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  Woman files malpractice suit in husband's death

  By Robert Hadley | Friday, Aug 21, 2015 @ 9:48am

  A woman is suing her husband’s doctors and the hospital where he was treated, claiming malpractice and wrongful death.

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  Jury finds cigarettes, not asbestos, cause of pipefitter's lung cancer in asbestos case vs. ExxonMobil, Owens

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Wednesday, May 6, 2015 @ 10:16am

  ShahAfter a federal judge denied the plaintiff the ability to use the “any exposure” theory to press his asbestos-related claim, a federal jury has ruled a pipefitter’s lung cancer may have been caused by his pack-and-a-half a day cigarette smoking habit, rather than asbestos exposure, handing a rare win at trial to a group of industrial defendants.On May 1, the jury ruled in federal court in Chicago

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