Personal Injury Law

Widow of smoker gets $8 million in product liability damages
According to the Associated Press, a jury recently decided that cigarette-maker Philip Morris must pay a smoker?s widow $8 million in damages. The husband died in 1997 at age 55 after decades as a chain smoker...

Florida Jury Awards $8 Million To Widow Of Smoker
Tobacco company, Philip Morris, was dealt a major blow Wednesday when a Fort Lauderdale jury awarded the widow of a smoker $8 million in damages. It took two days for the six jurors to deliver the favorable verdict to Elaine Hess...

Tobacco Company Loses Jury Trial
The Chicago Tribune prints a full Associated Press report here of the jury trial in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Elaine Hess, the widow of long-time chain smoker Stuart Hess, sued Philip Morris after her husband died of lung cancer...

"Jury awards Cooper City widow $8 million from Philip Morris"
"Jury awards Cooper City widow $8 million from Philip Morris": The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has this news update. The Miami Herald has a news update headlined "Widow awarded $8 million in tobacco trial...

Retrial of smoking case nets plaintiff half of original damages
A Los Angeles jury awarded $13.8 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris USA on Aug. 24 in the retrial of a case that originally netted a record $28 billion to a lifetime smoker...

Smokers award upheld by court
For the third time, the Oregon Supreme Court has allowed a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris. This award was twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive...

Pittsburgh Med-Mal Jury Finds Hospital Negligent, Awards $0 Damages
This via Law.com's The Legal Intelligencer... "Pittsburgh attorneys are seeking a new trial in a medical malpractice case in which a jury found a hospital negligent in a patient's death but awarded $0 survival damages because the jury said "no amount of damages will adequately punish" the hospital...

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Jury Awards $29M in Elder Abuse Case
Jury Awards $29M in Elder Abuse Case

Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit
Jury Awards $82.5M in Workplace Death Lawsuit

Jury Awards $1,642,475 in Workplace Electrocution Lawsuit
Workplace Electrocution Lawsuit Jury Awards $1,642,475

Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit
Jury Awards $1.8 Million in Legal Malpractice Suit

Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit
Jury Awards $2 Million in Sexual Harassment Wrongful Termination Suit

AT&T Class Action
Jury Awards $17M to California Residents