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Lawsuits in California state court against Toyota Motor Corp. related to sudden acceleration of its vehicles should be coordinated so they can be handled more efficiently, a judge said.

Judge West said he will recommend to the California Supreme Court’s chief justice that the cases be coordinated in either Los Angeles or Orange County. He also said he would recommend that the personal injury cases either proceed as a separate group before the same judge or in one group on separate tracks with the class-action lawsuits alleging economic loss.

Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, faces at least 228 federal and 99 state lawsuits including proposed class actions over economic loss and claims of personal injuries or deaths allegedly caused by sudden-acceleration incidents. The federal lawsuits were combined April 9, before U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in Santa Ana, California.

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A Miami-Dade jury has awarded a Sarasota man more than $14 million after deciding that the asbestos he inhaled in the 1970s caused his deadly abdominal cancer.

Jurors found that chemical giant Union Carbide was negligent for selling asbestos fibers to other companies, which had used the fibers to make joint compounds used by construction companies — such as the one William Aubin’s family owned.

Jurors also found that four of the compound manufacturers, including Georgia-Pacific, share some of the responsibility for causing Aubin’s illness.

Read the full Miami Herald (5/21, Morales) report here.

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A lawsuit has been filed against CVS and a Chicago store employee who allegedly strangled a man to death for shoplifting crayons and toothpaste.

Michael Johnson said in his lawsuit that an unnamed employee chased his son, Anthony Kyser, from the store and put him in a choke hold that resulted in death.

County medical examiners ruled the death a homicide, but police determined the death to be an accident. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Staff Report, Chicago Tribune 05/12/2010
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The city has offered a record-setting $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was killed with a Taser during a confrontation with police last year.

The City Council is scheduled to vote on the settlement according to an agenda posted online.

It’s the biggest lawsuit settlement offer Fort Worth has ever had in a case involving death or injury, Assistant City Attorney Gerald Pruitt said.

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/05/15/2190966/fort-worth-offers-2-million-to.html#ixzz0o74VMXhm

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The Harris County Commissioner’s Court approved a $167,500 settlement in a lawsuit over a woman who died while in a county jail in 2008.

The lawsuit alleged that Margarita Saavedra had begged for medical treatment from the jail staff for a staph infection in the days before she died.

She was being held in the county jail awaiting trial on drug charges when she died. Chris Moran, Houston Chronicle 05/11/2010
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Popular birth control pills taken by millions of women might be causing serious side effects, that in some cases have led to death. That’s the claim of a growing number of lawsuits.

Yaz and its sister drug Yasmin are big sellers marketed to women under 35. Hormones in all birth control pills can cause blood to thicken, but there are more than 1,000 lawsuits saying Yaz and Yasmin cause more blood clots than others.

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Scott Wilson, a 23-year-old civil engineer, was killed while driving to his mother’s house in Wellington when his Hyundai Sonata was struck by a black Bentley driven by wealthy polo club owner John Goodman.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating whether Goodman, the founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, should face any criminal charges. Scott Wilson’s father and his mother, Lili Wilson, filed wrongful-death lawsuits against Goodman.

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Bayer recently released its Annual Report for 2009. The report is 274 pages long. Here are the highlights:

* By Bayer’s count, as of February 15, 2010, about 1,100 lawsuits were filed against it by women injured by Yaz or Yasmin.

* Yaz and Yasmin are Bayer’s best-selling pharmaceutical products for at least the second year in a row.

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Accutane® (isotretinoin or roaccutane) is considered by many dermatologists to be the strongest, most effective weapon against persistent, severe acne.

It is a derivative of Vitamin A, and the drug works by reducing the skin’s production of oil.

A current Black Box warning on Accutane cautions consumers about its potential to harm unborn children. Additional serious side effects associated with Accutane use include depression, colitis, and liver disease. Roche Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Accutane, has been named in thousands of lawsuits filed by patients who experienced severe side effects or whose loved ones experienced adverse reactions following Accutane use.

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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the second-biggest U.S. cigarette maker, must pay $46.3 million to the widow of a Florida man who died from lung cancer in 1995, according to a Florida jury.

Six state-court jurors in Gainesville voted unanimously in favor of the widow of Frank Townsend, who started smoking at age 13 or 14, according to Greg Prysock, who represented Lyantie Townsend in the case.

The verdict is the latest in favor of a smoker or family member in the state following a 2006 Florida Supreme Court decision in the “Engle” case, which allowed individual smoker lawsuits after the court decertified a statewide class-action case.

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