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Mattel To Appeal $309 Million Judgment In Bratz Doll Case
Posted on 12 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SANTA ANA, Calif. - (AP) Attorneys for Mattel Inc. filed papers on Thursday declaring their intent to appeal a federal judge's award of more than $309 million to rival toy maker MGA Entertainment Inc. in the fight over ownership of the popular Bratz... Read More

Mississippi Jury Awards Man $322 Million In Asbestos Lawsuit
Posted on 12 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

JACKSON, Miss. - (AP) A jury has awarded $322 million to a Mississippi man who claimed he inhaled asbestos dust while mixing drilling mud sold and manufactured by Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. and Union Carbide Corp. Allen Hossley, an attorney who represented... Read More

N.Y. Jury Awards $66 Million To Injured Physical Therapist
Posted on 9 Dec 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BUFFALO, N.Y. - (AP) A jury has awarded $66 million to a western New York woman who was left paralyzed when a weight machine at the physical therapy office where she worked fell on top of her. The Buffalo News reports that a jury in Buffalo reached the... Read More

Court: $1.73M Award For Man Denied Care In Custody
Posted on 15 Nov 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) A jury has awarded $1.73 million to the family of an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who died of penile cancer that went undiagnosed for more than a year while he was in state and federal custody. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury... Read More

Plaintiff Awarded $1.5 Million In Second Bellwether Trial In Kugel Hernia Patch MDL
Posted on 23 Aug 2010 by Tom Moylan

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - (Mealey's) The second Kugel surgical patch bellwether trial went to the plaintiff Aug. 23 when a Rhode Island federal court jury awarded $1.5 million to a man who claims that the device caused him internal injuries ( In Re: Kugel... Read More