Medical Issues Force Mistrial in COPD Case Against R.J. Reynolds
Jun 3, 2016
Health problems scuttled the trial this week against R.J. Reynolds over the allegedly smoking-related death of a retired administrative assistant to a Florida police chief.
Jun 3, 2016
How does a jury shown no more than $225,000 in past medical expenses—no future lost wages, no future medical expenses—return an $11 million verdict in a brain injury trial?
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May 27, 2016
In this tobacco-related lawsuit, plaintiff claims defendant tobacco company concealed the dangers of cigarettes, leading to the nicotine addiction and smoking-related disease of Totsie Fleming.
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May 25, 2016
Sometimes a life care plan can provide unexpected ammunition for a case beyond the numbers involved. In Nelson v. Emory Healthcare, defense questions about a life care expert’s failure to bargain hunt led to a pointed plaintiff’s closing and an ei...
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Dive Rite Cleared of Responsibility in $25M Trial over Underwater Filmmaker's Death
May 23, 2016
A diving gear company prevailed Friday against claims it was responsible for the drowning death of a renowned underwater cinematographer.
May 20, 2016
A jury Thursday awarded $5 million to the children of a former addiction treatment counselor who died from cancer after smoking for more than five decades, and it found R.J. Reynolds liable for potential punitive damages for its role in her death.
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May 19, 2016
A Fulton County Superior Court jury Wednesday cleared the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority of fault in the death of a motorcyclist who collided with a MARTA paratransit vehicle.
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May 18, 2016
Jurors this week found R.J. Reynolds liable for $18 million for the role the company played in the lung cancer death of a Korean War veteran who smoked for more than half a century.
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Lynn v. MARTA
May 16, 2016
In this wrongful death suit, plaintiff claims defendant is liable for the collision between Jeffrey Usher and a MARTA vehicle that ultimately led to the death of Usher.
May 13, 2016
Jury selection is set to begin Monday at trial over MARTA’s alleged role in the death of an Atlanta-area motorcyclist.
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May 12, 2016
Jurors Wednesday awarded $12 million, plus potential punitive damages, to the widower of a Florida smoker for the role R.J. Reynolds played in the woman’s cancer death.
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May 9, 2016
In this wrongful death action, plaintiff Terri Skiles claims Lamartek Inc. is liable for the death of well-known underwater cinematographer and cave diver Wesley Skiles, whose 2010 death during a dive was allegedly caused by a faulty breathing app...
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