Cigarette Design the Key Issue as Wrongful Death Trial Opens Against Philip Morris and RJR
Sep 14, 2022
Attorneys Monday debated whether defective cigarette design caused the lung cancer death of a Florida woman, as trial opened against the nation’s two largest cigarette makers.
Sep 12, 2022
In this tobacco litigation, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for smoking-related disease.
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Sep 12, 2022
In this trial, Diana Scandella developed fatal lung cancer after smoking cigarettes since she was around 12 years old. Scandella's family sues Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds, producers of the cigarettes Scandella smoked for decades, claiming that...
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Sep 9, 2022
Jurors last week handed down a $6 million verdict against R.J. Reynolds for the role it found the tobacco giant played in the respiratory disease-related death of a Florida woman.
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Levine (Hoffner) v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.
Sep 6, 2022
In this Engle-progeny case, Charles Hoffner suffered coronary artery disease and required heart bypass surgery after decades of smoking. His daughter asserts that Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds are responsible for Hoffner's cigarette addiction, w...
Aug 29, 2022
Jurors last week handed down an $850,000 verdict for the laryngeal cancer death of a long-time Florida smoker, but apportioned only 20% of responsibility to defendant Philip Morris, likely reducing the post-verdict award.
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Aug 25, 2022
Jurors last week cleared a physician assistant of liability in a medical malpractice trial over the blood clot-related death of a Florida woman.
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Aug 19, 2022
In this tobacco trial, Eunice Wlasiuk developed fatal chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, after smoking for decades. Her family asserts that Wlasiuk was addicted to cigarettes, as she continued to smoke even after she was diagnosed wit...
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Med Mal Trial Opens Against Physician Assistant Over Patient's Death From Blood Clot
Aug 17, 2022
Jurors Monday heard competing contentions surrounding the care of a Florida woman who ultimately died from a catastrophic blood clot, as trial opened against a physician assistant and others.
Aug 15, 2022
In this medical malpractice trial, Jacqueline Dinallo suffered from shortness of breath and a severe cough. She sought treatment from Charles Kayat, who allegedly advised Ms. Dinallo to schedule non-emergency imaging rather than urgent hospital ca...
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Aug 10, 2022
In this Engle-progeny case, John Tuttle developed fatal laryngeal cancer after smoking Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes for over a decade. Tuttle's family sues Philip Morris, contending that Morris intentionally hid the dangers of smoking from t...
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Jul 22, 2022
Trial over whether a Nelson Mullins attorney committed malpractice in planning an estate worth hundreds of millions ended in mistrial Thursday, after jurors indicated they were deadlocked.
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