Plaintiff attorney Alex Alvarez, of The Alvarez Law Firm, told the jury in Espinosa v. Philip Morris that Maria Espinosa died of a cancer that was legally caused by her addiction to cigarettes. Ms. Espinosa smoked for 46 years, up until her death, and for most of that time she smoked only Virginia Slims.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Espinosa v. Philip Morris, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
Wachtel Lipton's Ted Mirvis told the Delaware Supreme Court this morning in the oral arguments for Airgas v. Air Products that shareholders and directors can advance an annual meeting date, but not without limits, and not, as in this case, to set two annual meetings within four months, during the same fiscal year, with no new results or financial statements to review, but only to achieve the early removal of a staggered board director.
Topics: Air Products v. Airgas
The Gordon Bankhead v. Allied Packing & Supply mesothelioma asbestos trial began today in Oakland, California, before Hon. Judge Robert B. Freedman.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Asbestos, Bankhead v. Allied Packing
In Vasko v. R.J. Reynolds, Plaintiff attorney Stuart Ratzan told the jury that John Vasko was born in 1941, started smoking at age 12, and smoked one-and-a-half to two packs of Lucky Strikes per day for 52 years, until he died of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Vasko v. Reynolds, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
Koballa v. Philip Morris ended in a mistrial today when the jury reported after Phase 1 that it was unable to reach a verdict.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Koballa v. Philip Morris, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
