Poor Road Design Caused Accident That Cost Former UCLA Lineman His Leg, Jury Told
Posted by David Siegel on Nov 28, 2016 10:54:41 AM
Topics: Negligence, Transportation, automotive, California
$6M+ Award to Smoker's Widower After $650K Punitive Verdict Against Tobacco Cos.
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 21, 2016 6:08:07 PM
Fort Lauderdale, FL—Jurors Friday awarded $650,000 in punitive damages on top of a nearly $5.5 million compensatory judgment earlier in the week to the widower of a woman with a half-century smoking habit that left her with coronary heart disease and lung cancer. Martin v. Philip Morris, et al., 2007-CV-036440.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Martin v. Philip Morris
$1M Verdict for Smoker with Late-Stage Emphysema in Trial Against RJR
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 18, 2016 3:36:58 PM
West Palm Beach, FL—A Florida jury awarded more than $1 million to a woman with late-stage emphysema from a 40-year smoking habit at trial against the tobacco company accused of hiding the dangers of smoking while selling her cigarettes for decades. Ford v. R.J. Reynolds, 2016-CA-002230.
Topics: Negligence, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, ford v. r.j. reynolds
Philip Morris & RJR Hit with $5.5M Judgment, Plus Possible Punitives, at Trial Over New York Native's Fatal Cancer
Posted by Meghan Gourley on Nov 17, 2016 1:04:07 PM
Fort Lauderdale, FL—Jurors found R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris liable in the lung cancer death of a New York native, slapping the tobacco giants with nearly $5.5 million in compensatory damages and finding punitives potentially warranted for conspiring to hide the dangers of their cigarettes for decades. Martin v. Philip Morris, et al., 2007-CV-036440.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Martin v. Philip Morris
Defense Accuses Exterminator of Lying About Shoulder Injury, as GA Car Crash Trial Opens
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Nov 17, 2016 9:20:04 AM
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Decatur, GA—Attorneys debated whether decades of job-related orthopedic stress or a rear-end collision caused a Snellville exterminator’s shoulder injury, as trial began Tuesday against the woman who crashed into him. Rush v. Mealor, 14A52556.
Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, rush v. mealor