Jury Clears Boston Scientific, C.R. Bard After Longest-Running Pelvic Mesh Trial
Posted by David Siegel on Feb 2, 2016 7:30:00 PM
Topics: Products Liability, Pelvic Mesh Litigation, healthcare
Jurors Award $240K, Find Smoker 98% Responsible for COPD in Trial Against Tobacco Giants
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jan 30, 2016 12:53:42 AM
Mark Belasic delivers closing arguments on behalf of R.J. Reynolds in Doris Ewing's suit against Reynolds and Philip Morris for the respiratory disease and death of her husband, James "J.R." Ewing. Jurors awarded $240,000 in damages against Reynolds, but found James Ewing 98% responsible for his COPD and absolved Philip Morris of any liability.
Pensacola,FL—A jury Thursday largely cleared the nation’s two largest cigarette manufacturers of responsibility for the respiratory disease and death of a decades-long smoker, awarding $240,000 in unreduced damages but finding the smoker 98% at fault. Ewing v. R.J. Reynolds, 2009-CA-002791.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Ewing v. R.J. Reynolds
R.J. Reynolds Cleared in $14M Trial Over Hospital Worker's Fatal Cancer
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jan 27, 2016 11:24:00 PM
Stephanie Parker delivers closing arguments for R.J. Reynolds in Janice Rounds' suit claiming the company's concealment of smoking's dangers led to her husband's nicotine addiction and cancer. Jurors Tuesday found in favor of R.J. Reynolds.
Daytona Beach, FL—Jurors Tuesday found tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds not liable for the lung cancer that killed a Florida hospital worker who smoked for more than 35 years. Rounds v. R.J. Reynolds, 2013-32607-CICI.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Rounds v. R.J. Reynolds
J.R. Ewing Died From Tobacco Conspiracy, Attorney Tells Jurors in Trial over COPD
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jan 21, 2016 5:22:41 PM
Richard Diaz says a decades-long tobacco industry conspiracy led to James "J.R." Ewing's nicotine addiction and respiratory disease. Ewing died in 2009, and his wife, Doris Ewing, is suing cigarette makers R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.
Pensacola, FL—Attorneys drew battle lines over the reasons behind a long-time smoker’s respiratory disease as trial opened last week in a suit by his widow against the makers of the cigarettes her husband smoked. Ewing v. R.J. Reynolds, 2009-CA-002791.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Ewing v. R.J. Reynolds
Reasons Behind Nurse's Smoking Take Center Stage as Trial Against Tobacco Companies Opens
Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jan 13, 2016 1:07:47 PM
Cory Hohnbaum tells jurors Mary Howles smoked despite knowing the dangers of cigarettes. Howles is suing Philip Morris and Hohnbaum's client, R.J. Reynolds, claiming the tobacco companies are responsible for her cancer and respiratory disease.
Fort Lauderdale, FL—Attorneys debated what drove a Florida nurse to smoke up to three packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, before she developed lung cancer and respiratory disease, as trial opened this week in her suit against the nation’s two largest tobacco companies. Howles v. Philip Morris, et al., CACE07-34919.
Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida