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Pittsburgh Jury Tries to Award $22M Against J&J in Talc Case Despite Handing Up Defense Verdict

The jury determined that Johnson & Johnson was negligent and that the company intentionally misrepresented the safety of its talc products but that those factors did not cause Lee’s cancer. The jury then went on to make a determination on punitive damages, despite the verdict sheet's instructions that it should only do so if it found against the defendants on causation.
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The Legal's Top 5 Pennsylvania Verdicts of 2024

There were verdicts in the tens of millions throughout Pennsylvania in 2024, but the largest of those awards came out of Philadelphia.
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Phila. Jury Awards $15M to Woman Who Slipped on Apartment Building Stairs

The jury determined Dec. 20 that the building’s owner and property manager were responsible for the plaintiff’s injuries, despite the defendants’ arguments that they had only taken charge of the building two weeks before the accident.
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Phila. Anesthesiologist Wins Defense Verdict in Multimillion-Dollar Case Over C-Section Complications

Marshall Dennehey shareholder Gary Samms, who represented Society Hill Anesthesia, said the plaintiffs’ demand at trial had been $2 million. The defendant’s May pretrial memo shows that earlier in the case the plaintiffs had demanded $7 million.
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Pa. Jury Returns $4.2M Verdict in Medical Marijuana Program Dispute

“MJ Freeway came into Pennsylvania, a Colorado company, and got a giant contract, maybe $20 million to do this thing. They promised Pennsylvania that for the duration it would use a small diverse business,” said plaintiff's attorney Gary Green of Sidkoff Pincus & Green. “But after three years, they not only ditched TreCom and broke their promise that they’re going to give a small diverse business that experience, they didn’t replace TreCom with another one."
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Suburban Pa. Jury Hands Up $29M to Bicyclist Hit by Truck

The defendants had refused to settle for their $6 million policy limit, instead only offering $500,000, according to the plaintiff’s attorney, Morgan & Morgan partner Clancy Boylan.
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Jefferson Doctor Hit With $6.8M Verdict Over Death of 64-Year-Old Cancer Patient

The plaintiffs alleged that during an operation to treat the decedent's liver cancer, one of the heated needle probes used in the procedure moved out of place and perforated her stomach.
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Pa. Jury Returns $15 Million Verdict to Car Crash Victims

Counsel made the unconventional decision not to call the majority of the plaintiffs to avoid the potential pitfalls of complex socioeconomic or prejudice issues, the plaintiffs' attorney claimed.
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Phila. Attorney Reflects on Client's $1M Win Against Officers' No-Knock Search Warrant

"I think it was key showing not just that the officers failed to conduct reasonable reconnaissance or follow the normal procedures for a warrant, but showing what alternatives existed and how that would have made a difference," said Keith Thomas West of Victims' Recovery Law Center in Philadelphia.
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Phila. Judge Rules $12M Crash Verdict Was Backed by Evidence as Case Heads to Appeal

"The jury, acting within their role and calling upon their experiences, was free to infer that appellee's noneconomic harm was significant, resulting in the jury awarding over $10,000,000 in noneconomic damages," Jacquinto ruled.
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