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$20M+ Damage Award in Putney Trial Includes Punitives

Posted by msch on Apr 26, 2010 10:55:00 AM

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco Litigation, Putney v. R.J. Reynolds

Putney Tobacco Trial Damages Phase Goes To Jury

Posted by msch on Apr 23, 2010 11:28:00 AM

This morning, the Putney jury began its second day of deliberations.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco Litigation, Putney v. R.J. Reynolds

Defense Openings in Chanin Hepatitis Trial

Posted by msch on Apr 19, 2010 7:18:00 PM

Defense fired back in their opening statement in Chanin v. Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center. The plaintiffs alleged that drug companies Baxter and Teva supplied propofol containers that were defective because they were too large, thus encouraging the kind of multi-dose "double-dipping" that could foreseeably result in the spread of blood-born pathogens, such as the Hepatitis C infection that plaintiff Henry Chanin contracted at Desert Shadow Endoscopy.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Endoscopy Center Cases, Pharmaceutical

Propofol Hepatitis Trial Begins in Las Vegas

Posted by msch on Apr 19, 2010 1:37:00 PM

Opening statements have begun in CVN's live webcast of Chanin v. Desert Shadow Endoscopy.

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Topics: Products Liability, Endoscopy Center Cases, Pharmaceutical

Putney Tobacco Trial Damages Phase Continues

Posted by msch on Apr 19, 2010 11:38:00 AM

On direct examination, Sharon Putney testified that her mother, Margot Putney, tried to tell Sharon "Happy Birthday" nine days before her mother's death, but she "couldn't get the words out."

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco Litigation, Putney v. R.J. Reynolds