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Tobacco or Asbestos? Cancer's Cause in Smoker a Key as Trial Opens Against R.J. Reynolds

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 16, 2015 1:53:00 PM

 

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Robertson v. R.J. Reynolds

Johnson & Johnson Prevails In First Tylenol Liver Damage Trial

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 16, 2015 12:44:00 PM

Stock photo of Extra Strength Tylenol. 


Atlantic City— A New Jersey state court jury cleared Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare of all liability on Friday in the first of hundreds of lawsuits to go to trial alleging the company failed to adequately disclose the risks of liver damage from taking Extra Strength Tylenol.

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Topics: Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, healthcare

R.J. Reynolds Largely Cleared of Liability in Smoker's Death, as Jurors Award $5K to Widower

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 9, 2015 5:38:08 PM

 

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Topics: Products Liability, tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Gordon v. R.J. Reynolds

Celanese Corp. Socked With $14 Million Asbestos Wrongful Death Verdict

Posted by David Siegel on Oct 8, 2015 11:40:00 PM

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Asbestos

$500K in Punitives against Tobacco Cos. Push Verdict for Smoker’s Widow to $1.5M

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Oct 7, 2015 8:08:00 PM

Walter Cofer delivers closing arguments on behalf of Philip Morris in the punitive phase of Gertrude Marchese's suit for the cancer death of her husband, Salvatore. Jurors imposed a $500,000 punitive award split between Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds for their role in Marchese's death. Click here to watch the closing arguments.  

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Topics: Negligence, Products Liability, tobacco, Florida, Marchese v. Philip Morris