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Court Rejects Company's Challenge To LA Flavored-Tobacco Ban

Categories: General

The United States Supreme Court declined to hear R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's appeal to Los Angeles County's prohibition on the sale of flavored tobacco products,…

US Argues To Toss Out 3M Earplugs Unit From Bankruptcy

Categories: General

The Justice Department said that 3M Co. subsidiary Aearo Technologies LLC should be dismissed from the bankruptcy court in faulty earplugs lawsuits, noting the recent rejection…

3M Claims No Hearing Loss Among Plaintiffs In Earplugs MDL

Categories: General

According to 3M Co., documents from the United States Department of Defense for more than 175,000 plaintiffs reveal that the great majority of claimants in the Combat Arms…

Drug Distributors Win First Opioid Trial Against GA Families

Categories: Verdicts

Cardinal Health Inc, McKesson Corp, and JM Smith Corp won a trial in Georgia against families of opioid addicts who accused the firms of functioning as drug traffickers.

After…

Suit Filed Against FedEx Over Wrongful Death Of An Employee

Categories: General

The family of an employee who died in a forklift accident in February 2022 has filed a federal lawsuit against FedEx, demanding $3.5 million in damages.

Memphis' attorney filed the wrongful death claim on behalf of the deceased's 33-year-…

Connecticut Fined With $12M In Neglect Case Settlement

Categories: Verdicts

Connecticut is expected to pay $12 million to resolve a dispute involving a neglected 14-month-old boy who was placed with a cousin who had charges of abuse by the state's child protection department in 2015. The youngster was extremely starved…

$5M Settlement To Dead Student From University Of Utah

Categories: Settlements

The University of Utah revealed on Tuesday that it had struck an agreement and will pay $5 million to the parents of an overseas student who was slain last year.

On Feb. 11, 2022, a first-year Chinese student was assassinated by a fellow…

New Jersey Jury Awards $6.5M For An Injured Man

Categories: Verdicts

A $6.5 million settlement was given by a New Jersey jury to a 47-year-old man who was engaged in a catastrophic car accident when the at-fault motorist carelessly hit his vehicle in the rear, causing him to suffer many injuries.

The guy,…

Man Dragged By Train To Get $9.15M From BART

Categories: Settlements

BART officials have agreed to pay a $9.15 million compensation to a customer who was pulled by a train at Powell Street Station two years ago.

According to a complaint filed in November 2021, the event occurred on February 11, 2021, when…

$5M For A Man's Estate In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Categories: Settlements

Following a trial for a medical negligence civil action over the man's death during a cardiac catheterization treatment, a Clarke County State Court jury awarded $4.36 million to the man's estate.

During a week-long trial, the jury returned…

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