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Big Win for Merck in Bellwether Fosamax Trial

Posted by msch on Feb 14, 2011 11:24:00 AM

Rosenberg v. Merck -- A New Jersey jury this morning found that a Fosamax user did not suffer from osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), and therefore she failed to show that Fosamax caused the harm.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Pharmaceutical, In re: Fosamax

Huish v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Trial Begins

Posted by msch on Feb 14, 2011 11:06:00 AM

Huish v. R.J. Reynolds involves John Huish, who was born in 1929. Mr. Huish started smoking cigarettes as a teenager in the mid or late 1940's, approximately 20 years before the first caution label appeared on a pack of cigarettes. Mr. Huish died of small cell lung cancer in 1993, at the age of 64. The case was brought by Mr. Huish's widow, Anna Louise Huish.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation, Huish v. RJR

Kirkland v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Trial in Tampa

Posted by msch on Feb 7, 2011 1:21:00 PM

With billions of dollars in damages allegedly at stake, trial proceedings resumed this week in Kirkland v. RJ Reynolds, with the cross examination of defense expert witness Dr. Michael Bertino by Maria Sperando of the Willie Gary Law Firm.

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Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Kirkland v. Reynolds, Tobacco Litigation

Hatziyannakis Engle Tobacco Trial Begins in Ft. Lauderdale

Posted by msch on Feb 2, 2011 4:13:00 PM

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

Fosamax Trial Opening Statements

Posted by msch on Jan 24, 2011 4:18:00 PM

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