An unprecedented $500 million jury verdict rendered against two pharmaceutical companies in May was good enough to land Clark County on a pro-business organization’s list of “judicial hellholes” in America.
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Attorneys for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals are requesting a rehearing of a Nevada Supreme Court opinion that upheld an $80.7 million award to three women who allegedly contracted breast cancer after taking a hormone drug.
Timothy Hobbs last year was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison after he spit in his ex-girlfriend’s face. A Nevada Supreme Court panel heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether spitting meets the state’s definition of a battery and if prosecutors failed to establish Hobbs’ criminal history.
Gambling chips stolen from Bellagio in an armed robbery Tuesday morning total $1.5 million, but the man who stole them will have a tough time cashing in, especially the $25,000 chips.
