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Defense Verdict in Hootnick Medical Malpractice Trial

Posted by msch on Feb 17, 2011 7:27:00 PM

Hootnick v. Wideroff (West Palm Beach, FL).

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Hootnick v. Wideroff

Wackenhut Negligent in Walmart Parking Lot Murder

Posted by msch on Feb 16, 2011 11:41:00 AM

Smith v. Walmart (Las Vegas, NV). After fiery closing arguments, a jury found Wackenhut, but not Walmart, liable for inadequate security in a Walmart parking lot where a Walmart customer was murdered. The jury awarded over $1M in damages.

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Topics: Smith v. Walmart, Premises Liability, Negligence

Engle Plaintiffs Score Another Micro-Win

Posted by msch on Feb 15, 2011 6:54:00 PM

Hatziyannakis v. Philip Morris (Fort Lauderdale, FL). 

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Hatziyannakis v. RJR, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation

Big Win for Merck in Bellwether Fosamax Trial

Posted by msch on Feb 14, 2011 11:24:00 AM

Rosenberg v. Merck -- A New Jersey jury this morning found that a Fosamax user did not suffer from osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), and therefore she failed to show that Fosamax caused the harm.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, In re: Fosamax

Huish v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Trial Begins

Posted by msch on Feb 14, 2011 11:06:00 AM

Huish v. R.J. Reynolds involves John Huish, who was born in 1929. Mr. Huish started smoking cigarettes as a teenager in the mid or late 1940's, approximately 20 years before the first caution label appeared on a pack of cigarettes. Mr. Huish died of small cell lung cancer in 1993, at the age of 64. The case was brought by Mr. Huish's widow, Anna Louise Huish.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, Huish v. RJR