A San Francisco jury awarded an $8,000,000 verdict yesterday to a 17-year employee of Seariver Maritime, Inc. and its predecessor, Exxon Shipping Co. The employee developed kidney cancer as a result of the unsafe working conditions provided by the companies.
A $17 million verdict against Sprint for breaching its contract with the company's former bill-collecting firm has been upheld by a federal appeals court.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it will appeal a verdict from a federal jury in Boston that its VERTEX[R] line of multi-axial pedicle screws infringe, under the doctrine of equivalents, a patent licensed to DePuy Spine, a division of Johnson & Johnson. Under the verdict, the...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings does not expect the Jan. 27 class action verdict in West Virginia against NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) to have an immediate impact on the company's ratings. Under the jury imposed verdict, NI and other defendants are to pay the plaintiffs a total of $404.3 million in...
A products liability suit over a Ford Explorer that crashed on Interstate 385 in South Carolina after the cruise control malfunctioned has resulted in an $18 million verdict against the SUV's manufacturer.
The WTO has delayed its decision on the legality of the EU's policy for genetically modified organisms GMOs for the third time. The trade dispute panel was originally due to give its official verdict in October, but observers suggested that its implications for the Hong Kong WTO conference in December...
WORLDCOM: BERNARD EBBERS Accused of: Conspiracy and securities fraud that cost shareholders $180 billion when WorldCom went bankrupt in 2002. Defense: Ignorance. Using so-called "aw-shucks" defense, he claimed he was unfamiliar with fi WORLDCOM: BERNARD EBBERS Accused of:...
WASHINGTON, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Center for Corporate Policy released the following statement in response to today's verdict in the Enron trial: WASHINGTON, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Center for Corporate Policy released the following statement in response to today's verdict in the Enron trial:
Richard B. Whitney, a partner in the Cleveland office of Jones Day, obtained one of the top 20 jury verdicts nationwide in 2005, according to a list published by The National Law Journal. In the case, a legal team headed by Mr. Whitney and Columbus...
Sep 18, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A Sydney jury had problems in reaching a verdict in a case of fraud against National Australia Bank NAB. Peter and Anthony King, owners of the King Brothers bus company, were accused of defrauding NAB of...
WASHINGTON, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after the guilty verdicts of Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling for their involvement in the Enron scandal (Part 1 of 2): WASHINGTON, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued...
WASHINGTON, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after the guilty verdicts of Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling for their involvement in the Enron scandal (Part 2 of 2): WASHINGTON, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued...
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Alcon, Inc. (NYSE:ACL) announced today that a jury in the U.S. District Court in Delaware rendered a verdict that Alcon infringed Advanced Medical Optics Inc.'s (NYSE:AVO) U.S. Patent Nos. 5,700,240 and 6,059,765. Alcon stated that it believes the jury verdict of infringement is not supported by...
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. -- Merck & Co., Inc. today said it was disappointed that a state court jury in New Jersey awarded punitive damages to a New Jersey resident who claimed that his long-term use of VIOXX contributed to his heart attack. The Company said it will appeal the punitive...
Thomson West (Eagan, MN) has launched Case Evaluator of Westlaw, a new research feature that allows litigators to build a fact base representing the outcomes of comparable cases, including verdicts, awards, relevant medical and expert witness data. T Thomson West (Eagan, MN) has launched Case Evaluator...
Auto insurer Progressive Corp. said last week that it plans to appeal the decision of an Oklahoma jury that awarded $61 million to plaintiffs who sued a company subsidiary in a civil rights case. The company in Mayfield Village said in its Feb. 28 ...
MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 9, 1998--This afternoon, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles returned a verdict in favor of Litton Systems Inc. and Litton Systems Limited Canada against Honeywell in the total amount of $250 million in the damages portion of the anti-trust case first tried in 1995...
An appellate court has reinstated a jury's $500,000 wrongful termination award to a Baltimore welder, finding that attorneys for General Motors failed to follow the proper procedures in making a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
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