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Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the July 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2016 LexisNexis. All rights...

Larson's Spotlight on Idiopathic Fall, Hepatitis, Slip and Fall, and Heart Attack. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law ...

Workers in any profession can show a work connection to ebola and need not prove that ebola is a risk peculiar to their job Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading...

LAS VEGAS — (Mealey’s) A Nevada state court jury on May 7 awarded $500 million in punitive damages in a propofol/hepatitis C infection case, two days after it awarded $5.35 million in compensatory damages, according to the parties ( Henry...

LAS VEGAS — (Mealey’s) A Nevada state court jury on May 5 awarded $5.35 million in compensatory damages in a propofol vial/hepatitis infection case and said the plaintiffs are also due punitive damages ( Henry Chanin, et al. v. Baxter Healthcare...

FARMINGTON, N.M. - (AP) A New Mexico woman says a sewing needle pierced her tongue after she bit into a plate of ribs and mashed potatoes at a Chili's restaurant. Ashley Phillips says she pulled a needle about 2-inches long from her mouth at the Chili's...

LAS VEGAS – (AP) The final witness for a man suing drug companies after contracting hepatitis C in a procedure at a southern Nevada endoscopy center testified that damages over $4 million would be appropriate. Dr. Stan Smith told a Clark County...

NEW YORK – (AP) Drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. plans to appeal a $356 million Las Vegas district court verdict awarded to a plaintiff who says he contracted hepatitis C when one of Teva's drug vials was used by more than one patient...