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Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action under Connecticut state law in which plaintiff claims that defendant's cigarettes were defective and caused her cancer, the following...

In re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Water Law
Judgment awarding plaintiffs $104.69 million and finding defendants liable under New York tort law for contaminating city owned wells in Queens by its...

E.D. v. Pfizer, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability and negligence suit brought by 19 families against pharmaceutical companies, alleging the antidepressant drug Zoloft caused...

Boeken v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment for plaintiff, decedent's son, in a wrongful death action against defendant for decedent's death from lung cancer he developed from smoking...

Sanchez v. Hitachi Koki, Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment in favor of defendants, grinder manufacturers, who plaintiff alleged was liable for his personal injuries resulting from plaintiff's...

Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. v. Bartlett

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
State-law design-defect claims that turn on the adequacy of a drug's warnings are pre-empted by federal law under PLIVA. Inc. v. Mensing, which held...

Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Superior Court of Orange County (Pikerie)

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In action in which plaintiff alleged that she suffered injuries as a result of ingesting a brand-name drug and its generic equivalents, defendant's...

In re Tobacco Cases I

Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Trial court orders which awarded the People of the State of California $2,943,920.63 in contractual attorney fees as the prevailing parties in an...

Caronia v. Philip Morris USA

Commercial Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment dismissing plaintiffs' claims against cigarette manufacturer for negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty, and medical monitoring...

Hernandez v. Amcord, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment of nonsuit in asbestos action alleging negligence and strict liability is reversed, where: 1) the evidence presented by plaintiff at trial,...