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Smoker Wins $8M In First New England Tobacco Plaintiff Verdict
Posted on 28 May 2010 by Gerald C. Matics

HARTFORD, Conn. - (Mealey's) A Connecticut jury capped a month-long trial May 27 by awarding a cancer-afflicted smoker $8 million against the cigarette maker she blamed for her illness; the verdict for the plaintiff is reportedly the first in New... Read More

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Connecticut Federal Jury Finds Warning Adequate In Prempro Wrongful Death Suit
Posted on 31 May 2012 by Tom Moylan

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - (Mealey's) Wyeth is not liable for the breast cancer death of a woman who took the company's hormone therapy drugs Premarin and Prempro, a Connecticut federal jury said May 30, finding that the drugs' labeling contained... Read More

Tags: Kenneth Moss v. Wyeth , Wyeth , Pfizer , design defect , Lynn Gardner Moss , hormone therapy drugs , Premarin , Connecticut Product Liability Act , Litigation , drug labeling , Inc. , Kenneth Moss , Prempro