiff's attorney's biggest enemy in such suits. The decades that pass between the exposure to a defendant's chemical and plaintiff's illness can fuel skeptical jurors' doubt in your argument. In Miller v. A.W. Chesterton, J. Bruce Jackson uses his opening statement to lead jurors step by step from Ralph Miller's asbestos exposure to his mesothelioma years later.
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Topics: Asbestos, Opening Statement of the Week, Trial Techniques, Miller v. AW Chesterton Company
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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, Andy Allen v. RJR, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, CVN Florida, Engle Progeny Review, News
Because we've been asked about our earlier, Series 1 Engle Trading Cards, we’ll periodically revisit the subjects of our first set of cards and provide quick updates on their Engle litigation history. This week's flashback checks in on two attorneys who are revisiting their 2010 face-off in Andy Allen v. R.J. Reynolds with the case's retrial, which began earlier this month.
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