Chris Hatziyannakis was a Marlboro smoker who died of lung cancer in 1994. Hatziyannakis v. Phillip Morris was brought by Mr. Hatziyannakis' widow, Despina (Debbie), and his son Jim.
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Hatziyannakis v. RJR, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
Opening statements were heard today in the first state court Fosamax products liability trial, Rosenberg v. Merck.
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, In re: Fosamax
Watch CVN's live webcast of the first state-court Fosamax trial, which begins next week in Atlantic City, New Jersey, before Hon. Judge Carol Higbee.
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, In re: Fosamax
An Oakland jury on Wednesday awarded $4M in compensatory damages to a parts worker who unpacked truck brakes and contracted mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos. The jury also found that the four defendants acted with malice. A punitive damages phase is scheduled to begin January 5, 2011.
"This case has been about corporations that refuse to accept responsibility for a preventable injury that will result in death," said Joe Satterley of Sales & Satterley, in his closing argument in the Gordon Bankhead v. Allied Packing asbestos trial. "These companies -- Abex, Carlisle, Fruehauf and Rockwell -- have contributed most of the exposure of the asbestos to Gordon Bankhead, and they could have prevented it. And this exposure was a substantial factor in contributing to the risk...of the mesothelioma."
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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Asbestos
A Suffolk County jury in Evans v. Lorillard awarded an additional $81M in punitives damages today, on top of their previous award of $71M in compensatory damages on Tuesday, for a total award of $152M.
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Topics: Products Liability, Evans v. Lorillard, Tobacco Litigation
