Category — Causation

Sept. 22, 2011 – The Virginia Lawyers Weekly recently reported that a jury in Newport News, Virginia awarded $5.2 million dollars to a man who suffered an injury to his foot, which apparently was a muscle or ligament injury that later developed into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (“CRPS”).  The injury allegedly occurred in a Best Buy retail store after an unattended forklift struck the plaintiff’s left foot while he was shopping.  Not surprisingly, Best Buy filed motions to overturn the award, which will be heard next week. [Read more →]

Aug. 4, 2011 -     We are rarely surprised to hear about shocking decisions or large verdicts coming from our neighbors in West Virginia.  We therefore were pleasantly surprised to learn that a West Virginia jury recently returned a defense verdict in Hines v. Wyeth, 04cv00690 (S.D. W. Va.) finding that Wyeth’s (now Pfizer’s) hormone replacement drug Prempro did not cause a plaintiff’s breast cancer.  As the linked article indicates, Pfizer is now 8 for 16 in Prempro jury trial verdicts. [Read more →]

July 28, 2011 -  Some plaintiffs just love to paint manufacturer as bad guys.  Behind every alleged injury, they insist, there is always a well-organized, evil conspiracy to put profits above safety.  Thus, they reason, if the manufacturer did something bad a few years ago with respect to product X, surely they must also have done something bad with respect to the completely different product that allegedly caused their injuries. [Read more →]