This week's verdicts in Putney v. R.J. Reynolds ($21M) and Townsend v. R.J. Reynolds ($91M) continued Tobacco's long losing streak in Florida. According to the CVN Engle Verdict Tracker, the Florida plaintiffs have won four in a row over $15M, and nine in a row over $5M.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Engle Progeny, Tobacco Litigation
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco Litigation, Putney v. R.J. Reynolds
This morning, the Putney jury began its second day of deliberations.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco Litigation, Putney v. R.J. Reynolds
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.
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Endoscopy Center Cases, Pharmaceutical
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."
Topics: Toxic Torts, Products Liability, Tobacco Litigation, Putney v. R.J. Reynolds
